Everyone has been touched by cancer. Friends, family, neighbors, co-workers...we all know someone. Several years ago, I lost a friend, Tom Soucy, at too young of an age to pancreatic cancer. My father was fortunate, he lived to almost 86 years old, but ultimately succumbed to bladder cancer. My mother even more fortunate for she was the beneficiary of advances in medicine and high quality care. On two separate occasions, cancer was detected in the very early stages so the early interventions allowed her to live into her mid 90's.

I'm grateful for the people who dedicate their lives to fighting cancer. Dr Susan Donohue, a recently retired oncologist, made it her purpose to treat her patients with grace and care. One of my Team More Cowbell teammates, Dr. Toni Choueiri, is a researcher at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, who is committed to finding a cure for kidney cancers. These are just two of the many people who have made it their mission to end cancer. It is for them, for those who have lost their battle for and those who continue to live with cancer that we must do all that we can to continue to this war on cancer.

I'm doing a very small part by riding 186 miles from Sturbridge to Provincetown this August to raise money for cancer research. Please consider donating to this great cause, anything you can contribute will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.