Dear Friends,

Though this year's PMC has gone virtual the need to support cancer patients and cancer researchers has not. This year, my 10th PMC, with the world focused on Covid it may be easy to lose sight of other issues but cancer has not disappeared and the need to support the Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) is more important than ever.

While my ride this year will be different and my peloton will be a bit smaller (1 or 2 of us) I will still be riding those miles in support of the DFCI and Team LungStrong. My goal is still to raise $5,500 for DFCI and I ask for you to help me do that.

When I signed up for my first ride 10 years ago to honor my sister Patty, whom we lost to breast cancer in 2009, I figured I would ride once and be done. But now that I am coming up on ride number 10 I am as excited and committed as my first year.

10 years in, I am continually reminded why I and many others do this ride. Our team captain Diane has been battling lung cancer for 14 years and is currently on a clinical trial that is working well so far. Though we have made a lot of progress in treatment and detection in the past 9 years, we still have a long way to go to defeat this disease. This is why I continue to ride in the PMC with Team LungStrong.

One hundred percent of the funds raised by the PMC go to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. One hundred percent of the funds that Team LungStrong raises through the PMC will go directly to lung cancer research at Dana Farber's Lowe Center of Thoracic Oncology. DFCI is a leader in innovative lung cancer research and is working diligently to find a cure.

There are many worthy organizations in need of money; I ask for help to raise funds for the DFCI to continue their lung cancer research for Diane and all lung cancer patients, and help me ride with the memory of my sister.

Thank you for your support,

Matt

My Links

Lung Cancer Alliance

http://www.lungstrong.org