2025 will be my 6th Pan-Mass Challenge -- I know it is unfathomable that I can actually ride 84 miles in one day. (Believe me, I find it unfathomable, too.) I ride in memory of my mom and in honor of so many cancer survivors, including my father and his wife, Amy. I regret that it is a sign of age -- or perhaps the evolution of the disease -- that cancer is now touching close friends. I saw firsthand the amazing treatment that one friend received when I drove him once a week to receive world class treatment in Boston this winter. 100% of my fundraising will go to support treatment and research at Dana Farber Cancer Insitute.

They broke the mold with my mother. In the mid 1990s, she would attend our sporting events with a megaphone. She needed a megaphone like I need more pizza. But she unabashedly screamed into the megaphone to amplify her voice so we knew that she was cheering for us. I spend a lot of time on the bicycle in the spring to prepare for the PMC which is my way of cheering for my mom.

I'm raising $25,000 this year but I need your help. Please give in memory of my beloved mother, Patti Grossman and in honor of Amy Gerson and my father, Louis. Please give in honor of your own family member, your neighbor, the high school kid up the street fighting this terrible disease, or your travel partner who has had to fight Cancer at far too young an age.

I will take your support if you just can't believe that I can actually bike 84 miles in one day! Please help push me across the finish line with your support; I think about each supporter when their gift arrives -- when I'm training and wishing that I was not exercising, your gift helps drive me to keep going. Gifts over $500 will receive a signed photo from the finish line!

HOW TO DONATE:
Check: payable to PMC should be mailed to me at my office, c/o The Grossman Companies, Inc., 859 Willard Street, Suite 501, Quincy, MA 02169.

Credit Card: go to https://donate.pmc.org/JG0559

Matching Gifts: The Human Resource Department at your company can provide information on your company’s matching gift policy.

Please help us fight cancer together by making a donation large or small. Every penny counts! Thank you.