The 2025 Pan Mass Challenge (PMC) is the weekend of August 1st, and I’m planning to ride Saturday from Babson College in Wellesley, MA to the Mass Maritime Academy in Bourne, MA, a mere 84 miles! This will be my 16th PMC. Through the 16 years I have been through a lot – most recently Covid, two left rotator cuff surgeries, and a prostatectomy. I am now cancer free! I’m riding an E-Bike which I know was not common when I began this journey in 2010.

I am proud of my accomplishments. Through the years I have raised over $132,230 with your help. As always, I ride in memory of my parents who lost their battles with cancer. My father passed away at the age of 70 from colon cancer and my mother passed away at the age of 71 from pancreatic cancer. I also ride in memory of and in honor of my many family members, friends and colleagues who had succumbed to cancer or who are courageously fighting their battles. Again, this year I will be riding as Living Proof that cancer can be cured!

This is Why I Ride!

I remain extremely committed to the PMC and to Team Perry (https://teamperrypmc.com/).?The funds I raise are all directed toward the Perry S. Levy Fund for Gastrointestinal Cancer Research at Dana Farber in Boston, MA.?All the money raised by Team Perry supports the amazing research and discoveries made by Team Perry’s Fellows in the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.?Team Perry has raised over $10 million in 25 years, and we hope to raise another $475,000 in 2025. This will help the PMC reach its goal of one billion dollars donated directly to cancer research!

I have committed to raising a minimum of $4,000 this year, but I truly hope to exceed $11,000. I will greatly appreciate any amount you can donate, no matter how small.?100% of all funds I raise go directly to the Perry S. Levy Fund for Gastrointestinal Cancer Research at Dana Farber.?To donate to the PMC, please make a tax-deductible donation online on my personal page (http://profile.pmc.org/JP0293).?If you prefer to write a check, please make it payable to PMC, The Jimmy Fund, or Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and mail it to me at 10 Sundance Way, Natick, MA 01760.?

Thank you more than ever for your financial support this year.?

With Heartfelt Thanks,

John