2023 is the 12th year for team Stirling Strong, a team built to honor and memorialize an amazing girl with a wonderful attitude who challenged us all to be Strong, Stirling Winder. To date we have raised over $500K for Sarcoma and Bone Cancer reserach and this year we are ready to raise at least another $50,000!!
Stirling first was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma when she was a freshman in college and was quickly taken from UVM to MGH so her cancer could be addressed. That included a knee replacement and chemo treatments. 3 years ago, Stirling was convinced to ride the PMC by her friends the Timmers, long time PMC Riders and supporters.
For the 2011 PMC, Stirling had surgery on her lungs to remove tumors and was 10 days out of chemo when she completed her ride. She was lucky enough to have a friend ride a tandem with her across the 165 miles! No easy feat, but even harder just coming out of chemo, but Stirling was so strong, and she rode and finished.
As we all know, life isn't fair and last year a week before the PMC Stirling lost her valiant battle. Even during her last few weeks, she was trying to figure out how to get to the finish line to support her team. She was truly an inspiration.
Once again our team is riding with Stirling's name on our back and her spirit in our hearts! We will not forget the amazing woman who gave back so much to all of us as ride across Mass and raise money for cause she was passionate about. Again this year we are focusing our giving to Osteosarcoma research so that they can find ways to cure this disease and others don’t have to be affected like Stirling and the people that loved her.
Every dollar helps and we thank you for any generosity!
You can give here in her memory or can visit one of our team members sites by typing in their name.
Thanks for your support!
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