Ride Across America. Fight Cancer.
Start Your AdventureJoin a group of young adults riding their bicycles from coast to coast each summer to help raise funds and awareness for young adult cancer. Pick from 3 routes that venture 4,000+ miles across America over 70 days, June 2 to August 10, 2019. It will be a summer to remember.
Are you crunched for time but want to learn more about 4K? Let us know what you’re interested in and we’ll be in touch soon with more information about applying.
A lot goes into the 4K for Cancer. Here is a quick snapshot of some important things to know:
Application Process
How do you apply?
What are the requirements?
Logistics
What is the daily mileage covered?
Am I responsible for carrying my own gear?
Where do we stay?
What do we eat?
Gear
What if I don't have a bike?
What else is provided?
What biking equipment do I need?
What else is important to have?
Fundraising
What is the fundraising minimum?
Where does the money raised go?
Mission
What types of service events can I expect?
Are there service requirements before the trip?
Leadership
What leadership opportunities are there?
Can I receive college credit through 4K?


Hear It From Alumni
For me the 4K is a time to heal. A time for me to honor the loved ones that I have lost to cancer. It is also a time for me to slow down from my busy life and enjoy all the beauty that our country has to offer. It has been an adventure of a lifetime.
Zack RossThe 4K teaches lessons unable to be read in a textbook, carried out through an experiment or written in a paper. To take yourself out of your normal setting, be it class, work or the comfort of home, is the invaluable experience the 4K gives. It challenges you to dig deeper than you ever have before, listen, learn and rely on those that are different from you, and use the stories of those you meet along the way as inspiration to achieve a goal. If offers clarity about life that is incomparable to any other experience, causes you to think and act outside of your comfort zone and teaches that as a team you can, and will, change a world — even if it’s just a single person. The 4K has forever changed who I am today, from how I approach a challenge to how I commute to work in the mornings. I encourage anyone who longs to see the world and change it for the better to become part of this family.
Haley ColemanI went into the 4K expecting an incredible experience and left with a beautiful and supportive family that I can depend on forever, as well as a refreshed perspective on life. The amount of personal growth that came from pushing our boundaries every day is astonishing and the effects of the 4K are felt every single day since it has ended. I’m the best version of myself I’ve ever been and I owe everything to my teammates and the mountains we climbed together.
Jeremy PopeBefore 4K, I thought I knew what it meant to be a cancer survivor but I was so wrong. 4K taught me what it means to live beyond my diagnosis and gave me a way to turn my experience as a survivor into something positive and an opportunity to help encourage others to do the same.
Sonja WagnerGot some questions?
If you are interested in 4K, but still have some questions before applying, reach out to us!