From the Team Leader

🚴‍♀️ Join Team Crossguard — Great Cycle Challenge 2026

**Riding for Kids. Riding for Hope. Riding for Those We’ve Lost.**

This September, **Team Crossguard** is riding in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids’ cancer — and this year, our mission carries an even deeper meaning.

In May, I lost my sister to cancer.

Her strength, courage, and love are part of every mile I ride.

So this year, Team Crossguard rides not only for the children fighting today, but also in honor of those whose battles have ended — and the families who carry that grief forward.

Cancer takes too much.

Kids should be living their lives, not fighting for them.

Families should be celebrating milestones, not mourning them.

That’s why we ride.

⭐ **Team Crossguard Goals for 2026**⭐

- **Team Mileage Goal:** 400 miles

- **Team Fundraising Goal:** $1,000

- **Team Mission:** Ride together. Support each other. Make an impact.

⭐ **Why join us?** ⭐

- You set your own mileage goal — every mile matters.

- You’ll ride with teammates who encourage, uplift, and celebrate each other.

- You’ll help fund life‑saving research through the Children’s Cancer Research Fund.

- You’ll be part of a team riding with purpose — and heart.

## ⭐ **Important: Team donations help YOU too**

When someone donates to **Team Crossguard**, that donation is **credited to every rider’s individual fundraising total**.

That means:

- Sharing the **team page** helps everyone

- You don’t lose credit if someone donates to the team instead of your personal page

- Team fundraising boosts each rider’s progress toward their personal goal

We rise together. We fundraise together. We fight together.

## ⭐ **Who can join?**

Anyone. Any bike. Any fitness level. Any location.

If you can ride even a little, you can help save lives.

## ⭐ **Ride with us**

Join Team Crossguard, set your goal, and help us fight kids’ cancer one mile at a time — in honor of the children battling today, and in memory of the loved ones we carry with us.

**Ride for the kids. Ride for hope. Ride for love that never leaves.** 💛

This September, Cross Guard is taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!

Why? Because right now, cancer is the biggest killer of children from disease in the United States. Over 15,700 children are diagnosed every year, and sadly, 38 children die of cancer every week.

Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.

So we are raising funds through our challenge to help these kids and support Children's Cancer Research Fund to allow them to continue their work to develop lifesaving treatments and find a cure for childhood cancer.

Please support us by making a donation to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.

Your support will change little lives.

Thank you.

Christina