Dear Friends,

I hope that you will join me as I gear up for the 190 mile Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) from Sturbridge to Provincetown, MA August 3-4, 2019 by helping me reach my goal of $5,000. Your contribution will so be so graciously appreciated by me, my wife Betsy, daughter Rachel, and my son Ethan, who just became a six-year cancer survivor. This will be my first PMC ride, and I am proud to be riding in recognition of Ethan, knowing that your gift will contribute to the very place that was so quick to uncovering his Multiple Myeloma diagnosis six summers ago – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. My bike training regimen pales in comparison to Ethan’s past experiences and resilient approach, yet it provides an opportunity for me to play a role within the Dana-Farber community as they have played such an integral role within our family.

More specifically, this endeavor began in late February as Ellen Fisher, Betsy and I attended the Patriot Platelet Pedalers’ (Boston) annual meeting…in part to support Ethan’s guest speaker address. The Platelet Pedalers group rides for the PMC with specific funding going to the Multiple Myeloma branch of Dana-Farber research. I was in awe of their group spirit and quickly joined the team! As such, my PMC fund-raising will be directed to DFCI Multiple Myeloma research.

I invite you, sincerely, to consider contributing to my PMC overall fundraising goal of $5,000. I have recently passed the $1,000 mark, so I am just over one-fifth of the way to my fundraising goal.

Besides credit card donations, the PMC accepts checks made out to the Pan-Mass Challenge, PMC, Jimmy Fund and/or Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. If you prefer this route, checks can be sent to my home address at 1211 State Rd. Eliot, ME 03903.

I am immensely grateful for everyone’s support and am so excited for the early-August ride!

Thank you!

Joel (and Family)