Get on your bikes and ride.
More than 800 people are expected to lace up their sneakers at Equinox of Roslyn on Sunday and participate in this year’s Cycle for Survival, an national fundraising effort for rare cancer research and clinical treatment options.
The event will be held across 13 cities and attract an estimated 20,000 cyclists, event organizers said.
Since the event’s inception in 2007, Cycle for Survival has raised more than $58 million to study and treat rare cancers, which include those of the thyroid, brain, ovaries and pancreas, among others, officials said.
Event organizers said rare cancer research is typically underfunded, often leaving patients with limited treatment options.
Sunday’s event will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and mark Cycle for Survival’s fifth consecutive year at Equinox of Roslyn, located at 90 Northern Boulevard in Greenvale.
All proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, rated the No. 1 hospital for cancer care in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.
Sloan Kettering owns and operates Cycle for Survival. Equinox, with 73 locations throughout the country, acts as the initiative’s founding partner.
