Wendy, my wife and best friend of 43 years, died on Feb 23,2025 after over two year's battle with appendix cancer. She was brave, kind, hard-working, and cheerful to the end despite multiple ER trips, extended hospital stays, bags, feeding tubes, and more than killer 25 chemotherapy sessions. Wendy was determined to have the best possible life no matter the challenges, while sharing her curiousity and joy for life with the people around her. Wendy's cancer was found late (stage 4) but her life and the quality of that life was extended from just months after diagnosis to the two-plus years she got by the incredible medicines, care, and on-going research done at the Dana Farber in Boston. Losing Wendy was terrible and hard and I HATE cancer. It took Wendy's life too soon and is killing us by the millions every year.

We can only defeat cancer with research and research costs money! The Pan-Mass Challenge is an incredibly successful two-day (190+ miles) bike event across MA on Aug 2-3 with thousands of riders and volunteers to fund the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, one of the best cancer research centers in the world. 100% of all PMC donations (tax-deductible!) goes completely to the Dana Farber. The cost of the ride is paid for by the riders fees and generous corporate sponsors. Last year's 45th PMC ride 45th, raised $75M and broke the $1B donations level. I love the PMC and everything it has done and I wish that in all the prior years we had raised more and faster.

This is my 20th PMC ride and the hardest in all ways. I can only thank all my family and friends for their support and kindness. In Wendy's memory, honor, and love some of us founded the Wendy's Warriors PMC team where all donations are targeted to Wendy's oncology team and Dr. Ben Schlechter's research.

Please join us in fighting cancer if you can either by donating to my ride here or at the Wendy's Warriors site and see some great pictures of Wendy!

https://profile.pmc.org/KS0135

https://profile.pmc.org/TW0253

FYI - Details of Wendy's journey and her incredible spirit were chronicled at her site (https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/wendypostlethwaite/journal). Check it out! See her mosaics! But most importantly ---

You CAN Make A Difference!

Please be a part of this year's PMC and Dana Farber efforts -- Join me, Wendy's Warriors, and all the other PMC riders and volunteers in this year's mission to fund the hell out of the research, care for the patients, and fight cancer at the links above or by check.

Alternatively, checks for 'Pan-Mass Challenge' can be sent to me at 1 Sorelle Pl, Burlington, MA 01803.

thanks, and as always, Defeating Cancer is Closer by the Mile!

-Kevin