Dear Extended Team Bueno,
This year's PMC falls on Aug 3rd-4th, leading into what would have been my sister Deb's 50th birthday on Aug 5th. It's my 20th PMC and 21 years since Deb died. That's a lot of milestone alignment for this year's ride.
Those of you who have followed this annual letter for the past 20 years know this has truly been a labor of love, my own personal couch to 80 miles every year. Every year is its own mix of horrible training, with me cursing my bike and the miles for whatever training I manage. But then I get to PMC weekend and I develop amnesia; I forget how much I hate my bike and I can only focus on the amazing Dana Farber doctors and staff and all they do every day, even when all of their efforts can't save a patient. I am forever grateful to the teams at Dana Farber for the incredible care they provided Deb, and for the outstanding care they continue to provide to my family and friends who need it. Will I remember this feeling in January when it's time to sign up again to ride? Who knows. WIll I bask in the amazingness of this year's PMC? You bet!
Over the past twenty-one years, the research teams at Dana Farber have made amazing strides, developing new transplant therapies and ways to isolate problematic cells from healthy ones. It is amazing to think about the array of options now available to help combat blood borne cancers. Your $260,000 in donations to me and +$1.33 MILLION in total contributions to sponsor Team Bueno riders have helped fuel the research funded by the Deborah Feldstein Bartfeld Fund, and for that we are forever grateful. Thank you for helping me and the team get to these milestones.
Please help all of us on Team Bueno continue to make a difference in the fight against cancer. All funds raised go directly to the Deborah Feldstein Bartfeld Fund at Dana Farber, which supports bone marrow transfer research focused on improving the effectiveness and success rates of transplants. The easiest way to give is to click on the link that says DONATE. If you prefer, you may write a check payable to PMC Jimmy Fund and send it to me:
Pamela Feldstein
52 Broad Brook Lane
Stamford, CT 06907
All donations are tax deductible. Thank you so much, in advance, for your continued support!
Love,
Pam
