Dear Friends and Family, 2021

Each year that I ride, it seems that the reasons that I ride become more personal along with riding for a cause to help others that are fighting this disease, in memory of those who lost their battle and in honor of the survivers who are still here and cancer free. This year I will be riding in my 9th PMC ride just for that reason while the front of my shirt that I wear may say I am biking the miles for the cure but it’s the names on the back that I ride for each ride and training ride leading up to the PMC weekend.

Since my first PMC ride, when I first rode for my cousin who lost her battle against brain cancer at the young age of 7, the people I ride for has only grown. Along with riding in memory of my cousin Erika, I ride to honor Kevin and Jane good friends of my mom, who both lost their battle to lung cancer, while riding in honor of family friends Donna and Mary as they still remain cancer free and in honor of a good friend and former manager Michelle who is a colon cancer survivor.

While honoring those close to me who have lost their battle and others that have become cancer survivors, I continue to remember and honor them by riding in the Pan Mass Challenge in their honor and by having them ride with me in each of my past rides and many rides to comes and getting more involved with the PMC. This year will be my second year riding with the Patriots Platelet Peddlers team that has over 150 riders that ride many of the different routes over the two-day PMC weekend that all funds raised by the team go directly to Dr. Ken Anderson and his research to find a cure at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. With riding with the Patriots Platelet Peddlers, as a team we have been partnered up with a patient at Dana Farber that is currently undergoing treatment for cancer and this year we are partnered up with a Skye, an adorable 5 year old and daughter of a good friend Julie Plaisted.

These past few years have been marked by more lost battles and also many great stories of survival. I will be biking 50 miles on Sunday, August 8th . As I get ready for my ride, I ask for your help. Please consider donating to my ride. Your donation will definitely make a difference maybe even to someone you love. We can attack this enemy one mile, one prayer, and one dollar at a time to achieve the goal of a cure for cancer! Thanks for considering partnering with me for this cause. Let’s make a difference together!

I'm a proud supporter of the PMC because it is leading a charge to beat cancer. In fact, last year 100% of rider-raised revenue went directly to support the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's tireless commitment to finding a cure.