Landon Donovan
Whether Cancer has touched you directly or impacted a loved one, we are all in this fight together. The Tour de Pier is a terrific event and I’m excited to support such a meaningful cause. Landon Donovan, Former Professional Soccer Player Landon Donovan is widely regarded as the greatest American male player in the history of […]
Melissa Meyers
Being on the opposite coast from my mom while she was going through her pancreatic cancer treatment made me feel helpless. When I discovered the Tour de Pier, I immediately signed up and put my energy into fundraising to help make a difference. The last time I saw my Mom before she was diagnosed with […]
Joel Elliott
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon in March when I sat up in the saddle and raised my hands in victory. I had just completed 324.9 miles in 26.5 hours. My ankles were swollen and purple and each pedal stroke felt like ice shards were being packed into the joints. The palms of my hands […]
Ara’s Angels
Erika Weiss, team captain of Team Rainbows & Unicorns, recently shared an update on her husband Ara with us. And we want to share this inspiring story with you: “Ara had his 6-month post-treatment scan last week, and there are no signs of cancer! The plan going forward is that he will get a scan […]
Kristin Conforti
Why I Ride By Kristin Conforti, Team Andy, works at Cancer Support Community I can’t imagine how my brother felt when he was diagnosed with bone cancer at age 29. Being told his leg would be amputated, going through 4 years of arduous treatment that made living a life near impossible and faced with his […]
Rory Hunter
Why I’m Riding By Rory Hunter, Team Kory Cancer may be at the forefront of the Tour de Pier, but the people that it affects are at the heart of the event. Patients, caregivers, family members and friends: we are the core. It is by the grace of god that we can join forces and […]
Betsy McLaughlin
Why I Ride By Betsy McLaughlin I ride differently today than I rode a year ago. During the last Tour de Pier, I was honored to ride on stage alongside Michael Stadvec from Fit On Studios. Michael had lost his mother and his wife, Franca, had lost her father, both due to cancer. My motivation […]
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Lindsay Sheehy
It was just last February that life changed drastically when we received the devastating news that my mother, Kathryn Clauss, was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain tumor. Despite a valiant fight, Mom passed away a mere 8 months after diagnosis, leaving her 5 kids and 6 grandkids, among countless others, […]
Timmy Connors
Timmy is our “SOUL SURVIVOR.” After battling a number of autoimmune diseases starting at the young age of two and a half, his life changed forever when he was diagnosed with Stage 3 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in February of 2011. An avid golfer, he was living in South Florida with his wife and infant daughter pursuing […]
Hala Si-Ahmed
Four years ago, I got the devastating news that my father, Nabil Husami, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. My father was a physician who had helped so many people, and suddenly he became the patient. He lived one year from the time of his diagnosis, and it was a difficult year for him and our […]
Erika Weiss
Dear Friends and Family, Ara was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, thymic carcinoma, in late November. He is currently undergoing treatment which includes chemotherapy, and possibly surgery and/or radiation therapy. Ara is doing his best to keep his spirits high and his outlook positive and he has a lot to fight for as […]