# @dmregister on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CvgOIwdOncQ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8149776-dmregister-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-08-04T01:00:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) — https://gondola.cc/DMRegister

## Caption

When Maria La France was applying for a wish from makeawishiowa for her son, Quincy Hostager, whose rare genetic epilepsy syndrome renders him nonverbal and mostly immobile, she wanted something that would put her whole family side by side.

As an active cyclist who met her husband, Dan Hostager, on RAGBRAI, she knew just the thing — a specially made bicycle.

When Quincy reached a new milestone this spring by completing high school, La France didn’t want to have a regular backyard party where people felt obligated to bring a gift. Instead, she wanted to pay Quincy’s wish forward — and fulfill a personal dream along the way.

So she got a group of friends together to ride a day of RAGBRAI and fundraise for Make-A-Wish, hoping that as they pedaled they could raise enough money for another family to experience the joy of cycling just as they had.

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ragbrai2023, ragbrai, iowacycling, cycling, iowa

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