It all began in 2013, when Stewart Kohl (center) made a $1 million gift to create VeloSano Bike to Cure. “VeloSano is a passion of mine,” says Kohl, a Cleveland Clinic Distinguished Fellow who co-chaired The Power of Every One Centennial Campaign. “We’ve taken something as healthy as a bicycle and turned it into a weapon to fight cancer.”
VeloSano is a global fundraising movement to discover the cures of tomorrow for cancer, today. It connects the cancer community with Cleveland Clinic’s expanding impact in research, innovation and care.
This unique partnership ensures an accelerated path to finding cures by making good on our promise: 100% of every dollar raised supports transformative, lifesaving cancer research. With more than $47 million in direct funds raised to date — as well as $85 million in external funding generated thanks to VeloSano — this movement has brought innovative treatment, therapies and comfort to patients across a wide range of cancer specialties. What began as a weekend-long bike ride in Cleveland has become the link that connects philanthropy to research, research to patients and patients to cures.