Sally Meyerhoff Foundation

Howdy y’all! My family and I just wanted to let everyone know that The Sally Meyerhoff Foundation is going to be giving grants out again. We found a great non profit business that does really good things for people who need bikes. They’re called Bike Saviours. They rescue bikes and have bikes donated to them. Then they fix them up and sell them from $100-$500 depending on the bike and what kind of work it needs. Please spread the word if you’re in the area or check them out! ☺️☺️🫶🏼🫶🏼 thank you for reading this!

✨Happy Happy 38th birthday to our angel Sally. Some of the things a lot of people who were lucky enough to know her learned from her:

1- how to be wild and spontaneous
2- how to live life to the fullest
3- how to give your goals everything you have and smash them
4- how to dare to dream and chase those dreams with every ounce of passion you have
5- don’t give excuses in life
6- family is the most important thing of all
7- wearing leopard print is a must
8- dare to be different and who cares what others think of you
9- travel the world. And by all means get it on film

The list could go on for miles, but one thing is for certain: she is missed by all who knew her. We love you Sally and today, we will honor you and do something you would be happy doing. I’m off to go on a run! Come with me my love ♥️🌟

This year I'm going to do something a little different than I have in the past 6 annual posts I've made on this dreadful day. I'm going to shed some light on some very sad statistics and provide those who don't know with information pertaining to my sisters death.

The latest research on pedestrian/motor vehicle crashes is from 2015, but it still gets my point across. In 2015: 5,376 people were killed in pedestrian/motor vehicle crashes, nearly 15 people every day of the year. This averages to one crash-related pedestrian death every 1.6 hours. This represents the highest number of pedestrians killed in one year since 1996. Change in pedestrian fatalities between 2006 and 2015: 12.1 percent increase.

For those that might not be aware of how my sister died: she was killed while training for her career as a professional triathlete/ runner. She was doing a training ride on her bike in rural Maricopa where she lived with our brother at the time. A semi truck passed in a no-pass zone at a popular intersection, causing a huge discrepancy in her normal range of visibility. The man who struck her was driving a family-owned work pick-up truck. He was according to witnesses "not paying attention." He was admiring a train that was on the side of the road. He took his eyes off the road for who knows exactly how long, but it was 1 second too long. Within seconds my sister was taken from her family, her friends, her dogs, from the insatiable goals she had ahead of her, from the world championship in Kona she was so looking forward to... so many things including her precious life...just gone. And if you're wondering- no, the man who killed Sally was not even cited. No ticket, no jail time. Just an "accident" as they like to say. There is now a light at this intersection, which wasn't functioning at the time of the accident. I will always wonder... would my sister still be alive had this light been up and running? Most likely yes she would be. She was a very safe rider. She would never go out into the road if it wasn't clear. March 8, 2011 she thought the road was clear. I wish every day of my life she had been right.

My post this year is to urge Every. Single. Person. who reads this to PLEASE watch out for pedestrians. Give cyclists the 3 feet of the road they deserve. You have a car that is an instrument capable of killing innocent people. Be mindful. Be responsible. Be patient. It's amazing how easily it is to get a license in the US- but during that test did they hammer into the brains of those taking it just how important it is to keep both eyes on the road? Do the tests stress just how easily vehicles can kill a pedestrian with one second of looking away? Not really. Do the people who hit pedestrians ALWAYS get off without even so much as a citation? No, but I can assure you taking someone's life deserves some sort of action. But because I can't change the laws I figure better to be proactive to try and prevent an "accident" from even happening in the first place. So please, do me a favor...be respectful to all those on the road... PAY ATTENTION... put the damn phone down..because you just never know when you might be responsible for running over someone and taking their life.

Thank you. This subject is extremely touchy for me so I appreciate your understanding.

We all miss you Sally. We love you. And we honor your spirit daily ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

From all of us at SMF we thank the lovely souls who continue to show love and support at our angel's ghost bike. It means a lot to us all. From the bottom of our hearts thank you for keeping Sally in yours 🙏🏻♥️

Thank you to the lovely individuals who sent such beautiful items to the Meyerhoff's today. We truly appreciate your love and continued support over the years.

Not quite sure who all is continuing to show love and support to our angel's memorial site, but from the bottom of the Meyerhoff's hearts we thank you. It is so moving to go down to Maricopa and see new things placed on her ghost bike. 💓💓🌺🌷🌻🌸 Sally is smiling from wherever her beautiful soul is and she thanks those that show love and positivity in a wold where negativity is running rampant. ☮️💟 thank you all again! 🙏🏻

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If this photo doesn't melt your heart then idk what to say.. Our nephew Maddix giving auntie Sally a kiss cuz it's his daddy's (Sally's brother, Daniel Meyerhoff's bday)!!!.. Precious. Priceless moments like this just make me miss her even more. We all love you Sally!!!

If this photo doesn't melt your heart then idk what to say.. Our nephew Maddix giving auntie Sally a kiss cuz it's his daddy's (Sally's brother, Daniel Meyerhoff's bday)!!!.. Precious. Priceless moments like this just make me miss her even more. We all love you Sally!!!

Hey all!!! Sam here.. Just wanted to relay some cool info! Tomorrow is national gift giving day to a 501c3 and it just so happens Angel Sally has a non profit you can donate to today! If interested please let me know! I will let you know where to send a check etc.. Right now the website is down :( we are working on getting it up and running once tech savvy Katy Meyerhoff has some free time ;) thank you all!!! We appreciate any and all donations! *keep running!*

Today is our beautiful angel Sally's birthday! Please send her good thoughts and hope she is happy running on the clouds 💓

Good Luck to all of the athletes running at the PF Chang's Rock 'N Roll Full and Half Marathon today!! We can't wait to hear who will with the Sally Meyerhoff first place award! 🏆

We had so much fun at Ironman Arizona today! Thank you to all the volunteers this year! We couldn't have done it without you! Great job to all the athletes! You guys kicked some major b***y!