AMAZING Raffle Item for Sunday's ROCK the RIDE & RUN for #LIVESTRONG #DWTS

Dance With me Dance Studios is one of the nation's leading ballroom dance studios and home to Tony Dovolani, Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Val Chmerkovskiy who are dance professionals from ABC's Dancing with the Stars. The studio was founded in 2004 by Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Sasha Chmerkovskiy and Jhanna Volynets. Dance With Me recently opened doors in Stamford, Conn. and is proud to provide LIVESTRONG and the Lance Armstrong Foundation with a rare private coaching session with Tony Dovolani at its elegant new studio at 20 Summer Street in Stamford.

Other raffle items include services by the Travelling Bike Shop, sessions with SpinCycle in Pound Ridge, NY, Pound Ridge Pilates in Pound Ridge, NY, an item from Antiques & Tools and more!

The raffle will be held on Sunday, April 29 at the 3rd Annual ROCK the RIDE & RUN benefiting LIVESTRONG after the last walker comes in. Winners must be present to win or make arrangements to pick up their prize from me within 3 business days of the event (by Wednesday, May 2, 2012).

Tickets are available for a $5 donation for one ticket, $10 for 3 tickets and $20 for 7 tickets. You can donate the day of the ROCK the RIDE & RUN or you can make your donation online at laf.convio.net/goto/RicaRocksAustin2012. Please include the tag #DWTS to indicate that your donation is to be entered into the raffle.

Registration for the 3rd Annual ROCK the RIDE & RUN benefiting LIVESTRONG is still open! Every registration includes one complimentary raffle ticket!

White Plains/New Rochelle is not the center of the non-NYC universe!

I'm going on the record, here, in a plea to all cancer organizations who claim to "service" Westchester County, NY.

THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND WHITE PLAINS!

There is a large population of people in Northern Westchester that is unable to use public transportation, who are screaming for assistance! Mount Kisco, Lewisboro & Bedford have significant populations, and, unlike the Lower Westchester residents, we are left isolated!

For many of us, our Connecticut neighbors are far closer and accessible by public transportation than White Plains! But, because we are New York residents, we can't use them!

Please set up some satellite offices! And just because we are getting treatment in Connecticut, do not assume that we're "taken care of" or doing so to deny our New York roots!

And to those that provide the services, learn the geography of the county you serve! And I don't just mean looking at a map, I mean take a long look to see what it takes to get to White Plains! If I look at a map, it may look like, going from the border of one Northern Westchester town to yours, it's just a quick jaunt. But actually map out the route and you'll see it can be an ordeal, especially when you're in treatment.