I will be riding 50 miles this year on Sunday, August 8th in loving memory of my Dad, Mike Flaherty.  Riding the PMC is my way of honoring him by raising money in his memory to help find a cure for cancer!  

I ride the PMC because it breaks my heart to see people who are sick with cancer, especially when I see it affect children.  I ride the PMC because when my Dad was so sick, I felt so helpless and would have done anything to save him.  It was awful watching the strongest person I knew go through what he went through. Eight years later, those emotions are still there and I want to do something to stop this from happening to others.  Riding the PMC is my way of processing what happened to my Dad because I know that the money raised is doing so much good for those who are afflicted by this awful disease.  I know that my Dad is proud and this is what he would want me to do.  Medical research gets better every day and the money from the PMC goes directly to funding research and cures.  Wouldn't it be great for us to have a world without cancer?   Any donation would be greatly appreciated!  100% of your donation goes directly to Dana Farber and The Jimmy Fund.  Thank you for your continuted support!