Hello Friends, Can you donate $10 to help my ride?   I am preparing to ride in this year's Pan-Mass Challenge.  This is a 2-day, 198-mile bike ride from Sturbridge to Provincetown on August 7th and 8th.  100% of ALL donations go directly to Dana Farber for Cancer research.  This will be my third year participating in the ride and I can't wait!   I started riding to honor my father-law, Peter Burnham and my husband's cousin and godfather, Hugh Jessop both of whom passed away from cancer within 6 months of each other.  Both were sudden and unexpected.  Participating in the PMC made me feel like I was doing something in the face of my recent hopeless situations.  That year I met Max, my PMC team's Pedal Partner. He was three and starting to come back strong from the treatment of his brain tumors.  The PMC ride had such a profound experience, beyond anything I could have imagined.   Last year I rode again and was swept away by the amazing experience.  I couldn't wait to sign up again.  Last year my daughter, TS, met Max and learned how to ride a 2-wheeler while I was at PMC.   I am committed to raise $4200 for Dana Farber and all the amazing work that they do every day to bring us all closer to a cure.    I know times are tough and I know there are many worthy causes, so my goal is to get 420 friends to each donate $10. Here are your options:   1) Go to my page and donate with a credit card:  http://www.pmc.org/egifts/CB0205 2) Send me a check (made payable to PMC or the Jimmy Fund) 74 Langsford Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 3) Text to Give to My Ride: You can now text PMC CB0205 to 20222 to donate $10 to my ride.You must reply "Yes" to the confirmation text message and their donation will appear with their phone number in the sponsor section of my MyPMC page. You can give up to four more times with the same phone number....it was good enough for Haiti, so it's good enough for PMC!   If you can give more than $10, please do so.  As a thank you (to my local donors), I will add on incentives: 1) Donate $50 get 1 free TRX class with me (value $15) 2) Donate $100 and get a free Pilates Equipment class with me (value $25) 3) Donate $150 and get a free 1/2 hour private session (value $37.50) 4) Donate $200 and get a free 1-hour private session (value $75) 5) Donate $1000 and get my undying love and FIVE free 1-hour private sessions (value $375)   To everyone who has donated in the past and to everyone who can donate this year - thank you.   Don't forget to follow my ride on Facebook starting Friday night, August 6th at the opening ceremonies, through Sunday on the ferry home! Thank you again! carolb.

Who I am riding for ("still fighting" noted with an *):

FAMILY
Peter Burnham
Hugh Jessop
Roland Earle (my grandfather)
Eleanor Kane (my grandmother)
David Kane (my favorite uncle)
Dede Dunbar (my cousin)
Herb Greenhaulgh (my cousin)


FRIENDS
***Max (my team's amazing Pedal Partner!)

* Sally Khudairi
* Paul Lyden
* Betty Hastings
* Paul Millerick
* Steven Malbouef
Florence Belsky
Herb Hahn
* Nan Webber
* David Hillenbrand
Betty Butzer Brown
* Tim Congdon (currently battling 2 forms of lymphoma)
* Bradford James Diephuis
* Bambi Anderson