I ride for my family, I ride to remember those I have lost, I ride for my friends, I ride so that future generations will have the Cure, I ride for the over 28 million people around the world that are living with cancer.  I know firsthand the profound effect that Cancer can have on a person’s life.  This is why I choose to participate in the 2-day (192 mile) ride.  I will be joined by over 2,000 riders sharing a similar passion and purpose as they have similar stories to tell.

• At the age of 5, I lost my mother to stomach and pancreatic cancer.  She was only 34 years old.
• At the age of 27, my oldest brother was diagnosed (April 2006) with a Gemistocytic Astrocytom Brain Tumor, on February 7 2009 he passed away.  He was only 40 years old.
• At the age of 27,  my other brother was diagnosed (September 2006) with a soft tissue sarcoma known as a GIST (Gastro Intestinal Stromal Tumor). He was 35 years old.
• At the age of 31, my 2^nd mother was diagnosed (April 2010) with Transitional Cell Carcinoma.  She was only 49 years old.

Upon his diagnosis in 2006, my brother was told that he would not live 6 months due to the aggressive nature of his cancer.  Being a U.S Army Veteran (Gulf War) my brother only knew one thing to do and that was fight the cancer like it was the enemy.  Along with his Medical team headed by Dr. Rambo my brother immediately had surgery to remove a golf ball-sized tumor from his brain and began radiation and chemotherapy to treat his brain.  My brother maintained fit and refused to let the cancer get the best of him, then in 2008 a mass was caught on his routine scan and he once again visited Dr. Rambo and repeated the surgery and chemo treatments.  He continued his treatments through 2008 and then in December he was told that the chemo was no longer being effective in stopping the growth of the cancer.  He went to Duke Medical University on Jan 15^th 2009 (My Birthday), where he learned he only had 2-4 weeks to live.  By this time the cancer had take over his brain and there was no turning back, he was a true fighter and fought the cancer all the way until the end outliving all of his doctor’s expectations.   

I need your help once again in raising the money towards finding a cure.  Funding is being cut from many of these life saving cancer research programs. Places like Dana-Farber, rely more and more on these donations to sustain this critical cancer research.  It is vital that for our children’s future we do not let these programs fall to budget cuts.  I hope you will join me in this tremendous fight against cancer, just as my brother fought against it, by simply making a donation.  Just visit the following link below in the Orange Button marked “Donate to my Ride” to make your donation and please know that my family and I thank you from the bottoms of our hearts for your generosity.

Sincerely,

James Cameron