This summer thousands of riders will embark on planned or reimagined rides for the 2025 Pan Mass Challenge.
This year, I have registered as a virtual rider. Virtual riders fundraise for the cause but do not actually ride in the PMC. Instead, I'm focused on trying to rebuild some of the funding lost in the massive Federal cuts.
Over the past 16 years, you have helped me to raise over $173,000 for the Jimmy Fund. All money (100% of your donation) that I raise goes directly to cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Can we reach $200K together?
This year, with the cuts to scientific grant funding by the Federal government, it's more important than ever to work to backfill that funding so that this important research can continue.
Won't you join me by making a donation and a difference in the fight against cancer?
Many of you know that for 9 years I rode the PMC in memory of my mother (and in honor of other friends and family) who were on the front lines in the battle against cancer. In June of 2008, a couple of months before the 2008 PMC, Mom passed away from liver cancer. It's hard to believe that it's been 17 years. Since then, too many of my friends and their friends and families have been affected by cancer.
To make a donation using a credit card, you can go to the web site http://ridingtowardacure.org or click on one of these links:
Donate $120
Donate $250
Donate $500
Donate a different amount
If you would like to make a donation by check, please make the check payable to PMC-Jimmy Fund and mail it to:
Glen Glater
28 Reynolds Ave.
Natick, MA 01760
If your company has a matching gifts program, please take the time to complete the paperwork and send it to the address above. Last year your generous employers matched over $1K of your donations! It could be even more, so please ask your HR department about matching gifts.
Thank you again for your generous support!
Together, we can help find a cure for cancer!
--glen
My Links
Natick Bulletin & Tab article from July 18, 2008
