My Badger Challenge journey began in 2019 when I helped create the Peds Dream Team to honor a close mentor, Dr. Allen, whose courage in the face of cancer inspired …
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Participant Spotlight: Kelsey Stokstad
Kelsey Stokstad is a wife, a daughter, a sister, and a mom to her 3-year-old daughter, Raeya. In May 2023, everything changed for Kelsey when she started experiencing tingling and …
Team Spotlight: Team Masey Moose
We’d like to share with you an incredibly moving team story. A story of a family coming together to honor their beautiful girl, Masey. Masey was diagnosed with a rare …
Radio interview with Dr. Harari and John Black
Dr. Paul Harari and John Black sat down with Shawn Prebil on 1310 WIBA recently to talk about Badger Challenge. You can hear their radio interview below. John went in …
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The Ride Spotlight: Ian Todaro
Ian Todaro, a UW Health Nursing Assistant at the cancer unit at University Hospital (and soon to be a UW Health trauma nurse), has taken part in The Ride twice. …
Volunteer Spotlight: Mark and Jennifer Heleniak
Mark Heleniak is a two-time cancer survivor. In 2011, he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at UW Carbone Cancer Center after having trouble getting a proper diagnosis in Milwaukee, where …
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Spotlight: Katie Krugel
Katie Krugel will be riding a borrowed bicycle at The Ride this year. The bike belongs to her boyfriend Jake Linhart’s mother, Deb, who was treated for breast cancer years …
Spotlight: Jim & Nancy Reck
Jim Reck, a retired marketing director for St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, never used the word “cured” when referring to patients treated for cancer. “There was no cure. We …
Spotlight: Alpha Gamma Rho
In 2018, Alpha Gamma Rho, a social and professional fraternity at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, began an annual tradition of volunteering for The Ride, providing logistical support that enables 100 …
Spotlight: Anne Schoenemann
Anne Schoenemann enjoys being active and considers herself rather competitive. She has participated in numerous triathlons and swimming and biking events. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, …
