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Scholarship named for Ride for Life founder
Followed by more than 200 supporters, Christopher Pendergast began the 14th annual Ride for Life on Monday, a 12-day journey from eastern Long Island to Manhattan.
Pendergast, a Miller Place man who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 1993, founded Ride for Life in 1998 to raise awareness about the disease and funds toward finding a cure.
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