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For more than a decade, employees from HOLT CAT®, the Caterpillar® dealer for South, Central, North and East Texas, have supported the fight against Multiple Sclerosis by participating in an annual 150-mile bike ride. On October 11 and 12, HOLT continued that tradition with 18 riders participating in Bike MS: Valero Ride to the River 2014, raising approximately $42,000.
The riders joined hundreds of other supporters on the 150-mile course, which originated in
San Antonio and ended at the Comal County Fairgrounds, with checkpoints in Seguin,
New Braunfels, and Canyon Lake.
This year, the HOLT MS Bike Ride Team again ranked among the Top 10 fundraising teams, with participants representing HOLT’s San Antonio, Pflugerville, Irving, Fort Worth and Corpus Christi locations.
In the past decade, HOLT and HOLT employees have raised approximately half-a-million dollars used by the National MS Society for funding research, education and helping families in need. Bike MS is held in multiple cities across the U.S. and is the non-profit organization’s largest fundraising source.
For the HOLT riders, reasons to participate in Bike MS this year were deeply personal.
On June 13, HOLT employees lost a dear friend to MS.
“She was a warrior in her battles against her physical challenges and affliction, and God has called her home,” Team Captain and HOLT Power Systems Rental Manager Tom Barry said.
“I started riding because of her and continue because of others like her, including my cousin, who was recently diagnosed with MS.”
Barry and three other HOLT riders have participated in the annual event since its inception:
John Groweg, Julie Kenfield, and her husband Guy Clumpner. Clumpner is HOLT’s Senior Vice President of Organizational Development Services.
“Our continued dedication to creating a world free of multiple sclerosis would not be possible without the generous support from our Bike MS: Valero Ride to the River corporate partners such as HOLT CAT,” said Tony Ralf, Vice President of Development for the National MS Society in San Antonio.
“People living with MS nationwide have better access to life-changing services than ever before because of the support we receive from corporations like HOLT CAT.”
Along with participating in the bike ride, HOLT also sponsored the first rest and refueling stop, with employees, friends and family members distributing refreshments to volunteers as they continued on their journey.
“We have had a number of friends and associates who are directly or indirectly affected by MS,” said Clumpner.
“We see cycling as a wonderful way to invest in ourselves, while linking our activities to a greater cause: improving the lives of others.”
If you are interested in donating to Team HOLT CAT in their fight against MS, please see more information here.
About HOLT
HOLT CAT® sells, rents and services Caterpillar® machines, engines, generator sets and trucks in a 118-county Texas territory spanning from the Red River to the Rio Grande. HOLT offers total machine and engine rebuild capabilities, sells used equipment around the world and fabricates its own line of land clearing equipment and HOLT Spray King® water tankers. HOLT is the dealer for Link-Belt Cranes in the Eastern half of Texas as well as the El Paso area. They are the dealer for AGCO/Challenger and Claas farm equipment for the Eastern half of Texas and portions of Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana. SITECH Tejas, another division of HOLT, is the authorized dealer for Trimble Heavy and Highway construction products and services, as well as AccuGrade grade-control products in the same 118 county territory of Texas.
The Holt name has been associated with heavy equipment and Caterpillar for over 100 years. Peter M. Holt, Chief Executive Officer of HOLT CAT, is the great-grandson of Benjamin Holt, who in 1904 developed the first successful track-type tractor which he named the “Caterpillar.” HOLT CAT has come to be synonymous with quality, integrity and commitment to customer service. The HOLT CAT team is committed to providing rock solid stability with superior products and services to heavy equipment and engine users from Brownsville to Texarkana, Texas. For more information, visit
www.holtcat.com.
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