I'm riding in my 17th consecutive Pan-Mass Challenge, an event I look forward to every year. Cancer affects everybody, directly and indirectly. Since it’s inception in 1980, the Pan-Mass Challenge has raised over $717 million in support of critical advancements in cancer research and treatment at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. In 2019 the PMC raised a record breaking $63 million that will support adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the traditional PMC weekend will not take place. I still intend to ride the PMC route the first weekend in August though, either solo or in a small group, so be assured that the work on my end will be done. It will be a different feel when I ride the 192+ miles. No water stops, no volunteers, and no PMC supporters lining the route cheering over 6000 riders as we sweat our way from Sturbridge to Bourne and ultimately to the finish line in Provincetown.

You can help me meet my fundraising goal by sending a check made out to the Jimmy Fund/PMC or you can contribute online at: www.pmc.org and click the donate button. Enter my name or my code (MS0220). There is no minimum or maximum contribution. Any donation to the PMC/Jimmy Fund, no matter how large or small, will be most welcomed.

PMC riders carry all our donor’s hopes for a world without cancer. Together we truly do get Closer by the Mile. THANKS!