Dear Family and Friends,

As many of you know, I have been riding in the Pan Mass Challenge every year since 2017 to raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA. This year will be very special as I will be joined in the ride by my children, Sarah and Dan. Both have witnessed the impact of cancer on family and friends over the last several years, and decided to make the commitment to ride together with me, and my good friends John, Sam and Tom to raise money for cancer research and treatments at Dana-Farber.

On August 2nd and 3rd, we will ride the 170 miles in honor of those recently affected by cancer, including my wife Christine, college friend Dave, neighbors Dan and Jane, sister-in-law Cindy, Aunt Sandy, Uncle Tony, Aunt Christine and friends Henry, Hillary, Jack, and Chris.

I ask that you please consider sponsoring my 9th consecutive PMC ride this August which will equally support two specific research funds at Dana-Farber: (1) Dr. Patrick Wen's Neuro-oncology/brain tumor research fund Center for Neuro-Oncology | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute so that future brain cancer patients have a fighting chance; and (2) The Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research Barr Program Research Advancements - Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge (jimmyfund.org) which has led to numerous discoveries across a number of cancer types including blood, brain, breast, lung, ovarian, pancreatic, pediatric, and prostate cancers.

John, Sam, Tom, Sarah, Dan and I are riding as members of PMC Team Crank https://profile.pmc.org/TC0198, and all of the money that we raise will be matched by The Warren Alpert Foundation, up to a maximum of $750,000. Last year, as a team, the team raised in excess of $1,000,000 for Dana Farber! Your donation to our rides this year will be doubled!

Including the Warren Alpert Foundation match, I have set my fundraising target this year at $20,000. My wife Christine and I dearly appreciate the importance of cancer research in our own lives and have sponsored each of our children's rides at Sarah https://profile.pmc.org/SF0264 and Dan's https://profile.pmc.org/DF0324 rides.If you are a family member of ours, please consider splitting your sponsoship between Sarah and Dan instead of sponsoring me this year.

No donation is too small and can be made directly on my PMC sponsorship page: http://profile.pmc.org/MF0296 or by check made payable to PMC sent to my home address (48 Harrison Street, Newton, MA 02461).

Note that all PMC donations are tax deductible and 100% will go to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Pan-Mass Challenge only uses your personal information to thank you and will not share it with any other organizations.

Thank you for supporting my ride through your thoughts, words, and especially your sponsorship, and for supporting the good cause of continuing the fight against cancer via Dana-Farber!

Warm regards,

Mark Fitzpatrick