Dear Family and Friends,
In 1984 I got a call from my brother Jon. He’d found a brochure in a bike shop advertising a 200-mile charity ride, with proceeds going to fund cancer research. “You used to ride a lot – want to join me?” he asked. “Sure!” I replied, and promptly bought a bike to replace the one I got for my paper route when I was 11.
That was our first ride together on the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC), a fund-raising event founded by Billy Starr in 1980 following the cancer deaths of his mother, uncle and cousin. This year Jon and I are riding our 40th PMC together.
The PMC has given me an important way to help others survive cancer, as a fundraiser. In its first year the PMC raised $10,000 for Boston’s Dana Farber Cancer Institute. This year, the PMC’s anticipated $75 million dollar gift will bring their total contributions above $1 billion dollars!
Cancer research and treatment receives lots of federal dollars. But federal dollars generally come in during the trial phase, when a promising approach is being vetted. The development of these approaches at earlier stages depend upon charitable donations, and PMC money has been critical in creating numerous groundbreaking therapies that are prolonging lives and reducing suffering.
My personal goal is to raise $12,500 for the PMC this year. Would you please support this effort? Remarkably, 100% of rider-raised funds go directly to Dana Farber, so your money will be fully effective at supporting research and treatments.
With deep thanks and regards, Steve
(The photos are of me on a PMC training ride in 1984, Jon, me and our friend Tom Tinory riding the PMC in 1997, and me on a training ride this year.)
Dear Family and Friends,
In 1984 I got a call from my brother Jon. He’d found a brochure in a bike shop advertising a 200-mile charity ride, with proceeds going to fund cancer research. “You used to ride a lot – want to join me?” he asked. “Sure!” I replied, and promptly bought a bike to replace the one I got for my paper route when I was 11.
That was our first ride together on the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC), a fund-raising event founded by Billy Starr in 1980 following the cancer deaths of his mother, uncle and cousin. This year Jon and I are riding our 40th PMC together.
The PMC has given me an important way to help others survive cancer, as a fundraiser. In its first year the PMC raised $10,000 for Boston’s Dana Farber Cancer Institute. This year, the PMC’s anticipated $75 million dollar gift will bring their total contributions above $1 billion dollars!
Cancer research and treatment receives lots of federal dollars. But federal dollars generally come in during the trial phase, when a promising approach is being vetted. The development of these approaches at earlier stages depend upon charitable donations, and PMC money has been critical in creating numerous groundbreaking therapies that are prolonging lives and reducing suffering.
My personal goal is to raise $12,500 for the PMC this year. Would you please support this effort? Remarkably, 100% of rider-raised funds go directly to Dana Farber, so your money will be fully effective at supporting research and treatments.
With deep thanks and regards, Steve
(The photos are of me on a PMC training ride in 1984, Jon, me and our friend Tom Tinory riding the PMC in 1997, and me on a training ride this year.)
I have chosen to keep all of my donors' information confidential; therefore it is not displayed on my PMC public donor list.
