Ride the PMC and join the mission to raise funds for cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Register as a PMC weekend, Reimagined, or virtual rider with 100% of every rider-raised dollar going directly to Dana-Farber.
Register as a PMC volunteer and help support the PMC's mission to raise funds for cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The PMC would not be possible without the thousands of volunteers who donate their time and energy to the success of the ride and riders.
When you register for the PMC, you are signing up for a fundraising mission first, and a bike ride second. Your commitment contributes to the PMC’s mission of raising funds for cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The PMC provides innovative tools and guidance for a successful fundraising campaign.
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. Always held the first weekend in August, the PMC raises funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a world leader in adult and pediatric cancer treatment and research.
It’s easy to donate to the PMC. Whether you donate to a rider, team or make a general gift, 100 percent of your gift will benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Over 270,000 supporters contribute to the PMC’s gift annually, making up 66% of the Jimmy Fund’s annual revenue.
Guest post by Dan Mccreesh
When Brent was diagnosed, some friends kindly developed a website to keep family and friends abreast of where he was – as he was rotating between Yale, home, Dana-Farber. The website morphed into a TeamBrent site, and we had an optin list that we used to spread the word before the advent of social media.
When Team BrentWheels rode its third PMC, Brent and I were cheering at the finish line alongside his two sisters. Brent was wearing a Lance Armstrong Discovery jersey that had been gifted to him by a former TB rider. One rider crossed the finish line in the same jersey as Brent and asked to take a picture with Brent to show their matching jerseys. Little did the unknown rider know what he was starting.
That rider was Ed White & he was riding with a stuffed lobster on his helmet. Ed gave four year old Brent the lobster and in return, Brent gave Ed the TeamBrent hat right off his head. We told Ed that Brent was a cancer survivor, and we hugged and each walked away profoundly moved. When Ed got home he looked up the website url that he had found on the side of the hat.
A friendship was born, and TeamBrent, who had been searching for a helmet mascot, seized on the lobster as a meaningful reminder of how strangers become family.