Michael J. Sullivan, author of the Riyria Revelations and other great fantasy books has just posted to Reddit that he is joining the Ride to Conquer Cancer. Many of you may have heard that Jay Lake, another beloved author, recently died of cancer. Sullivan has decided to join the Ride to help raise money in honor of Lake and all the other authors we have lost to cancer over the years.
The Ride to Conquer Cancer is a two day, 150 mile bike ride through Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC. The funds raised in the Ride go to Johns Hopkins Cancer Center. The Center has more than 60,000 patients visit every year, and donations from the Ride go toward helping accelerate research and save lives.The Ride is September 13th and 14th.
You can go to Sullivan's donation page and donate to his team, or, if you live in the area you can join Team Riyria and ride with him. It sounds like an amazing journey doing something really good for the world. Almost everyone knows someone who has been affected by this terrible disease. Please donate if you can share Michael's page with your friends. Even if you can't afford to donate right now, sharing the story may help find others who can.
Hey, thanks so much for helping to spread the word on this. It's going to be quite challenging doing 150 miles in 2 days. I did my first long ride yesterday (20 miles) and I'm feeling it today ;-)
ReplyDeleteWe have lost too many people to this terrible disease, thanks for helping to spread the word.