Welcome to the Arnold Robinson planning/cycling/historic cocktail fundraising page for 2024 Tour de Rhody!
I'm riding this year in memory of my mom, who passed away in 2022 and suffered from a long term blood cancer for the last decades of her life. I'm hoping that our ride this year raises funding and awareness for cancer research so that we can prevent and treat cancer for folks in the future. I hope you are able to contribute in support of my ride.
I have a couple of people/groups I want to recognize:
- I'm VERY excited to be riding this year with my colleagues from Fuss & O'Neill. Fuss is a sponsor this year for the first time. My teamates are wonderful people and very brave for getting out there to ride long distances in these amazing landscapes for a great cause. My personal thanks to them for joining in on this adventure!
- A big thank you to Providence Water for opening up the lands held in public trust for one in a lifetime access. I'm stoiked to get out there and see the landscape once populated by towns, farms, houses and mills.
- To Dr. Tom Ollia for thinking up this crazy Tour de Rhody Idea and making it happen each year. I also appreciate what you do for cyclists and pedestrians with your volunteer work to make safer environments for us all to move in (usually dominated by cars).
- My fellow rides - have a great and safe Tour de Rhody!
Tour de Rhody #6
Tour de Rhody is a road and gravel cycling tour to support cancer research in Rhode Island. This year we will again start and finish at beautiful Salisbury Farm at 11 Peck Hill Rd. in Johnston, RI. The ride will take place on the morning of September 22, 2024, with a rolling start.
Rides range from around 15 miles on road or gravel to a full metric gravel century. There are pure road and mostly gravel (dirt roads that at time border on trail) routes. Routes can be challenging and the gravel routes explore historic areas around the Scituate Reservoir. These roads are closed to the public and the Providence Water Supply Board has graciously offered us one day access.
The ride supports the trials designed by the Brown University Oncology Group and the event itself is graciously hosted by the Lifespan Cancer Institute. These trials give patients access to groundbreaking new therapies and other new and emerging cancer treatments at various stages of diagnosis and across many cancer types.
In its first year in 2019, Tour de Rhody raised over $18,000. We continue to grow substantially each year with your support and by 2024 have raised over $400,000. Let's see where we can go from here!
Tour de Rhody has become a key fundraiser to support cancer research in Rhode Island. Since 2019, over $400,000 has been raised to support cancer clinical trials in Rhode Island designed through the Brown University Oncology Research Group. The Lifespan Cancer Institute graciously sponsors the event itself. Tour de Rhody supports investigator initiated trials, that is where physicians and researchers are the ones developing and designing the trials, that directly benefit Rhode Islanders. These trials lead to the discoveries advancing new cancer treatments and cures worldwide