I RIDE FOR HEIDI AND THOSE LIKE HER WITH PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE CANCER

This is the 8th year that Heidi and I and our supportive friends on Team Heidi's Heroes are riding the Pan Mass Challenge Bike-a-thon (the PMC). Our purpose is to support research on pancreatic cancer. The funds our team raises will directly support the Neuroendocrine Cancer Research Program at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, whose researchers are conducting seminal national research for the treatments of pancreatic cancer.

As many of you may know, in 2010 my amazing wife and partner Heidi developed pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer (think Steve Jobs and Aretha Franklin). Because it may not cause symptoms early on, it is usually stage 4 when it is diagnosed. At present there is no cure. In 2016 a drug was FDA approved for treatment of this cancer. The goal of the medication is to prevent the tumors from growing; treatment that has allowed Heidi to live on and fight against all odds - and passionately work to fund research that will lead to the next treatment for those diagnosed with her cancer, and ultimately a cure.

It’s always so difficult to ask, and a donation of any size is greatly appreciated.  Thank you for your consideration!!

Note that 100% of every rider-raised dollar goes directly to Dana-Farber!

Thank you all so much for the consideration.