Young adults helping young adults for 16 years running! Traveling over 4,000 miles on five different routes covering a distance of more than 20,000 miles. Accruing miles while creating smiles.Gathering from all over the country we have been brought together, fueled by compassion for others and invested in something much larger than ourselves. We choose to bike to help those who fight while honoring those who have fought. Every day is a simple reminder that cancer can be overcome - one pedal stroke at a time.
We are Team Portland. This is the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults.
Join us as we strive to ensure that no young adult faces cancer alone.
2017 marks the 16th year of the 4K for Cancer sending young adults on journeys across the country in an effort to inspire hope and unite communities in the fight against cancer. The 4K for Cancer is a program of The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults (UCF). Interested in joining the fight? Apply to be a rider or runner at www.4kforcancer.org!
Challenge:
Over 70,000 young adults are diagnosed with cancer every year. Young adults (ages 15-39) face a variety of unique challenges with a cancer diagnosis including fertility preservation, social isolation, lack of insurance, delayed diagnosis, and more.
Solution:
The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults changes lives by creating a community of support for young adults, and their loved ones, impacted by cancer. With your support, the Ulman Cancer Fund is able to provide free support services and resources for the young adult cancer community including:
Cancer to 5K - a 12-week training program designed to introduce or reintroduce cancer survivors to physical activity.
Patient Navigation - a free program (onsite at cancer centers and remotely through our office) that ensures no young adult ever faces cancer alone. We provide one-on-one support & resources to young adults and their families to help them manage the cancer experience and long-term cancer survival.
Scholarships - a financial assistance program to help young adults continue their education after being affected by cancer through their own diagnosis or the diagnosis of a loved one.
UCF House - This year UCF broke ground on a “home away from home” to provide free housing for young adult cancer patients, and their caregivers, in East Baltimore.
Your donation will help make these programs and our mission possible!
| Supporters | |||
| Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
| Cash Cash | 08/25/2017 | $30.00 | Cash Cash | 08/18/2017 | $275.00 | Mathew Johnson | 08/09/2017 | $40.00 | Passed your group twice in Wyoming! First outside of Shoshoni, WY then the very next day as I was pulling into work in Riverton, WY. Then I happened to find a post from Matt on Instagram. Congrats on your journey. Very admirable. | Packwood Community Presbyterian Church | 08/04/2017 | $400.00 | Janet Mann | 08/01/2017 | $50.00 | I talked with a number of you ten miles into the Big Horn Mts out of Buffalo, Wyoming. I told you that you were living my dream. You indicated that you had a stop over in Spokane. I just returned from Wyoming and hope I have not missed you. | Cash Cash Cashiers Check | 07/31/2017 | $1,172.00 | Dresden United Methodist Church | 07/18/2017 | $2,301.83 | Jordon Valone | 06/29/2017 | $50.00 | Thank you | Kimberly Ludwig | 06/29/2017 | $50.00 | We met Drew from the Portland Team in Chicago (in front of Lou Malnati's on 6/23) and wanted to show our support for your mission! Good luck in your ride across the country :) Kim, Scott & Allison Ludwig | Linda S Miller | 06/11/2017 | $40.00 |
| Total | $4,408.83 | ||