I've created this page to raise funds for research at Memorial Sloan Kettering, as part of the Play it Forward Pickleball Shootsout my Real Estate Team is sponsoring this coming weekend here in Steamboat. The Olson Tolan Team Steamboat Sotheby's International Realty has donated 2,000 and I hope you’ll consider joining the cause and making a donation. We are trying to raise an additional $500 in honor of both my mother Carmen Delgado Votaw who battled breast cancer as well as for my pickleball buddy Rose who is heading up this fundraising event. A bit about her and her husband:

From Rose:This is also personal. Many of you know my husband, Matthew Alford. He has been battling a rare form of cancer for over 9 years now. He’s undergone six surgeries, four types of chemotherapy, and immunotherapy. The cancer is metastatic and continues to come back. To say that these past nine years have been stressful and energy depleting is putting it mildly. Our son Trout has known his dad to have cancer more than not. Throughout this journey, however, our family continues to adventure, laugh, love, and hope for a long future together. But we need real solutions, and we need it now.

We are choosing to raise funds for research at Memorial Sloan Kettering and hope you’ll consider joining the cause and making a donation. We are also hosting two super fun community events in Steamboat Springs this summer!

We are choosing to raise funds for research at Memorial Sloan Kettering and hope you’ll consider joining the cause and making a donation. We are also hosting two super fun community events in Steamboat Springs this summer!

Many of the most important breakthroughs in cancer research and treatment have been brought to light at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and none of that progress would have been possible without support from people like you and me. 

In fact, much of the most promising new research can't even begin without donations from individuals: in most cases, government funds become possible only after our support funds the early work that demonstrates real potential. 

Too many of us know people who have faced a cancer diagnosis, and sometimes it's hard to know how we can make a difference. One of the most effective ways to help is to make sure the crucial work being done at Memorial Sloan Kettering continues to have the support that will drive it forward.  I've created this page because I am determined to do my part.

When the next new breakthrough is announced, I want to know that I have been a part of making it happen, and it would mean that much more to me if you would join me in the effort so that we can say that we helped make it happen.  Every dollar counts, and we hope you will be as generous as you can.

Thank you!