In 2022, for the 16th Straight Year, the PMC donated 100% of EVERY

Rider-Raised $ directly to The Jimmy Fund ~ $900million in 43 years & $69million in 2022 alone!

July 25, 2023

Dear Friends & Family,

Thanks to so many for your continued overwhelming support for my PMC ride! You, my support team, contributed over $13,800 to my PMC ride for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and The Jimmy Fund in 2022! That’s close to an all-time high for me and EACH OF YOU are the reasons!

Briefly, a quick anecdote from last year’s ride . . . As I shared with some of you, it was freaking HOT! Then why am I smiling in the picture below? Well, the 2nd picture shows you what I’m sitting on @ the second rest stop Sunday. If it’s hard to see, we’re perched on bags of ice covered with blankets or thin rugs. Very refreshing and it’s become a regular annual feature at the final two Sunday stops on our way to the finish line in Provincetown.    

                 Sunday, August 7, 2022 at the 2nd Rest Stop, Day 2, 40 miles short of PTown

The PMC’s founder, Billy Starr, wrote us on the Monday after PMC weekend last year, that in the PMC’s 43 years, this was “one of the top 3 brutal heat rides of all time, along with 1983 and 1988, with temps at 98 on Saturday, and 96 on Sunday.” But I made it to the finish line, 192 miles, to help reach our fundraising goal for 2022!

Back to today, 11 days short of riding in my 19th consecutive PMC bike-a-thon. It is a vital cause that I’m totally committed to supporting for as long as I am able.  And, once again, I ask for your generous support.

A few bullet points that I can’t emphasize enough:

• 100% of every rider-raised $ goes directly to The Jimmy Fund & Dana Farber Cancer Institute
• This is the 44th year of the PMC ride and we’ve raised over $900million in the first 43 years that goes toward cancer research and care.
• Over half of the Jimmy Fund’s annual revenue comes from your PMC generosity
• For the 8th straight year, I’ll be a captain of the South Shore Hospital team.
• Our team’s fundraising is directed toward Dana-Farber’s world-class SSH facilities right here on the South Shore in Weymouth, MA.
• For more info about the ride, it’s history, and all the wonderful research and treatment initiatives the monies support, go to www.PMC.org

This year, I’ll especially remember my mom (a cancer survivor) and dad, great friends “Gerbs”, Mark, Joe, and Rodge, and so many others who are no longer with us. But I’ll also remember all the survivors who have benefited so much from the research and care that the PMC and Dana Farber are part of.

Please consider supporting my ride again this year. I will be riding, for the 17th time, from Sturbridge, MA to Provincetown, about 192 miles, over the weekend of August 5th & 6th. Whether it’s $25 or $2,500, EVERY DOLLAR IS IMPORTANT!!! The easiest way to donate is to go to the PMC Website at www.PMC.org and press the red Donate button. You can then just type in my name, Skip Sullivan, and your contribution amount. There are credit card, Venmo, Fidelity, and other options on the donation page depending on what works best for you. If you’d rather send a check, please make it out to The Jimmy Fund, and send it to my office address below:   

Skip Sullivan

c/o Electro-Prep, Inc.

8 Kendrick Road

Wareham, MA  02571

Thank you so very much for your consideration and support ~ you’re amazing! And as I recommend every year, please root for 71-degrees and cloudy over the upcoming PMC weekend ~ it’s only one weekend and rainy and cool is a LOT better (for me) than hot and sunny!

Best Wishes for Your Excellent Health and a Wonderful remainder of Your Summer,

       Skip

Skip Sullivan

19-year PMC Rider