Joshua Bedingfield

Joshua Bedingfield / 2024 Team Fundraising

I am biking 4000 miles from Austin, TX to Anchorage, AL in the summer of 2024 to raise money and awareness for cancer research and support services in memory of my sister Katie Bedingfield.

  • $40,421

    Raised

  • $40,000

    Goal

  • 158

    Supporters

  • 6

    Days Remaining

Recent Transactions

  • Kathleen Corwin

    $103.20 / 5 days ago

    So proud of you Josh. I can’t imagine the challenges of this journey and impressed by you strength!! ❤️ All the Corwins

  • Bruce Cordelli

    $103.20 / 5 days ago

    Josh - Well done! I am a friend of your dad and prayed for Katie and your family. Keep touching people positively and God Bless. Bruce Cordelli

  • Jenny Davis

    $206.40 / 6 days ago

  • Jeffrey Larkin

    $103.20 / 6 days ago

  • Mark Ayers

    $103.20 / 6 days ago

    God bless you and keep you safe on your remaining miles.

  • Sue Ellen McIntire

    $103.20 / 7 days ago

  • Susie Field

    $103.20 / 7 days ago

    Joshua - so proud of you and you are making a huge difference. Katie is watching over you!! God Bless you! Susie Field

  • Mark Cuttle

    $103.20 / 7 days ago

    Josh, I know Katie is very proud of you. With love from the Cuttle family.

  • Tammy Larkins

    $206.40 / 7 days ago

    You got this! It’s worth every inch!!! Great journey for a greater cause! Enjoy the journey!

  • Donald Hall

    $103.20 / 7 days ago

    Keep up the great work Josh! Proud To Be! Beat Navy!

  • Estelle Mitchell

    $51.60 / 7 days ago

  • Thomas Stakem

    $258.00 / 7 days ago

    Josh - sibling lovely is an incredible force in the world. Thank you for demonstrating to all how powerful it is. The heavens are celebrating your kindness and determination on behalf of Katie. Just another Reading resident admiring you and the Bedingfield family from afar! Pax and safe passage young man. Tom/Beth Stakem

  • MARK BEATTY

    $258.00 / 7 days ago

    The world needs more people like you. Congratulations on your quest! Katie is with you every step of the way.

  • Gianna Zagami

    $51.60 / 10 days ago

  • Catherine VanBRederode

    $25.80 / 12 days ago

  • Jack Bowen

    $51.60 / 13 days ago

    Keep up the great work Josh! Thank you for what you are doing to raise awareness and support for such an important cause, it is incredibly inspiring

  • Susan Gallagher

    $51.60 / 16 days ago

  • John O'Brien

    $516.00 / 18 days ago

    Josh, my donation is in memory of Katie but is also in honor of YOU! As proud as I am of you, I know Katie is just beaming for you and your entire team. Congratulations for doing something so monumental and life changing. I am honored just to follow your journey.

  • Kiara Tangney

    $20.64 / 18 days ago

  • Thomas Vaccaro

    $103.20 / 20 days ago

    Proud of you for such an impressive undertaking. It’s really inspiring seeing you accomplish this and supporting such an important cause. Keep up the hard work!

  • Susanne Chiang

    $103.20 / 20 days ago

    What an impressive feat for a critically important cause!

  • Allen Hull

    $500.00 / 20 days ago

    Looks like you are just over half way there! Awesome little brother for doing this in honor of Katie. Keep pushing and watch out for the moose (and bears!)

  • Anonymous

    $15.48 / 30 days ago

    Thanks so much for what you and the other riders are doing to combat cancer. It truly affects us all. I hope all riders’ time in MN is welcoming and refreshing. Sending all the best!

  • Timothy Sullivan

    $25.80 / 30 days ago

  • Mindy Olson-Ciastko

    $50.00 / 31 days ago

About Joshua Bedingfield

Cancer sucks. It really does. So, the question is: How can we help the long journey of cure(s) - for those we love? Cancer has affected my family and loved ones ever since I can remember, so I am fervently passionate about fighting it. Here’s why I’m riding to Alaska - to advocate for cancer prevention and cures.

In October 2018, having just turned 16, my parents told me my sister Katie was diagnosed with a diffuse midline Glioma (DMG) and an H3K27M gene mutation. The terminology sounded like gibberish to someone not an oncologist, but translating all this language was urgent, terrible, and scary. At the time, Katie was just 20 years old, in her junior year at the University of Maryland She was an incredible, caring, and passionate person that showed the world what it means to be kind. She was a leader on campus, heavily involved in service to others, and had a higher-level mature soul. However, her brain cancer diagnosis was far more profound than medical jargon - she had inoperable, terminal brain cancer with a 6-month life expectancy.

And so, her (& our) journey began. She was an absolute rockstar - a real fighter. She lived her life, cared for her loved ones, and showed love for all around her, even in the darkest of moments. She lived with cancer far longer than her original diagnosis through her strength and drive. I wish I could be half as strong as she was.

With cancer, she accomplished so much and helped so many people. She worked research in oncology labs at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical school. She spent as much time with her family and loved ones as she could. She graduated college two and a half years after diagnosis, two months before she passed. She even asked for donations to brain tumor research and Massachusetts General Hospital for her birthday. Perhaps her most significant contribution was volunteering for a Chemo trial to advance DMG cures, knowing it would help others in time as she fought terminal cancer.

We lost Katie to cancer on July 10th, 2021. I am riding for her and everyone who had the privilege of knowing Katie - and wants to help this fight.

While I mainly ride for my sister, I also ride for others affected by cancer. I ride for my Grandpa, Frank Bedingfield, my Grandpa Donald Coolican, my dog Gator, Gracie Bowen, Owen Magoon’s mom, Joe Merickle’s dad, John Bunge’s mom, Roshan Abraham’s brother, Blake Boren’s dad. Ethan Maloney’s mom, and Davis Evan’s aunt. I ride for those yet to be diagnosed - hoping we can all do our part.

To Alaska - LET’S GO! - please join me in funding the fight against cancer - to help our loved ones. Josh Bedingfield 

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