Raising Money for Cancer Research

I just wanted to take a quick moment to let you know what my husband, Ken, is up to, since it's pretty incredible. On June 21, he is going to join in a 400km bicycle ride from Kelowna to Delta to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Oh, and he's going to make that ride in only one day!

Here's what he has said about his reason for getting on his bike for this event.

"I have signed up to participate in the ride to raise money for cancer research. I have lost an aunt to cancer, a former boss and mentor died due to a bone cancer and a co-worker died from pancreatic cancer a number of years ago when he was only 32 years old. Everyone of us knows someone who has, or knows someone who will get cancer. Raising funds for research intended to prevent, treat and hopefully cure cancer is definitely a good cause! Please help me raise funds for the event."

He's really committed to this event and has been putting in long hours on the bike (while I've been putting in long hours with the kids wondering when Daddy is coming home!). Needless to say, it's been a commitment by our entire family for Ken to participate in this event.

Ken just sent me an e-mail that I wanted to share with you. It's the story from one of the riders about the impact cancer had on his life.

“We think this is going to be one tough day, we'll it probably will be at some point, for each one of us. I want to tell you about one day that I watched a spinal tap. This is the insertion of chemotherapy drugs into the base of the spine. The needle is something you do not want to look at. It is very painful, and once you experience it, watching it go into someone you really care about, you know there has to be a better way. The eradication of this insidious disease is one way, through our continual fund raising. You will never want to experience this vision of watching your child receive a spinal tap, radiation, or chemotherapy drugs.

Michael was in remission for almost a year and was set to go back to school when the cancer returned, now you go through the process of battling the cancer all over again. It is the most brutal time. So when you think how tough it may be on the 21st think again, and you'll get through it...

The person I was watching receive this Spinal Tap, and battle the relapse, always with hope was my son Michael. Michael passed away in 1997, of Leukemia. This is my reason for the Ride of 2008, helping to make a difference in this battle. I never want to hear of another parents anguish in having to battle Cancer in their child...Duncan"

If you about to, please help Ken and the team raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society on this ride. Their goal is to raise $150,000 on this ride and they have already raised just over $133,000. Ken's personal goal is to raise $2,000 but with your help I think that can be beaten.

To support Ken and the rest of the team please visit his fundraising page

To learn more about the event, visit the Ride2Survive web page.