WHY I RIDE

For the tenth year in a row, I am joining the fight against cancer by participating in Pedal The Cause - St. Louis on Sunday, September 29th. Pedal The Cause's mission is to provide funding for cancer research at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine's Siteman Cancer Center and at St. Louis Children's Hospital Siteman Kids through their annual cycling challenge in hopes that the research funded by this event will ultimately lead to a cure for cancer. Our goal this year is to attract over 4,000 riders to help raise $5M to fight cancer!

Please help me in this journey to find a cure by donating to my ride. I have committed to raise $10,000.00 for cancer research but my goal is $50,000 with 100% of every dollar going directly to this cause. I plan to ride the metric century this year and if the spirit moves me I will strive for the full 100 mile century, powered by your donation and the hope that every cancer patient has for us, that together, we will find a cure!

This year I am riding to support those close to me who are fighting cancer and in memory of those family and friends who have lost their battle to cancer. Unfortunately this list changes every year which only means our fight continues. Cancer does not discriminate. Please join me again this year or for the first time in this effort to advance cancer research and find cures so that some day we will live in a world free of cancer.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, and St. Louis Children's Hospital are national leaders in medicine and together with our Siteman Cancer Center and the funds we raise through Pedal the Cause, we hope to be national leaders in finding a cure for cancer!

Thank you for your support.

Rich