THE PAN MASS CHALLENGE: PLEASE SUPPORT ME IN MY GOAL TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE
PMC 2019: Lucky Ride Number 7!
In 1980, as I sat in my apartment as a freshman in college, Bill Starr started the Pam Mass Challenge. Nearly 40 years later I will be joining my LUNGSTRONG teammates in what will be my 7th Pan-Mass Challenge ride from Wellesley to Provincetown on August 3 & 4. I do this because the money we raise is improving and extending the lives of lung cancer patients everywhere by funding life-saving clinical trials. That’s worth some sweat, tight muscles and a sore butt any day of the week!
We have living proof of the success of these clinical trials in our teammate, Diane Legg, who has courageously fought lung cancer for the last 14-years. Diane is an amazing person and a passionate advocate for lung cancer patients. And once again she will embark on a 175 mile journey riding right along with the rest of her 70-person team! In 2011, Diane founded LUNGSTRONG, a nonprofit organization that funds innovative lung cancer research. Over the last 8 years she has raised more than $3 million through LUNGSTRONG, to help in the ongoing fight against lung cancer. We're happy to report she is currently participating in a clinical trial that is showing very promising results, and we all appreciate the very smart medical professionals at both Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Mass General Hospital who are putting our funds to good use.
I could not be more grateful for all of the support my family and friends have given me over the years for this cause that is so near and dear to my heart and I hope you will consider supporting me again this year. 100% of donations to my ride will go towards funding lung cancer research for the Thoracic Oncology program at Dana Farber.
This year my fundraising goal is $5,000... please continue to support me in any amount that is doable for you. Remember every donation makes a difference!
To donate to my ride, you can do it online: use Google and type in www.pmc.org. then click on PMC Profiles and type Alberta Grunbeck where it says Search. Click on my name and you'll come to my page...then click on Donate To My Ride. You can also write a check made out to the Pan-Mass Challenge and send it to me at 16 Birchmeadow Road, Amesbury, MA 01913 -- we can accept donations for this year's ride up until Oct. 1st.
For local friends, watch for news of our 6th Cheers to a Cure! campaign which is in full swing at local restaurants supporting our ride by selling a signature LUNGSTRONG cocktail, this includes: Flatbreads, Sea Dog Brewery, Grave, Phat Cats, Exeter Inn, and Krueger’s just to name a few. Hodgies will be serving up a slice of ice cream pie for LUNGSTRONG too this year.!
Thank you in advance for whatever contribution you can make! When you donate please enter who in honor or in memory you would like me to ride for. I will wear a ribbon with the name of each person. As I have done in the past, I will ride with my parents names on a ribbon, although they did not die from cancer - I am taking there spirit along for the ride and would be honored to take your loved ones with me!!!
With love & appreciation,
Berta
