This is the Jimmy Fund's largest annual drive. We're hoping to raise 60 million dollars to fight cancer, and we need your help!

This is my first-year riding. I'm really excited to ride, but I'm also excited to contribute some time, money and energy to a good cause. The people at Dana Farber do amazing things, and they do it in part with the help of small donatations like the one you're about to make.

In one of my more contemplative moments, thinking about what would motivate someone to ride 200 miles and raise a not insignificant amount of money for charity, and specifically, this charity, I wrote this (please forgive the gravitas):

We all have known, will know, or will ourselves know the pain of this affliction. We fight it with the knowledge that we may not win, now or ever. We ride with the thoughts of those that we have lost but still burn brightly in our memories. We ride for those who cannot ride, but still fight on from their beds. We ride for those who choose a quiet dignity, that their struggle might someday be the last of its kind.

Thanks for your contribution in helping me reach my goal.

-Adam