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.

$17,458

Raised
$20,000

Goal
80

Supporters
85

Days Remaining

Recent Transactions

Julia Webber

$412.80 / Today

Josh, thank you for inspiring goodness in all about you! Be safe on the road and enjoy every mile of the ride! Hook-Em! -- Julia and Michael Webber
Amy Hallock

$258.00 / Yesterday

So happy to support you in this great cause! We were blessed that amazing but grueling medical care saved our daughter , also a Kate … my hear breaks for your family at such a huge loss. We’ll be cheering for you!! Your dad has been such an inspiration to us!
Susan Bowling

$200.00 / Yesterday

Love you Josh!
Mihm Family Charitable Fund

$500.00 / 2 days ago
Rick Bowen

$100.00 / 2 days ago

Good luck Josh. A great undertaking for a great cause.
Mark Sullivan

$103.20 / 3 days ago

Josh- we’re so proud of your mission in honor and memory of your beautiful sister. God bless you and Team Bedingfield!
Scott Sajer

$103.20 / 4 days ago

Let’s go, Joshua! All the best! Scott & Diana Class of 1983
Mark Morehouse

$516.00 / 10 days ago

Go Josh!
Dorothy Mahoney

$103.20 / 26 days ago

Good luck Josh. We’re behind you all the way! The Sweeneys
Thomas Miale

$103.20 / 34 days ago
Martha Sandia

$103.20 / 37 days ago
Matheo Hayek

$15.48 / 37 days ago
Debby Bedingfield

$103.20 / 38 days ago

Have a great ride. We are very proud of you!
Jim Bedingfield

$103.20 / 38 days ago

Donated from the Duff family - of Reading MA. Many thanks to Kate and Family!! Josh, Jim and the Bedingfield family
Jill Goldstone

$51.60 / 53 days ago
O'Connor Family Fund

$1,000.00 / 75 days ago
Caroline Grayson

$30.96 / 97 days ago
John Grayson

$50.00 / 99 days ago

Good luck, and safe journeys!
Hannah Grayson

$61.92 / 100 days ago
Garrett Grant

$103.20 / 101 days ago

You're doing an amazing thing and it's a wonderful tribute to Katie's memory.
Ryan Cunningham

$51.60 / 102 days ago
Christina OConnor

$50.00 / 105 days ago

Liz, Chloe, & I (in addition to the rest of your family and friends) couldn't be prouder!! Love you, rooting for you as always, and looking forward to seeing updates about the ride. Have the best time and know Katie would be so proud of you, too! iVamos, Josh!!!! Love ya, La Cristi
Danielle Clark

$51.60 / 105 days ago
Cameron Russell

$51.60 / 105 days ago

.
Cobi Frongillo

$20.64 / 105 days ago

Donate ›

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

https://forms.gle/2BwjE35agRmsZ31W6

Donate ›

Joshua Bedingfield