This year I will be riding for team LUNGSTRONG in my third Pan Mass Challenge (2016; 2014). On the first weekend in August, I will join over 5,000 cyclists in a ride across a large portion of the state of Massachusetts to raise money for cancer research and treatment. I am looking for support and donations to reach my minimum for Dana Farber Cancer Institute. I've made a personal commitment to ride and raise $4,900.

This is Team LUNGSTRONG’s 9th year and we currently have over 60 riders committed for 2018. In the last
eight years the team has raised over $2,200,000! One hundred percent of the money raised by Team
LUNGSTRONG goes to innovative lung cancer research under the direction of Dr. Pasi Jänne, Director of the
Lowe Center of Thoracic Oncology, at DFCI. [To learn more about LungStrong, please visit www.lungstrong.org]

I am riding for my aunt, Diane Legg, and countless others. Diane was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 2004. Since, she has endured surgery, chemotherapy and, now, various immunotherapy treatments. When she's not fighting her personal battle with cancer, she is at the helm of LUNGSTRONG, fighting the war against lung cancer.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths, killing more Americans each year than the next top four
cancer killers combined (breast, prostate, colon and pancreatic). Yet it is the least funded, relative to its
mortality rate. More than sixty percent of those diagnosed with lung cancer either never smoked or no longer
smoke and haven’t for decades. Because symptoms for lung cancer usually go undetected until it has progressed
to a late stage, the dismal survival rates are only 17 percent for five years. The impact that lung cancer has on families of all ages is tremendous. Many of Team LUNGSTRONG riders have been touched by this disease in a very personal way. We know that by supporting the innovative lung cancer research being done at DFCI, we will be making a difference in the lives of others that may be touched by lung cancer.

Throughout the course of my ride I will bear the names and the memories of those that have passed to cancer and those that are currently fighting it. Every dollar that is raised through the two day effort on our bikes will go to cancer research at DFCI, specifically the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology. Please consider supporting my 192 mile ride August 4th - 5th. Donations can be made online at http://www2.pmc.org/profile/RV0035 . Your donation is tax deductible and 100% will go to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. If you prefer to write a check, please make it out to the PMC, The Jimmy Fund or Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and mail it to me directly at:

Robert Vossler
99 Westmont Street
West Hartford, CT 06117

To learn more about the PMC, please visit pmc.org.

To learn more about LungStrong, please visit www.lungstrong.org.

Every donation brings us closer by the mile.

Thank you,

RDV