I ride because I am a cancer survivor as a result of years of cancer research and breakthroughs that wouldn’t be possible without the PMC. While I was ultimately treated elsewhere, some portion of the money raised by the PMC for Dana Farber played a part in my story. Pathologists at Dana Farber/Boston Children’s were the doctors who diagnosed my cancer, a rare sarcoma that is especially rare in 9 year olds like myself at the time.

After years of little change and a peak in the early 90s, cancer death rates in the United States have steadily fallen. Early detection, cancer prevention efforts, and medical research have all contributed to the overall decline. Every dollar raised by the PMC will continue to drive these efforts and improve the prognosis for cancer patients. With uncertainty surrounding NIH funding, funds raised by the PMC are even more critical to continuing the work done by Dana Farber. I choose to ride this year to pay it forward to current cancer patients, to fund critical research, and to celebrate the countless lives that have been changed.

100 percent of every dollar I raise goes directly to Dana-Farber, meaning that your donation has a real impact! Please donate to my PMC fundraising and help me reach my fundraising goal.