For anyone who has lost a child, you know that it changes who you are at your core. It is the greatest loss a human being can experience. In the fall of 2017, my oldest son Luke was diagnosed with a complex form of AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia). He was 27 and in the prime of his life. After a year of grueling treatments including a stem cell transplant, Luke went to heaven 5 days before his 28th birthday back in 2018. Although there has been much healing since his passing, the pain is always there....my only hope is that someday I will once again be reunited with him for eternity.

I am riding once again in memory of my dear son as part of “Team Luke” in this year’s PMC (PanMass Challenge) to help support research for curing AML, which currently has only a 10-20% cure rate.

The PMC is the nation’s largest biking fundraising, which in 2023 raised a record-breaking $72 million gift to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. This gift brings the PMC’s total contribution to the fight against cancer to over $900 million since 1980 and is the largest single donation Dana-Farber has ever received. The 2024 Goal is $75 million !!!

I am so proud of the Team Luke riders and all of the generous donors who have supported us year after year. For the 17th consecutive year, the PMC donated 100 percent of every rider-raised dollar to support the lifesaving mission of Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund.

To all my friends and family who have supported me over the past several years, I am deeply grateful and hope you will consider making a donation this year in honor of Luke. Thanks so much !