Team Ridgefield will spin their wheels to support cancer survivors July 24-25
Philanthropic athletes will take to the pavement Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25 cycling 10, 25, 50, 75 or 100-mile route starting and finishing at the Fairfield County Hunt Club in Westport, CT.
According to their CT Challenge Profile Page, Team Ridgefield, lead by Nick and Kate Lieder, is a ‘community minded’ team of cyclists who love to ride and believe in the CT Challenge’s work supporting cancer survivors. "We have been supported in outstanding fashion by the Ridgefield Bicycle Company and The Ridgefield Fitness Club. For their support, we are truly grateful," they explain. Read more here.
Click here to register. The event will kick off at the Fairfield County Hunt Club in Westport. Click here for directions.
Click here to find out where your donation will go.
The CT Challenge was co-founded in 2005 by childhood cancer survivor and Fairfield, CT native Jeff Keith and Westport-based entrepreneur and endurance athlete John Ragland. Jeff, who lost his right leg to cancer when he was 12 years old, is President and CEO of CT Challenge.
After running across America to raise money and awareness for cancer research following his graduation from Boston College in 1984 where he was a Division 1 lacrosse player, Jeff earned his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. During his nearly two-decade career in investment banking that followed, he co-founded Swim Across America, volunteering many hours to help establish the multiple open water swimming events that now comprise this organization which continues to raise millions of dollars each year for cancer research and support programs nationwide. Jeff turned his attention to survivorship, co-founding the CT Challenge as he became more aware of the long-term effects of his own treatment, the massive benefits of exercise, nutrition and group initiatives in countering them and as he realized there is next to nothing in place to support survivors after acute treatment is complete.
CT Challenge is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the 14 million cancer survivors in Connecticut and throughout the U.S. rebuild, improve and prolong their lives through fitness, nutrition, community support and lifestyle programs tailored to their unique needs.
*Image courtesy of CT Challenge, Team Ridgeield