I ride in memory of my grandfather Stanley Stasheski who passed away in 2000 after a long battle with lung cancer and my aunt Sandra Stasheski who sadly passed away in 2019 from ovarian cancer. I also ride in honor of many family members and friends who have defeated cancer in their lifetimes.

100% of the donations and sponsorships I raise will be used to defeat cancer, and will be contributed to the Team Nathan Fund at Dana Farber.

The Nathanisms (click here for team page) was started by a colleague & his close friend and co-captain to fight the pediatric brain tumor affecting his son. Over the last few years the team has grown to 20+ riders supporting the Team Nathan Fund and the Low Grade Astrocytoma program at Dana-Farber (www.danafarberplga.org). That research has enabled the clinical trial of TAK580, a game changer for kids with low grade brain tumors.

Update: APRIL 2024:

The FDA has approved Day One Biopharmaceuticals’ OJEMDA (tovorafenib) for treating pediatric low-grade glioma. The availability of this first-of-its-kind treatment represents a long-awaited moment for many pLGG patients and a significant milestone in our efforts to accelerate new treatment options for all children with brain tumors.

https://curethekids.org/update/fda-approval-day-one-biopharmaceuticals-ojemda/

This is the drug that Nathan was on as the first child in the clinical trial - that successfully shrunk his tumor. Our PMC fundraising team (and your donations) was part of the funding referenced below as the small group of Boston-area families. Now more kids like Nathan can easily get access to this drug instead of the complexity and lack of accessibility of getting into a clinical trial.