37 YEARS AGO, I RODE IN MY FIRST PMC. THIS YEAR WILL MARK MY 37TH YEAR OF OF BEING A FUND RAISING BICYCLIST.

$654 MILLION DOLLARS RAISED AND DONATED TO THE JIMMY FUND AND DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE. SIMPLY AMAZING!!!!!

ALL BECAUSE OF YOU!!!!

I would like to thank each and every one who made a donation to the Jimmy Fund on my behalf over these 36 years. Whether it be from my annual letter appeal, to my various Spare Change Fund Raisers, both in Massachusetts and now in Florida, every penny raised is one cent closer to allowing the researchers at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute find the cure for cancer. It is because of all your donations to the Jimmy Fund that enables the 6,000+ riders of the PMC to present the size of the check we do.

This year will be my 37th year of participating in the Jimmy Fund's largest fund raising event and the largest athletic fund raiser in the USA, if not the world. I know things are tough for all of us, but cancer doesn't take a break for economic rough times. Your donation is even more important to the researchers and other medical professionals at the Dana Farber because of all the cutbacks the federal government is making. One major change for me this year and for years to come is I am now living in the sunshine state of Florida. Sorry Massachusetts and New England, I have had it with the harsh winters. Being in Florida for over a year now, I am already feeling better.

Last year, your donations allowed me to surpass $100,000 raised in my 36 years of participating in the Jimmy Fund's largest fund raiser. I am looking forward to the day I have raised $200,000, but only with your support.

Every year, as I begin my fund raising activities, I think back to those that I have lost to cancer, my mother Barbara and wife Linda. Both of these women did and continue to inspire me to continue to raise money for cancer research and treatment at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. For nearly all Americans, we all have been touched in some way by cancer, a loved one, a friend, co-worker, we are all touched by this terrible disease. My participation in the Pan Mass Challenge gives me a way to not only honor the lives of my mother and wife, but to inspire me to raise as much money as I can. So this is where you come in. You can make a donation to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute through my participation in the Pan Mass Challenge and honor your loved ones, lost to or fighting cancer, as we support the research needed to find gthe cure for cancer.

This year the PMC's goal is $58 MILLION dollars.

SO, think of all those you know and loved ones that have had cancer, have cancer or have passed away because of cancer and of those in the very near future that will become LIVING PROOF.

Go back to the top of this page and find the Donate To My Ride icon and make your donation online here on the PMC's secure website.

This year, the annual ride is August 3rd and 4th, 2019.

Thank you so very much for your generosity.

Barry Davis

6016 Lapaz Court, New Port Richey, Florida 34653