Editor’s note: This post is part of a new series on FordyceLetter.com – Celebrating Successes. We know how important it is for morale and productivity to acknowledge success within a recruiting office, and we want to help you celebrate! Celebrating Successes aims to spotlight placements, new hires within your office, new business won, milestones in your career (certifications, business anniversaries, you just purchased your first office space, etc.), charitable organizations that you support/volunteer for, or any other significant win in your business or in life. If you have a success you’d like to celebrate, email it to us at stories@fordyceletter.com.

This past summer I rode my bicycle 190 miles over two days to raise money for cancer research in the PanMass Challenge. My team was “Team Big Jon” in loving memory of a dear friend who passed away from kidney cancer in 2007. My team raised almost $100,000.  100% of individual donations go directly to the charity!