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Team Boston Fire, a collection of military veterans, athletes and cancer survivors will be riding in the 2022 Pan-Mass Challenge. Our team, comprised predominantly of Boston firefighters, will cycle nearly 200 miles on August 6th & 7th to do our part in the fight against cancer.
Every 3 weeks a Boston firefighter is diagnosed with cancer. This is an alarming statistic that equates to 67% of Boston firefighters facing a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime! In Boston specifically, between 2012 and 2017, 27 Boston Firefighters under the age of 70 died from cancer. During that same time, 12 firefighters died of cancer within 5 years of retirement and 6 active firefighters died from cancer.
Boston firefighters are an especially at-risk population — more than twice as likely to receive a cancer diagnosis than civilian populations — with over 200 total Boston firefighters succumbing to their battle with occupational cancer since 1990. Team Boston Fire will ride for our 6th straight year to support our brothers and sisters who have been affected in some way by this destructive disease, and work to put it to an end.
The Pan-Mass Challenge is a Massachusetts-based bike-a-thon that raises more money for charity than any other single athletic fundraising event in the country. The PMC raises funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a world leader in adult and pediatric cancer treatment and research. 100 percent of all rider-raised funds go directly to cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund. Since 1980, the PMC has raised $831 million for Dana-Farber.
Why do we ride? We ride for our brave friends, families and co-workers who’ve been in some way affected by this devastating disease. We ride for better care and state-of-the-art research. We ride to raise awareness and to give a fighting chance to an at-risk occupation with a frighteningly high rate of affected individuals. We ride because the PMC is the single most successful charity in the battle against cancer, and the Boston Fire Department is among the leading occupations affected by it.
So if you feel so inclined, we’d be humbled and so grateful to have your support by way of a donation to our team. 100% of every rider-raised dollar goes directly to the cause!
Click here for NBC's special on cancer in the Boston Fire Department.
Click here for CBS Boston's special on Team Boston Fire.
Click here to Team Boston Fire honored during last year's Opening Ceremonies (2:18).
Click here to see last year's PMC day at Fenway Park where a member of Team Boston Fire was honored (0:20).
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