Every year, Team Salvadore Pedal Power averages between 60 and 80 members, but their team tent always has more than 100 people.
The Ride For Roswell
The 2023 Ride is Saturday, June 24 at the University at Buffalo. For the 28th year, the Ride Community is coming together again for a common mission: to end cancer.
“The reason I ride is because I want the accessibility of Roswell Park to be there for everybody.”
On June 23, 2019, Ted Rung crossed the Ride for Roswell finish line, completing the 100-mile route. No small feat for a 31-year-old who had just fought cancer for the third time.
This year the event is even more personal. "The sense of community and compassion that Roswell Park provided me during these unforeseen hardships is why I ride."
Participants eat, dance, talk and laugh, ring cowbells and wave flags. They also take groundbreaking research to the next level, and fund programs and services that make life a little easier for our patients.
Proper nutrition and hydration make a big difference on long bike rides, and it’s particularly important at three vital times — before, during and after a ride. Try these tips to help you make the most out of any cycling endeavor.
One spring day in 2012, Janice woke up with a horrible headache. Because her mom had had a brain aneurysm at a young age, Janice paid attention and called her husband. By dinnertime that day, she was coming out of brain surgery.
Most would not count cancer as a blessing, but 61-year-old Mike Paradowski considers his diagnosis of head and neck cancer as one of the best things that has ever happened to him.
If Vishal Gupta, MD, looks familiar, think back to Super Sunday, when he was introduced as part of #TeamRoswell's all-star lineup in our popular television commercial that aired locally during Super Bowl 50. Truly an MVP at Roswell Park and an expert in the field of head and neck cancer, Dr. Gupta has been providing care for patients at Roswell Park since 2013.