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Nearly 100 Brookline Residents To Ride In 2020 Pan-Mass Challenge
Some 92 Brookline residents are participating in a bike-a-thon for cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
BROOKLINE, MA– More than 10,000 participants, including 92 participants from Brookline, will take part in the 2020 Pan-Mass Challenge, a bike-a-thon that raises millions of dollars each year for cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
The organization’s traditional annual ride usually includes 12 routes spanning 25 to 192 miles throughout the first weekend of August. This year, rather than having participants ride the same routes, the challenge has no set route Saturday, August 1.
And the Opening Ceremony will be held virtually, broadcast on WBZ to kick things off on Friday, July 31.
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Each year people participate to honor a family member or friend who has battled cancer, while more than 940 riders and volunteers are cancer survivors or current patients themselves—considered "Living Proof" of the progress made in cancer research and treatment, according to the organization.
Every rider-raised dollar is donated directly to Dana-Farber through its fundraising arm, the Jimmy Fund, accounting for more than 57 percent of the Jimmy Fund’s annual revenue In 2019, the PMC donated a record-breaking $63 million to Dana-Farber, bringing its 40-year contribution to more than $717 million.
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"It is thanks to the unwavering passion and commitment of our riders, volunteers, donors and sponsors that the PMC can continue to make tangible impact on advancements in cancer research and treatment, even through this difficult time," said Billy Starr, founder and executive director of the challenge.
The organization released a list of Brookline's 92 participants:
- Jenn Lewin
- Jean Abouhamad
- John Baillieul
- Jacob Berchuck
- Marci Blacker
- Dan Bleck
- Ronald Brown
- Cliff Brown
- Janet Buhlmann
- Nicholas Cary
- Rhonda Cherry
- Nathan Cohen
- Deborah Cohen
- Eric Coles
- Greg Collins
- Joshua Currier
- George Demetri
- Susan Dolphin
- Marissa Duggan
- Andrew Duggan
- Sean Durkin
- Benjamin Ebert
- Alan Einhorn
- Eric Emmons
- David Feinberg
- Stephen Feinberg
- Michael Ferguson
- Rebecca Freeman
- Chet Geschickter
- Sam Gibson
- Roger Goldstein
- Cindy Goldstein
- Peter Granoff
- Sharon Grimberg
- Adam Harris
- Deanna Hart
- Damon Hart
- Martha Higgins
- Chris Higgins
- Doscher Hobler
- Matthew Jacobs
- Lisa Kantor
- Jesse Katon
- Marissa Kewley
- Katrina Kropa
- Yosef Landesman
- Esther Landesman
- Karen Landy
- Hannah Letzelter
- Peter Levin
- Stephanie Levin
- Joel Lewin
- Melinda Mann
- Jack Markuse
- Tracey McLeod
- Jordan Meranus
- Erin Mistry
- Miles Morris
- Jeremi Mountjoy
- Susan Myers
- Lucas Nathan
- Simon Nichols
- Becca Noren
- Alex Norton
- Kaitlin OConnor
- Sam Olsen
- Mackenzie Owades
- Harvard Pan
- Edin Randall
- Maria Safar
- Emily Saperstone
- Nancy Saperstone
- Peter Saperstone
- William Sellers
- Stewart Silverman
- Martin Solomon
- Lesley Solomon
- Michele Sommer
- Paul Sonenthal
- Lauren Spigel
- Christine St Pierre
- Philip St Pierre
- Steve Stasheski
- Mel Stoler
- Beth Stone
- Michael Wexler
- Kai Wucherpfennig
- Neda Yousif
- Phillip Zakim-Yacouby
- Tyler Zon
- Leonard Zon
- Becky Zon
To make a financial contribution to a rider from your town or to become a virtual rider, visit www.pmc.org, or call (800) WE-CYCLE.
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