After losing both of his parents to cancer within six months of one another in 2002, Chuck Steedman, the senior vice president and General Manager of Hartford’s XL Center, decided he needed to do something to help in the fight against cancer.
On July 28, Chuck takes the road with his #CHUCK512 Cycling for Cancer Research Tour – raising funds and cancer awareness throughout the northeast. The journey will begin south of Buffalo where he will ride 512 miles to Sturbridge, MA, just in time for the beginning of his 10th consecutive Pan-Mass Challenge.
The PMC’s 192 mile bike ride is the largest athletic fundraising event in the United States and last year alone raised over $35 million for cancer research
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