Team Kermit's Ride
Why I Ride ...
Team Kermit rides the PMC in honor and memory of our dear son, brother and friend Jared.
Team Kermit was formed in 2005 by Ellen, Adam, Jared, myself, and our friends while Jared was undergoing treatment at the Jimmy Fund. Adam, the team, and I rode while Ellen and Jared volunteered, Jared doing bicycle repairs from a wheelchair. The team is named for Kermit the Frog of Sesame Street fame. Kermit was one of Jared's favorite childhood characters and represents the ability that people have to rise above the ordinary in order to achieve great results. Kermit's theme "It's not easy being green" became Jared's mantra and helped him endure and even laugh through the often grueling treatments. Jared was the epitome of determination, resolve, dedication, bravery, and passion. Kermit inspired Jared and reminded him and all of us that we are limited only by our own dreams and desires. In September 2005, after our second PMC, Jared passed away after a 2 1/2 year battle with the disease. He was 23 years old.
In 2006 we established the Jared Branfman Sunflowers For Life Fund For Pediatric Brain And Spinal Cancer Research at the Jimmy Fund. All the money raised by Team Kermit goes through the PMC and into this fund. It supports research into the type of disease that Jared had and is helping to make the dream of "no more cancer" a reality. It is a fitting legacy to Jared's wish to help others.
The photo is part of our 2008 Team Kermit at the Barnstable water stop.
We will be on the road from Sturbridge to Provincetown on August 7 and 8 and hope that you'll be there with us helping to fulfill Jared's hope and his legacy...........to rid the world of this terrible disease so that your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren never have to hear the word cancer again.
best wishes and love to all,
For Team Kermit
Steven, Ellen, and Adam Branfman
Team Members
| Kate Badertscher | $0 |
| Mike Baran | $0 |
| Kyle Bettigole | $0 |
| David Bills | $2,226 |
| Jon Binsted | $50 |
| Moe Blaustein | $50 |
| Adam Branfman | $200 |
| Ellen Branfman | $75 |
| Steven Branfman | $515 |
| Peter Fleming | $0 |
| Wendy Haering | $0 |
| Jeffrey Kaplan | $0 |
| Team Kermit | $0 |
| Brian Kickham | $25 |
| Douglas Lally | $0 |
| Jeff Linder | $0 |
| Peter Luck | $900 |
| Emilie Mann | $145 |
| Matthew McGinty | $1,010 |
| Angus Mcquilken | $0 |
| Bonnie Mitchell | $0 |
| Jeff Olsen | $18 |
| Matthew Olton | $0 |
| Eric Rimm | $200 |
| Timothy Rosa | $0 |
| Sumner Saitz | $50 |
| Heidi Woo | $0 |
| Bradford Yankiver | $0 |
Team's PMC Total
$5,464
Goal
$170,000
My Progress
My Rides
| 2010 | $5,464 | |
| 2009 | $174,360.63 | |
| 2008 | $185,525.01 | |
| 2007 | $141,421.18 | |
| 2006 | $104,642.97 | |
| 2005 | $20,522.6 |