Wesley Chapel, FL, April 9, 2005 - Louis B. Mendelsohn, President and CEO, announced that Market Technologies the leading provider of intermarket analysis futures trading software, sponsored Mr. Mendelsohn's wife, Illyce Mendelsohn and their youngest son Lee to horse back ride in the 2005 Spring Miracle Trail Ride. The 10-mile scenic ride included approximately 100 riders and horses that were escorted by the Altoona Trail Riders and was held at the Ocala Foxtrotter Ranch, situated in the rolling hills of Ocala, Florida. |
Photographs by: Heather Green Equine Photography |
The event is affiliated with the Children's Miracle Network at Shands Children's Hospital at the University of Florida, which is an international non-profit organization committed to raising funds for hospitals that provide the finest medical care, life-saving research and preventative education to help millions of children overcome various diseases and injuries. The Children's Miracle Network has also developed into becoming the dominant organization aggressively providing better healthcare for millions of children through its association with 170 hospitals, that have come to represent the premier facilities in their respective communities, as well as some of the first-rate worldwide. "It is essential that we not only support our local participating hospital, but the cause as a whole," said Mrs. Mendelsohn. "It is so important to support something that encompasses not only the raising of funds and donations, but also research and awareness of every imaginable disease." UF & Shands Children's Hospital is the local, Children's Miracle Network - participating hospital for the Gainesville/Ocala/Daytona to Tallahassee/S. Georgia to West Palm Beach areas, and is dedicated to pediatric services.