{"id":114142,"date":"2025-08-02T23:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T23:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114142\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T23:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T23:06:10","slug":"curebound-cancer-challenge-raises-3-million-for-local-research-to-find-a-cure-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114142\/","title":{"rendered":"Curebound Cancer Challenge raises $3 million for local research to find a cure \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of cyclists kicked off the 2025 Curebound Cancer Challenge<\/a> Saturday morning on the campus of UC San Diego.<\/p>\n

The annual cancer research fundraiser was formally known as the Padres Pedal the Cause<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Fred Perez was one of the more than 2,800 people registered for this year’s event. He rode in the 55-mile bike race.<\/p>\n

“My dad had cancer. My sister-in-law had cancer. She\u2019s recovered from it, but every day we\u2019re hearing about a family member that\u2019s been devastated by this disease,” he said.<\/p>\n

Organizers decided to expand branding of the event with a name change and more activities for participants to complete while raising donations. That also included a 75 and 25 mile race for cyclists. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\tM.G. Perez<\/p>\n

\t\t\tM.G. Perez<\/p>\n

Alex and Suzanne Papike rode to raise money to honor their 25 year old son living with a cancer diagnosis, August 2, 2025.<\/p>\n

Megan Ambrose lost her father to cancer when she was a teenager. She is now the producer of the fundraiser that included walking, running, cycling, and spinning for dollars to defeat the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really a community effort and we know that\u2019s what it\u2019s going to take,” Ambrose told NBC 7. “It is really every single person committing themselves to a future without cancer.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s really a community effort and we know that\u2019s what it\u2019s going to take.
“It is really every single person committing themselves to a future without cancer.<\/p>\n

Megan Ambrose, Producer 2025 Curebound Cancer Challenge<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The White House has proposed cutting the budget of the U.S. National Institutes of Health by almost 40% in the coming fiscal year.<\/p>\n

That could reduce significant medical research according to the Journal of the American Medical Association<\/a> (JAMA). <\/p>\n

Karina Moreno participated in the fixed cycle spinning activity and then the 5K walk and run, Saturday. Her mother, Tere Chavez, died in September 2021 of stage 4 lung cancer. \u201cWhen she was diagnosed, they told us it\u2019s going to be six months. She stayed with us three years. So, she was really tough,” said Moreno<\/p>\n

Two weeks after her mother\u2019s death, her father, Ignacio, died of COVID-19. \u201cI\u2019m still here, and the best way to honor them is to continue life,” she said. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\tKarina Moreno<\/p>\n

\t\t\tKarina Moreno<\/p>\n

This is an undated family photo provided by Karina Moreno. Her father, Ignacio Moreno (left), died in September 2021 of COVID-19. Two weeks earlier, her mother Tere Chavez (right), died of stage 4 lung cancer.<\/p>\n

Since its beginning in 2013, the San Diego based Curebound 501c3 organization has raised and invested $75 million in local cancer research projects. Saturday’s event raised $3 million according to organizers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of cyclists kicked off the 2025 Curebound Cancer Challenge Saturday morning on the campus of UC San…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":114143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,3971,3549,7264,36743,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-114142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-health-wellness","12":"tag-san-diego","13":"tag-sandiego","14":"tag-uc-san-diego","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114961683864394046","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}