This summer I planned to ride in the historic Pan Mass Challenge to support the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber Institute's commitment to finding a cure for cancer. https://www.pmc.org/who-we-are

Due to the global pandemic, the PMC will now be held virtually and reimagined. Rather than joining hundreds of riders for the 50 mile round trip segment from Wellesley to Gillette Stadium, I will be riding with my teammates from TEAM LUNGSTRONG here along the New Hampshire seacoast for 50 miles to raise much needed funds and awareness for lung cancer research. I ask that you help me raise $1000 to be directed to the Lowe Center of Thoracic Research under the direction of Dr. Pasi Janne. 100% of the rider-generated revenue will go directly to support their efforts to beat lung cancer.

I realize how many families and communities have been affected by Covid and acknowledge that everything else seems to pale in comparison. Yet cancer is still amongst us. Cancer doesn't quarantine. Please consider supporting my ride by making a donation to TEAM LUNGSTRONG and the PMC this Saturday Aug.1.

Here is the link:

https://donate.pmc.org/JS1024

Be Safe and Be Well.

Jay

About Team LUNGSTRONG

Mission: To raise funds for innovative research so that lung cancer is a treatable disease that is no longer fatal.

This year will be our 11th year as an “official team, twelve years ago Dave Legg and Ira Hart rode in the PMC for the first time together in memory of Ira’s sister Arielle, who had passed away that January from lung cancer at the age of 41. The following year Team LUNGSTRONG was formed and had 5 riders, a 6th rider joined on at the end of the weekend. That weekend LUNGSTRONG raised just over $38,000. Last year Team LUNGSTRONG raised over $590,000. To-date the team has raised almost $3.4 million! Our goal this year is to raise over $700,000, given the state of the economy today we will certainly do our very best to raise what we can.

https://www.lungstrong.org/about-us