WHY WE RIDE

Bartlett's Bikers are back for 2023 Pedal the Cause - our 13th year!! Our team members are patients, survivors, doctors, nurses, research assistants, friends, and family. Each member of our team has very personal reasons for riding but collectively, the Bartlett's Biker's team is also riding in honor of Natalee (pictured above), our Ride for a Child participant from 2019- 2023. In 2015, Natalee was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis, a rare condition that results in benign tumors growing in the brain and other organs. Natalee had a bike accident in August 2015 which resulted in loss of feeling and movement in her right hand a couple of days later. After several weeks of therapy with no improvement and the appearance of new problems with her R leg and gait, she was referred to a neurologist at SLCH. An MRI on 11/9/15 revealed a brain tumor. She has been off and on therapy since her diagnosis in 2015 and has been an inspiration to so many - staying incredibly strong and positive through all the ups and downs. Since joining our team in 2019, Natalee has raised more than $15,000 for PTC, was a 2021 Featured Fighter and a recipient of the Claire Blase award in 2020 for her amazing fundraising efforts. We are all so grateful to Natalee for her willingness to share her story, time and energy with us. She epitomizes leading by example.

Please join our team this year to help stamp out cancer. We ride for cures, treatments, and hope.100% of the funds raised go towards research at St. Louis Children's Hospital and at Siteman Cancer Center.

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