On August 2nd, I will be riding in the PMC with my daughter Amy for the first time in 10 years. I wasn’t planning on riding this year. My plan was to enjoy retirement with my wife Janet, travel, and enjoy our family and 3 grandchildren. Our son Matt and Lindsay have Natalie and Amy and Josh have Lucas and baby Gabriella. It takes commitment to train, fundraise and ride in the PMC.
But Cancer does not care!! It has hit my family for the fourth time.
This past December, Jan was diagnosed with cancer again. She survived breast cancer in 2003. When she went for her Breast MRI last fall, they found some lesions on her liver. She was diagnosed at Dana-Farber with very slow-growing cancerous tumors, one in her ileum and others in her liver, which they will monitor for now. If they grow, they can treat them with possible surgery and other treatments. In addition to Jan’s cancers, I survived prostate cancer in 2006. Later in 2010, Amy was diagnosed with leukemia. She was treated at Dana-Farber and Brigham & Women’s Hospital with chemo, radiation, and a stem cell transplant from Matt, which cured her leukemia.
I appreciate all who donated to my PMC. Because of you, my lifetime fundraising totals $131,928, and last year’s total was $20,692. Last year, the PMC raised $75 million and reached over $1 billion. The PMC celebrated this major milestone last year but we didn’t realize then how important it is to continue raising money because recently the funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is threatened by potential government funding cuts.
This year my goal is $20,000 and to exceed 125 donors. Every year, I send out about 500 letters asking for donations and I also post on Facebook. I get about 100 donations per year. If I am able to reach my goal to exceed 125 donations, I will donate two $50 Amazon cards to two random winners. If I reach my goal of $20,000, I will also donate two $50 Amazon cards to two donors. Please donate by the end of September and the drawing will take place on October 1st.
I will be wearing ribbons again this year to honor those who were affected by cancer. Please let me know a name you would like to honor by the end of July.
Please give what you can. Thank you!
Rick Lane
Rick’s information:
Donate by credit card or Venmo:
profile.pmc.org/RL0183
Or, mail a check made out to PMC to:
Rick Lane, 436 S. Meadow Rd., Lancaster, MA 01523
Amy Belli’s information:
Donate by credit card or Venmo:
profile.pmc.org/AL0187
Or, mail a check made out to PMC to:
Amy Belli, 7 Jackson Rd., Rutland, MA 01543
