Today Ken is riding for a Hero, Saylor Wilkinson. This beautiful young lady is 15. Saylor’s mom, Shanda Wilkinson, reached out to me, “My daughter is Saylor Wilkinson. She is 15 and fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. She was diagnosed in August of 2015. She loves her family, her dogs, music and art. She is an honor student and has kept up with school throughout treatment. She is one amazing hero!” On top of all of this, Saylor lost her best friend this year, her grandfather. He passed unexpectedly due to complications during surgery. It’s always a little more difficult with our … Read More
Raygan Batton: Hero 11APR16
Todays hero is Raygan Batton. It brings me great pleasure to honor Raygan as our hero of the day. Some of you may remember Raygan from the ride last year. Its great to hear that Raygan is doing well. Here is the latest on Raygan followed by the post from last year when we honored her. Today’s hero is Raygan, aka Ray Ray. Ray Ray was only 21 months old when she was diagnosed on May 20th, 2013 with high risk Neuroblastoma stage IV. On October 5th, 2014, she completed the 18 month long COG protocol. She is currently … Read More
Brooks
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, and Mr. Ken is spreading awareness as he rides from Oregon to Arizona. Ken likes to honor a child when he is riding and today he honors Brooks. Brooks is our hero of the day. Brooks is a three-year-old blue eyed, blond hair, high energy young man. He has brought much joy to his parents, his older brother and sister, and his extended family. Sometimes he has so much energy it gets the best of him and those who love him. Brooks parents are both school teachers at the local high school and were … Read More