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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.
Bekenstein is co-chair of the board of directors of New Profit Inc., a Boston-based venture philanthropy fund [12] and as a member on the Board of Trustees of the Pan-Mass Challenge, an annual bike-athon that crosses the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to raise money for the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, [13] where Bekenstein is chairman of the board of trustees. [14]
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 ...
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 ...
The Pan-Mass Challenge, an annual bike-a-thon held in Massachusetts, has evolved into an annual tradition that draws nearly 7,000 cyclists from around the globe.
Annual event has raised more than $900 million over four decades.
The PMC offers 16 fully supported routes — from 25 to 211 miles — with different levels of cycling ability, fundraising capacity and logistics.
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