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title: Feeding PMCers' Hunger and Motivation
description: The amount of food and drink that the riders and volunteers need to keep going during the Pan-Mass Challenge weekend
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# [Feeding PMCers' Hunger and Motivation](https://www.pmc.org/blog/feeding-pmcers-hunger-and-motivation)

 Written by [Pan-Mass Challenge](https://www.pmc.org/blog/author/pan-mass-challenge) | Jul 31, 2012 4:59:00 PM

With 5,500 cyclists pedaling hard to support adult and pediatric cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the PMC is supported by more than 3,000 volunteers that help to supply the resources to fuel their ride. How much does it actually take to fuel 5,500 riders for two days and up to 190 miles? Well…

- **19,000 bananas **
- **14,000 bags of trail mix **
- **9,800 hamburgers **
- **7,000 cliff bars **
- **6,800 slices of pizza **
- **5,500 hot dogs **
- **3,000 bagels **
- **3,000 pounds of chicken**
- ** 1,600 loaves of bread **
- **1****,400 pounds of pasta **
- **1,300 pounds of peanut butter **
- **500 pounds sliced turkey **
- **500 pounds sliced ham **
- **275 watermelons **
- **160 kegs of Harpoon beer.**

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