This is our 11th year riding the PMC. We have a saying on the inside collar of our Day 2 (Evan's Crew) jersey. It says: When you need to do something to make sense of it all.... you ride a bike. That's what PMC does for us . . . . we ride with survivors, we ride for courageous souls that have lost their battle and we ride to honor all that have suffered.

Everything we do from January through October is all about raising money, and awareness, for DIPG; it has become who we are and it is a mission we tackle with the same spirit that our sweet nephew fought this terrible disease.

Our nephew Evan was diagnosed with DIPG, in November of 2011 and passed away in November 2012; exactly a year after his diagnosis. He was diagnosed by the doctor's at Dana-Farber while at Boston Children's Hospital. Evan had a way of making all the people he met smile. It warms our hearts to hear our girls, and their cousins, continue to relive the stories of Evan's crazy antics . . . he would do anything to get a laugh! Evan could be telling a joke, doing something silly or trying to get your attention in some appropriate (or inappropriate) way, but he always managed to put a smile on your face. We ride for Evan - his memory, his courage, and his spirit.

Team Evan's Crew is now a fixture along the roads of Massachusetts during Day one of the Pan Mass Challenge. In four years, Team Evan's Crew has raised over $1,300,000 to support DIPG research at Dana Farber, in the fund named in Evan's memory. We can't thank you all enough!

Thanks for reading,

Jay

I thank all of you who supported Evan's Crew at the Pan Mass Challenge.

All donations will help to fund DIPG research at Dana Farber and be sent to the Evan Mandeville DIPG Research Fund.

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Evan's Crew Website

Team Evan's Crew