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The Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) is a fundraising bike-a-thon started in 1980 by Billy Starr to benefit the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute via the Jimmy Fund. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It raises more money than any other single athletic fundraiser in the country.
The Jimmy Fund’s baseball origins later evolved into a longstanding partnership with the Boston Red Sox after the Braves moved to Milwaukee in 1953. [15] [16] In 1980, the Pan-Mass Challenge, a charity bicycle race, was founded to benefit the Jimmy Fund. [17] In 1983, the Jimmy Fund began holding the Scooper Bowl, an ice cream festival, in ...
The 2024 Pan-Mass Challenge departs from Mass Maritime Academy in Bourne on August 4 to raise money for cancer research and treatment.
Pan-Mass Challenge founder Billy Starr knew early on he wouldn’t be able to get 10,000 people together this summer for the annual cross-state bike ride that over four decades has raised more ...
Roy is an avid cyclist and an 22-year veteran rider in the annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge event which raises money for the Jimmy Fund. He has been riding as a member of the Phil Phriends team since 2003 and Phat Tuesday since 2023. He is also a guitar player and member of the band Ben Gardner’s Boat.
Annual event has raised more than $900 million over four decades.
EAU CLAIRE — The Pan-Mass Challenge fundraising bike-a-thon is attended by people from roughly 43 states and 15 different countries, but David Fraley, a cyclist from Eau Claire, said it does not ...
Pelotonia was founded in 2008 as a 501(c)(3) to create a cycling event to raise funds for cancer research. [1] Formerly of the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Dr. Mike Caligiuri became CEO of James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at the start of 2008 and began exploring ways to expand community support and research funding. [2]