Dirk Cushing
- National: N/A
- State: N/A in IN
I'm Riding For
Aubrey
I am honored to ride this year in memory of Aubrey. A beautiful young lady whose life was cut tragically short by this horrible disease. Please help me raise funds so that we never again have to mourn a child lost to cancer.
My Story
This month I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!
Why? Because over 15,700 children are diagnosed with some form of cancer every year.
This will be my eighth year riding in the Great Cycle Challenge. And throughout the years I have teamed up with Joe, Avery, Lucas and Samuel. And the one thing all of these young people have in common is that they all kicked cancer's butt!
Unfortunately not all kids are so lucky. Cancer is the biggest killer of children from disease in the United States. and sadly, 38 children die of cancer every week.
This year I will be teaming up once again with Lucas and Samuel to celebrate their recovery, but this year I also have the solemn honor of riding in memory of one who lost her battle with this terrible disease.
Aubrey would have been a Sophomore at Portage High School in Northern Indiana this year. Aubrey was diagnosed with Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma on January 12th of this year. Only 600 people (of any age) will be diagnosed with this type of cancer each year. And although she fought courageously, Aubrey lost her battle 100 days later on April 22, 2023.
So I am riding 638 miles this year for Lucas. Samuel and in memory of Aubrey. I will be raising funds through my challenge to help kids just like Lucas, Samuel and Aubrey and to support the Children's Cancer Research Fund to allow them to continue their work to develop lifesaving treatments and find a cure for childhood cancer.
Please support me by making a donation to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve. Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.
Your support will change lives.
Thank you.
My Legacy
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576 mi RiddenRaised2016
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973 mi RiddenRaised2017
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933 mi RiddenRaised2018
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763 mi Ridden$10,748 Raised2019
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855 mi Ridden$6,214 Raised2020
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651 mi Ridden$9,252 Raised2021
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1,010 mi Ridden$27,831 Raised2022
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650 mi Ridden$14,598 Raised2023