Pathways Park.
A park dedicated to our committed Ride community.
Kathy and Joe Curatolo Pathways Park is the embodiment of the spirit of the Ride for Roswell.
Kathy and Joe Curatolo Pathways Park is the embodiment of the spirit of the Ride for Roswell.
Not only does it provide a peaceful escape from the hustle and bustle of Buffalo’s Medical Campus, but it also serves a significant purpose.

In June 2015, local business leaders Ron Schreiber, Michael Joseph, and Gary Crosby commissioned a sculpture to honor Ride for Roswell founder Mitch Flynn on the occasion of the event’s 20th anniversary.
Entitled “Pathways to Hope”, the work was created by internationally recognized local artist Ellen Steinfeld and installed at the entrance to the Roswell Park campus at the corner of Ellicott and Carlton streets.
In 2017, the space around the sculpture was named Pathways Park and, to recognize their singular dedication to Roswell, pavers inscribed with the names and achievements of more than 100 top volunteers and fundraisers dating back to the first Ride in 1996 were placed at the base of the sculpture.
In 2020, thanks to a generous gift by late Roswell Park Alliance Community Board member Kathy Curatolo, and her husband Joe, the space was reconfigured, expanded, and re-dedicated as The Kathy and Joe Curatolo Pathways Park.
At the end of each Ride season, commemorative pavers with the names of new top individual and team fundraisers and volunteers are added to the space in recognition of the Ride community’s dedication to our common cause of finding cures for cancer.
The park is maintained thanks to the generosity of longtime Roswell Park and Ride for Roswell supporters, Kathy and Joe Curatolo.





Volunteer Leadership.
Co-chairs, 1996 -2006.
1996
Mitch Flynn
John Farmelo
1997
Mitch Flynn
John Farmelo
Sally Russell
1998
Sally Russell
1999
Lynn Gates
Russ Luke
John Mineo
2000
Lynn Gates
Russ Luke
2001
Lynn Gates
Russ Luke
2002
Marvin Barberich
Lynn Gates
Chris Wilkins
2003
Mitch Flynn
Chris Wilkins
2004
Mitch Flynn
Peter O’Keefe
2005
Mitch Flynn
Blue Hannon
Peter O’Keefe
2006
Mitch Flynn
Blue Hannon
Rick Suchan
Steering Committee Members.
*Terry Bourgeois
*Chris Eberle
*Mitch Flynn
*Blue Hannon
William Loecher
*Chris McNamara
Lettia Milito
*Jon Olsen
Jim Reger
*Sally Russell
*Angelo Veanes
*Bill Wallace
* Honored in 2013 with the Roswell Alliance’s Katherine Anne Gioia Inspiration Award
Volunteers of the Year.
2005
Justine Jopp
2011
Ron Brodowski
2013
Lettia Milito
2014
The Citron Family
2015
Jeanette Chimino &
Karen Mitsopolous
2016
Marit Ogin & The Signs Crew;
Bob Drajem
2017
Jon Olsen
2018
Bill Niblock
2019
Debbie Latona
2020
Rick Menke
2021
Katie Gilliland
2022
Vinny Milito
2023
Jim Mize
Top 10 Fundraisers.
Individual fundraiser names are shown under the first year in which they were a Top 10 fundraiser. That year and subsequent years of Top 10 appearances are in parentheses. Names and years in red indicate that the individual was the #1 fundraiser in those years.
1996
Katy DeGirolamo (1996, 1997, 1998)
1997
Ellen Goldstein
Gary Grabowski (1997, 1998)
Cheryl Groszkowski
Ron Opferbeck (1997 – 2003, 2009)
Matt Petroski (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 – 2004)
Lisa Podwika
Andrew Sobczyk
Michael Ventre (1997, 1998, 2000 – 2003)
1998
Matthew Young
1999
Catherine Barberich
Nicole Barrile
David Harding
Michelle Koopman
Richard Sliwinski
2000
Dan Fiebelkorn (2000 – 2004)
2001
Paul Babbitt
Joseph Floss
Sharon Heim (2001 – 2003)
Peter O’Keefe (2001 – 2004)
Michael Orlowski
Richard Schieb
2003
Margaret C. Katsinis
Mike Piemonte (2003 – 2006, 2008)
Daniel Scime (2003, 2004)
Dante Terrana
2004
Mitch Flynn (2004 – 2022)
Alexander Grano (2004 – 2006, 2008)
Blue Hannon (2004, 2005)
Paul Hurley, Jr.
2005
Gordon Gross (2005, 2006 – 2010, 2011 – 2015)
William Horbett
Dorothy Keenan
Renee O’Keefe (2005, 2006)
Hilary Roy
Angelo Veanes (2005, 2006 – 2010, 2011, 2012- 2019)
2006
David Brown (2006 – 2015)
Gil Farkash (2006, 2007)
Janice Pumm
George Satur
Elizabeth Smith
2007
Steve Korn
Sadashiv Shenoy (2007, 2010, 2011)
Amanda Sobczyk
Mark Winkler
2008
Michael Doran
Michael Forth (2008, 2010)
Susan Fraser
Brent Hudson
2009
Domenick Callocchia (2009 – 2011)
Thomas Doran
Benjamin Freidson
William McLaughlin
Irving Shuman (2009 – 2011)
2010
Liam Fischer
Joseph Sleap (2010, 2011)
2011
Bob Colmerauer
Sarah Gilfillan (2011, 2012)
2012
John Conciardo (2012 – 2021,
2022, 2023)
Tom Cunningham (2012, 2019)
William Loecher (2012 – 2021,
2022, 2023)
Robert Van Wicklin (2012, 2013)
Barb Waclawek (2012 – 2022)
2013
Greg Cavanaugh (2013, 2017, 2018)
Catherine Shuman Miller
2014
Dave D’Arata (2014, 2016)
Samantha Van Wicklin (2014 – 2020)
AJ Walczak (2014 – 2016)
2015
Luca Comaratta
2016
Matt Lasher (2016 – 2019)
Blake Walsh (2016, 2018, 2020)
2017
Mickey Osterreicher (2017, 2018)
Ken Rogers (2017, 2023)
2018
No new individuals in Top 10
2019
Joseph Curatolo (2019 – 2023) Mark Geraci, Sr.
2020
Thomas Chrzanowski (2020 – 2023)
Bernice Kuca (2020 – 2023) Frans De Waal
2021
Daniel Draudt
Peter Good
Leslie Kramer
2022
Bob Drajem
Adam Draudt
Lorrie Turner-Benigni (2022, 2023)
2023
Beverly Eberz
Cheryl Reinhardt
Top Lifetime Fundraisers.
$1,000,000 and up
John Conciardo
*William Loecher
$500,000 and up
Mitch Flynn
*New at this level in 2023
$250,000 and up
*Joe Curatolo
Gordon Gross
Angelo Veanes
Barb Waclawek
$100,000 and up
David Brown
Gregg Cavanaugh
Thomas Chrzanowski
Bob Drajem
Bernice Kuca
Matt Lasher
Al Lowman
Mickey Osterreicher
Kenneth Rogers
*Amanda Sobczyk-Perez
*Lorrie Turner-Benigni
Samantha Van Wicklin
AJ Walczak
Top Youth Fundraisers.
1996 – 1999
Katy DeGirolamo
2000 –2002
Daniel Scime
2003
Sean McLean
2004
Caitlyn Littlewood
2005 – 2010
Alexander Grano
2011
Sean McNamara
2012
Brendan Cunningham
2013
AJ Walczak
2014
Samantha Van Wicklin
2015
Luca Comaratta
2016 – 2020
Samantha Van Wicklin
2021
Nick Calandra
2022
Rosalie Comaratta
2023
Vidya Shah
Top All-Time Teams.
$2,500,000 and up
West Herr
$1,000,000 and up
Kids Just Want To Have Fun
Team Linde
Team Roswell
$500,000 and up
Ferguson Electric Red Riders
Gross Shuman P.C.
M&T Bank
Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC
Team Salvadore
The Donor Center
UB Spirit / University at Buffalo
$250,000 and up
*Baillie Lumber
Danielle’s Wild Birds / Jumbo’s Team
Fighting Irish Fighting Cancer
Fran’s Angels
Gene Machine
Miles For Monica
Missy’s Extra Milers
New Era Cap Company
Rainbow Riders
Team Rosswell
The Jacquie Hirsch For A.L.L. Foundation
The Remission Commission
*TMP Technologies
Tops Friendly Markets
Valerie’s Victorious Velocipedists
$100,000 and up
103.3 The Edge
*Al’s Heroes
BAC Spokes
*Big Wheels Bike Club
*Buffalo Eats
*Carol & Mike’s Cruisers
*Clarence Christian Crusaders
*Curacers
Cure de Madeline
Deerhurst Disciples
DuPont Family & Friends
First Niagara Financial Group
Five Star Bank
*Gratwick Growlers
Ingram Micro Community Engagement
John Newman Mission Community
Michael’s Angels
Miles for Mike
Niagara Frontier Bicycle Club (NFBC)
On Eagle’s Wings
Pavement Pounders
Peds Patrol
Racin’ for Rick
RFR Committee
Robert’s Lake Effect Team
Russ’s Riders
*Stewart Title Insurance
Survivor Seekers
*Team 400
*Team Annalynn
Team CSX
Team Devo
*Team Otterly Phil
Team Roswell-Alliance
Team SBU #CarneyStrong
*Team Schmitz
The Garbage Can Turkeys
*The Lymph-Oh!-Maniacs
*The Orange DOTs
*Wheelin’ For Healin’
*Young Adults Love Fest Team
*New at this level in 2023
Yearly Results of the Ride.
Through 2023, The Ride has raised more than $74 million for research and patient care at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.
1996
986 Riders
$101,018
1997
1,214 Riders
$166,565
1998
1,765 Riders
$195,566
1999
2,190 Riders
$237,548
2000
2,127 Riders
$308,753
2001
2,342 Riders
$330,421
2002
2,232 Riders
$326,450
2003
1,573 Riders
$343,963
2004
2,058 Riders
$540,310
2005
2,913 Riders
$913,706
2006
3,715 Riders
$1.26 Million
2007
4,957 Riders
$1.7 Million
2008
5,562 Riders
$2.0 Million
2009
6,485 Riders
$2.4 Million
2010
7,096 Riders
$2.8 Million
2011
7,294 Riders
$3.2 Million
2012
7,084 Riders
$3.8 Million
2013
7,777 Riders
$4.0 Million
2014
8,216 Riders
$4.4 Million
2015
8,000 Riders
$4.6 Million
2016
7,200 Riders
$4.6 Million
2017
7,401 Riders
$4.7 Million
2018
7,751 Riders
$5.4 Million
2019
7,942 Riders
$5.6 Million
2020
5,140 Riders
$3.6 Million
2021
6,173 Riders
$5.2 Million
2022
7,790 Riders
$5.7 Million
2023
8,080 Riders
$5.8 Million
*As of August 8, 2023
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Contact.
Office address.
Elm and Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263
Phone number.
716-THE-RIDE
(716-843-7433)
Office address.
Buffalo, NY 14263
Phone number.
716-THE-RIDE
(716-843-7433)