Dear Friends and Family,
The Pan-Mass Challenge is here again and I'm reaching out to ask you to consider joining me in support of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Next Saturday, August 2, will be Ride #17 for me, and through your donations and encouragement many of you have come along with me for the last five or ten or 17 years! Some of you have even been on the Team. Thank you!
My late husband, Bob, was alive to watch his friends ride in his honor on that first Saturday in August 2007, and on the second ride the following year. Team Freeman-Clayton was born. He passed away shortly after the second ride but before he did, he boasted to his oncologist that the team had raised over $40,000 for Dana Farber. Bob was so touched and honored. He didn't care that those research dollars would not benefit him; in fact, he wasn't even treated at Dana Farber. He passed away shortly after the 2008 PMC and I have wondered for the past 16 years what he would think if he knew that we are still on our bikes every summer and that our team has now raised a total of $2,194,137 to support Dana Farber. As federal funding for research has plummeted in these last months our support for cancer research has become even more critical.
So on Saturday, August 2, I'll get on my bike in honor and memory of Bob and my friend, Wendy Clayton (the "Clayton" in our team name), for my friends Maureen Manning and Bob Ruxin, and for the many people who are now living with cancer.
If you would like to make a donation to this year's ride you can click here. Some of you have already donated to this weekend's ride and I thank you for your generosity!
To all of you, whether you choose to support my ride this year or not, thank you for the generous support you've given me over these last many years.
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
With warmest regards and gratitude,
Elizabeth
PMC donations are tax deductible and 100% will go to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The PMC's tax ID /EIN number is 04-2746912.
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