In 2020, my dear friends Tom and Kate welcomed their son Charlie Thomas Balzano into the world. Charlie was born on August 12th with a rare form of pediatric cancer. From that day on, I watched in awe at the grace and courage with which Tom and Kate supported not only Charlie, but one another. Charlie would be treated with love and care at Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund Clinic before passing on April 15th, 2021.

This year I will be a proud participant in the Pan-Mass Challenge - a bike-a-thon that raises more money for charity than any other single athletic fundraising event in the country - to bring us Closer by the Mile to a cure for cancer.

Since its founding in 1980, PMC riders like me have raised more than $1 billion for lifesaving cancer research, treatment and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, one of the country's top cancer care hospitals. My PMC is making a difference in the lives of patients at Dana-Farber and around the world. The funds I raise support the innovative work of doctors, nurses, and scientists in their search for cures for cancers and related diseases.

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.

I will be riding for Charlie, Tom, Kate, Joey, Andy, and all of my friends and family so deeply impacted by cancer.

NOTE: If you work at RTX and are interested in donating, please reach out to me directly for more information. I have set up a cause on Benevity which enables RTX company matching of the donation.