Steven Branfman's PMC

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MY PMC Total

$20,535.05

PMC TOTAL

$20,535.05

GOAL

$50,000.00

Why I Ride ...

My families involvement with the Pan Mass Challenge goes back many years as donors and supporters. Ironically, we had never been able to participate as riders or volunteers because August was when we would take our family vacation which, for 14 years were cyclotouring trips! Ellen and I began taking short overnight trips with Jared and Adam in bike seats when they were 4 and 2 years old. After a couple of years they graduated to being able to ride on their own and the trips got longer and more challenging. Our last was an 1100 mile tour of Denmark and southern Sweden in 1999.

2004 marked our first Pan Mass as riders and volunteers, after our son and brother Jared was diagnosed with spinal/cranial tumors. Later that fall I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. After surgery and treatment at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute I am fully recovered. Jared's battle with cancer began in 2003 after his junior year at Alfred University/NYS College Of Ceramics. After fighting this terrible disease for almost 2 1/2 years, Jared passed away on September 27, 2005. He was 23 years old. Jared was an artist of extraordinary ability and passion. He was an athlete and league champion in wrestling, track, and soccer. He was a scholar of art history, hispanic culture and was fluent in Spanish. Jared endured the most rigorous treatments at the Jimmy Fund and Children's Hospital all the while maintaining his kindness, his positive outlook, and living his life to the fullest. The care and compassion that Jared received there and that we receive there to this day was, and remains, extraordinary.

In 2004 and 2005 Adam and I rode the Pan Mass while Ellen and Jared volunteered, Jared in a wheelchair. 2006 was going to be the year that we all rode together. Instead, Ellen, Adam, and I rode in Jared's honor and memory along with 15 other dear friends as Team Kermit. Later that year we established the Jared Branfman Sunflowers For Life Fund For Pediatric Brain And Spinal Cancer Research at the Jimmy Fund. All the money raised by Team Kermit goes through the PMC and into our fund. It supports research into the type of disease that Jared had and is helping to make the dream of no more cancer a reality. It is a fitting legacy to Jared's wish to help others.

2019 will mark our 16th PMC and Team Kermit is growing every year. In 2012 my family and our Team Kermit was honored by being featured in the PMC Opening Ceremonies that was aired live on Chronicle Magazine. Here is the piece. Our story begins at the 2:15 mark: https://www.wcvb.com/article/pmc-on-cvb-team-kermit/7801199 In 2017 our family story was honored once again by being featured in the PMC Opening Ceremonies for the second time. Here is the four minute piece: https://boston.cbslocal.com/video/3709678-pmc-opening-ceremonies-steven-branfmans-pmc-journey/ We ride determined to see that cancer becomes a thing of the past.

In the photo is Jared, Ellen, and Adam on our 1999 bike trip in Denmark.

Our warmest thank you and love to all of our friends and family that support us in our daily lives and in our efforts for the Pan Mass Challenge and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute/ Jimmy Fund. Please make a generous donation and please tell your friends about our efforts. Join us in our fight to rid the world of this terrible disease so that your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren never have to hear the word cancer again.

with love and best wishes to all,

Ellen, Steven, and Adam Branfman

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A Brothers Story

Team Kermit

Why I Ride ...

In the photo is Jared, Ellen, and Adam on our 1999 bike trip in Denmark.

My Links

A Brothers Story

Team Kermit

My Supporters

Facebook Fundraisers	$928.30
Ellen Glanz Steve, Ellen, and Adam, best of luck to you and Team Kermit! Happy to support you, as always. Thanks for what you do! Ellen, Richard, Jared, Alex, and family	$100.00
Stephen Sirrico Happy to help, Steven. And, as always, thinking of Jared and all of you riding this year, and every year! S
Marcia Martinson In memory of Jared Branfman, teammate and friend. Wishing Team Kermit a safe PMC … may the wind be at your backs! Blessings! Terry & Marcia Martinson	$100.00
David Yale Ellen, Steven, Adam and Team Kermit, have a safe ride! What you do in the PMC, in memory of Jared, is truly inspirational.
Sarah Fuhro
Rebecca Dyson	$50.00
Karin Turer	$54.00
Jeremy Ogusky	$25.00
Eric Aronson	$100.00
Heather Simmons Good Luck Team Kermit!	$36.00
heidee anastos
Anonymous	$100.00
Bruce and Linda Berns
Suzanne MacDonald
Paul Jefferson Steve- good luck to you and the Team! Paul	$50.00
william haskel Branfmans, you are inspiring and heroic. Thank you for your generosity to Dana-Farber and to help others
Jessica (Temkin) Rubinstein You are so inspiring!!! Go Team Kermit!!!	$100.00
Ann Woodbury
Glenn Deegan
Anonymous Good Luck Steven! Keep up the good work.
Andrew Lubow With luck , your help and inspiration to the team of people working to eliminate this disease. This'll be the year the cure and treatment for this happens. Ride hard, Ride fierce allof you!
Suzanne Doherty Go Team Kermit!!
Carol and Bill Earle We have fond memories of Jared.
RICK FORESTEIRE Happy to help!
Pedro Garrido Jared Branfman lives on.	$25.00
Stephen Lewicki do it again and again and again	$150.00
MELINDA Reuter Power to the Pedalers!
Deb & Joe Corrado
Jan Anszperger Have an awesome ride!	$120.00
Terry Seligmann
Sarah Golda Cline
Robert Gross
Robert Brockman Go Kermits!	$25.00
Debbie & David Winnick Go, Team Kermit! Thanks for your ride!	$100.00
Edmund Price You go Kermit!
Owen Drometer
Sonia Formanek Good luck Team Kermit	$100.00
Steven and Ellen Branfman	$18.00
jeryl Kronish Wishing you a great ride!	$50.00
Lisa Berger You're truly an inspiration on many fronts! We doubled up this year since we missed this last year. Have a great ride!!! Lisa & Ed (and Charlie the bulldog mascot of Team BFSC)	$200.00
Mark Feigenbaum Family
Garett Butkuss Happy to help with this more than worthy cause. Your ride helps to inspire others to reach their potential.
paul mccarron Bless you, Steve... for all your good works!!!
charlotte morgan
Paula Marian I admire your continued commitment and stamina.
Jeanne Mason Waiting for the snow to melt here, but thinking of you all training for the Challenge. Go Team!!	$300.00
Dana Mahoney	$100.00
Jeffrey Heyne UR inspiring! --Jeff&Dorothea	$120.00
Joanne Steinhart
Julianne Mehegan
Barry Schaudt	$200.00
Lee Oliphant	$100.00
Robert Moskowit	$30.00
Richard A Meyerson
Lenny Dowhie Steve, keep the faith that someday cures will be found and our friends and children will no longer have to suffer. Glad I can help a little.	$250.00
Jan Schachter	$100.00
Barbara and Andy Effron
Elizabeth & Ronald Cobb Team Kermit's Wheels Keep on Turning!
Rebecca Carter
Aggie Belt United we stand
Stefanie Hollister
Ken Hosen Ride like the freaking wind!
Cheryl Segaloff Good Luck! Thanks for your hard work....
Lee Smith
Jonathan Earle
Marc Rando Best of luck this year. Keep on doing great work!
Jessica Leaver Good luck to all the riders! Amazing work as always!	$100.00
Joseph Haney Good luck to Team Kermit!
Lisa Nabieszko
Pamela Ulrickson
Matthew Giambrone
Pamela Mauer	$50.00
Rebecca Nourse Bravo for Team Kermit in the Pan-Mass Challenge!	$25.00
Carolyn Moss
Michael Zwiebel
Elizabeth King
Judith Hurwitz	$50.00
Anonymous	$1,000.00
Stephanie Greenberg Wishing all of you an easy ride.	$36.00
David Goldwasser	$200.00
Nellie Brennan Hall	$50.00
Barbara Gubb
Barry Heller Continue to ride and fight. I'm with you in spirit 'tho I do not ride.	$36.00
Richard Levinson Have some great rides! Rich and Jenn	$120.00
James Macvarish Ride well Team Kermit!	$50.00
Laya Steinberg
Will Conroy Ride on! Jared's memory lives on in his family and his friends, but especially in the important work you all are doing. I think of Jared often, and always fondly.	$500.00
Melissa Tuthill Forger Team Kermit, you are amazing! Thank you for all you are doing for the fight against cancer.	$100.00
Desmond Havlicek
Becky Livingston
Laurie Amonte Branf....as always we wish you the best of luck. Safe riding. xo Laurie and Tony Amonte
Lisa Deschenes As always we are thinking of you and Jared, and cheering you on! Greg and Lisa
Paul Housberg Ride strong, Steve!	$60.00
Arthur Greil	$100.00
Lindsey Quinlisk Go Team Kermit	$50.00
Maryam Lombardi Ride well!	$25.00
Monika Armbruster Good luck and best wishes to you Steve and your family OOOXXX Moni	$30.00
Shamai Gibsh
Harvey Mamon
Sean Mastromatteo Have the best ride! I pray for awesome weather, and I pray for many cures. Live, Love, and Learn.
Kathy Griffin Happy Birthday, Steven! May your year ahead be filled with joy, adventure and all good things. You are a blessing in this world!
Anonymous Go Team Kermit!
Tommy Gaffey
Lois Wilkins Safe ride, Team Kermit.	$100.00
Lois Wilkins Go Team Kermit	$100.00
Lois Wilkins Wishing you a good ride, Team Kermit	$100.00
Judy and Jack Luskin Your family is an inspiration.
steve richmond Great work Steve, keep on riding.	$100.00
Lyle Micheli	$250.00
Andrew Lubow Beat this hideous disease back to Hell with a successful fund drive.	$25.00
Gretchen Keyworth	$50.00
GEOFFREY WALKER	$100.00
Gene Avras	$100.00
Tina Tran
Pierluigi Balduzzi	$250.00
Mark Temkin
Virginia Marsh
Prudence Goodale Wonderful and important cause.Keep the faith.	$100.00
Stan Adelman
Joel Bard Keep up the fabulous work. best wishes to you and your family for the New Year. Joel	$100.00
Cameron Tucker
Thayer Pottery Sale Fundraiser	$35.00
Kay Cahill Good Luck, Team Kermit. We appreciate all you do! Kay and Steve
katherine hayman Go, Steve! I am so impressed by all that you do for this organization! xo
Brett Freebody Much love from the Freebody family to the Branfman Family, we love you all!
Adam Branfman
Andrew Lubow Here's a donation toward next season's charity effort. Keep up the great work TEAM Kermit!
RICK FORESTEIRE

My History

2019	$20,535.05	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2018	$51,809.85	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2017	$44,176.74	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2016	$41,669.74	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2015	$37,043.74	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2014	$35,155.04	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2013	$33,099.00	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2012	$26,535.45	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2011	$25,663.76	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2010	$21,069.02	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2009	$25,084.00	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2008	$20,567.01	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2007	$21,338.50	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2006	$26,670.00	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2005	$10,858.97	Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn (2-Day)
2004	$10,272.00	Wellesley to Bourne (1-Day, Sat)

Steven Branfman's PMC

Steven Branfman's PMC

MY PMC Total

$20,535.05

PMC TOTAL

$20,535.05

GOAL

$50,000.00

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