Why I Ride:

Thank you for visiting my page and for learning more about why I ride. This is my 8th year participating in and fundraising for the Pan Mass Challenge. What makes this event so special and impactful is that 100% of every dollar raised goes directly to research and treatments for patients -- not toward salary, advertising, or overhead! Every dollar counts, every dollar has an impact.

Team Kermit rides in memory of Jared Branfman, who died at the age of 23 of brain and spinal cancer. I am proud to be a member of Team Kermit. Kermit's theme, It's not easy being green, was Jared's mantra during treatment, helping Jared become the epitome of determination, resolve, bravery and passion. In addition, I dedicate each PMC to Michael McHugh, my former student, who died from stomach cancer at the age of 13. He was being treated at Dana Farber.

This is a bike race, but also a race against time. In the years since I have been a part of this effort, new technologies have been developed. If Jared, the reason for our very team’s existence, had been diagnosed today, there would be treatment for him. There is now a pill that can melt his type of cancer away. This breakthrough has happened in the past 10 years and thanks to money raised through this very fund.

Please consider donating -- no amount is too small. Every dollar counts. All of our lives have been touched by cancer, and together, we can beat it.

Donate Online - Click the links under my picture.

Donate by Venmo - Click the Venmo button under my picture.

Donate by Check - You can write a check and put my name and eGiftID in the memo line (Allynn Lodge, eGiftID: AL0191), then mail to:

Allynn Lodge 81981-9
Pan-Mass Challenge
77 Fourth Ave.
Needham, MA 02494

Thank you,

Allynn