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.
This year will be my 26th in a row riding for the PMC. Our families have been routed by cancer. My wife's mother valiantly battled and survived breast cancer. My Father lost his life in his 3rd bout with colon cancer. My step-mother lost her life to multiple myeloma. My best friend and work-mate Ken Glansberg - a many-year PMC Volunteer - lost his life to multiple myeloma. We cannot simply throw up our arms and do nothing. We will never accept defeat! My annual PMC rides have become a way of life for me. Riding the PMC is hard, yet when you experience the crowds who encourage you all along the way, when you see the signs held by children that say our efforts have helped them survive another year, when you ascend the hill to the Lakeville Water Stop and see all the posters that line the side of the road showing all the children currently battling to survive, when you work along-side the countless incredible volunteers, many of whom are battling while they work, who put in incredible hours to feed us, keep us hydrated, protect us and help us you will experience as I do why the PMC is tattooed on my soul.
Our tiny 3-person 'Team Believe' is small but we ride with HUGE HEARTS and INDELIBLE FORCE! We ride for those gone before us. We ride for those currently battling. We ride for those who have beaten cancer. The PMC provides a way for all of us to work and fight together to ultimately make cancer an awful distant memory!