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BOSTON –– The 2011 Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) raised $35 million for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund. The 2011 fundraising total is $2 million, or 5.7 percent, more than the PMC gave in 2010 and brings its 32-year Jimmy Fund contribution to $338 million.
The PMC is the most successful athletic fundraising event in the nation; it raises and contributes more money to charity than any other. In August, 5,169 cyclists from eight countries and 37 states rode one of 11 routes that ranged from 25 to 190 miles. Riders included seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, Massachusetts Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, 350 cancer survivors, and avid cyclists and weekend warriors alike. Many rode in support of loved ones being treated for cancer or in memory of those who have been lost to the disease.
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 | | 2012 PMC Rides Toward $36 Million Goal | |
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About the PMC:
The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge is an annual bike-a-thon and a pioneer of the athletic fundraising industry that today raises more money for charity than any other single event in the country. The organization was founded in 1980 and has since raised $338 million for cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund. The PMC is a model of fundraising efficiency. The PMC donates 100 percent of every rider-raised dollar directly to the cause. In 2011, the PMC generated 60 percent of the Jimmy Fund’s annual revenue and it was Dana-Farber’s single largest contributor. Over 230,000 individual contributions were made to last year’s fundraising campaign. In 2012, PMC cyclists will ride with the goal of raising $36 million for Dana-Farber.
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| | 32ND Annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Rides Toward $34 Million Goal | |
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NEEDHAM, Mass. — The 32nd annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge was a great success for the quarter of a million contributors, riders, and volunteers who participated. The millions of dollars raised to support cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund will benefit pediatric and adult cancer patients around the globe.
On Aug. 6 and 7, cyclists from eight countries and 37 states - including seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, Massachusetts Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, and 350 cancer survivors - rode one of 11 routes ranging from 25 to 190 miles.
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| | A Walk in the Woods Leads to Nation's Most Successful Bike-a-Thon | |
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BOSTON ˇV Surprisingly, it was a cold, wet, and often lonely walk in the woods that inspired the philosophy behind the nationˇ¦s original fundraising bike-a-thon for charity, the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge.
ˇ§To reap the rewards, you have to do the work.ˇ¨ In its Zen-like simplicity, this is what PMC Founder and Executive Director Billy Starr took home from a 400-mile hike through the northern and most challenging part of the Appalachian Trail. This knowledge, learned more than 30 years ago, has not only shaped his life but has enabled him to run what is today the single most successful athletic fundraising event in the nation.
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| | Billy Starr - Founder & Executive Director of the PMC | |
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Billy Starr founded and leads the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, the most successful athletic fundraising event in the nation.
Since 1980, the PMC, a 190-mile bike-a-thon, has contributed $338 million to cancer research. By 1984, the PMC had established itself as the largest grossing fundraising event for the Jimmy Fund, New England’s most popular charity. By 1990, the PMC had become the most successful cycling fundraiser in the world. Today, the PMC raises two to three times more money for charity than any other athletic event in the nation.
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