Dan Topp, president and CEO of Aston, Pa.-based Topp Portable Air, recently announced that he will take on a long-distance kayak challenge issued by his friend Kevin Kane to benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, an organization that has raised more than $35 million for childhood cancer research and grants over the past 10 years. Kane works with ALSF.

Topp will paddle a kayak solo down the Susquehanna River, beginning in Williamsport, Pa., and traveling 180 miles to end up in the Chesapeake Bay. The 10-day journey will raise money for childhood cancer with proceeds going to ALSF.

To learn more about Topp’s Paddle for a Cure challenge or to make a donation, visit http://www.alexslemonade.org/paddleforacure.

Dan Topp, president and CEO of Topp Portable Air. (right), will kayak 180 miles to raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to benefit childhood cancer research. Also pictured are Laurie Zerumsky (left) and Melanie Eynon (middle) of Topp’s marketing department.