This August, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge for the seventh year in a row, and my goal is to pedal 750 kilometres throughout the month to fight kids' cancer!

Why am I doing this? Because right now, over 1,400 Canadian children are diagnosed with cancer each year. Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.

As most of you know, I lost my Dad to cancer in January 2016. He fought cancer 4 times in his life, he succeeded 3!!! Thanks to the research done in cancer, I was able to enjoy my Dad for 28 extra years!!!

And this time I even have more motivation as my wife Esperanza beat cancer last year, thanks to her courage and also the advances made through research to better understand how to treat this disease.

So I am raising funds to honor them (Misael Barreto - Michel- & Pancha) by helping these kids and supporting the SickKids Foundation to continue its work in developing treatments and finding a cure for childhood cancer.

The challenge will be tough, but nothing compared to what Michel & Pancha went through, and what these brave kids face every day as they fight for their lives and battle this terrible disease.

And so to show my support, I am taking on my own personal challenge to raise $500 to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.

But to achieve my goal, I need your help.

Please support my challenge and join me in the fight to save little lives by making a donation through my fundraising page.

Here's the link to my page: https://greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/JohnBarreto

All funds raised will support SickKids Foundation to provide care, develop treatments and find a cure for childhood cancers.

In my first 6 years I have ridden 7,345 Km during the month of the challenge and raised $5,052. Please help me to get to $5,600 and 8,000 Km this year.

Thank you for your support.

John