NEEDHAM, Mass. (WSYX) — Three Ohio residents will participate within the forty fifth Pan-Mass Problem on August third and 4th. The annual bike-a-thon stretches throughout 211 miles in Massachusetts.
Patrick McGovern of Columbus, Pete Dunlap of Dublin, and Brendan Patterson from Cleveland will be a part of over 6,500 riders as they race towards a record-breaking $75 Million Fundraising Objective.
The PMC is the worlds largest single athletic fundraising occasion, with proceeds benefiting the Dana-Farber Most cancers Institute. As of July 2024, the PMC has raised over $1 billion for the reason that occasion started in 1980.
“Because of the fierce dedication of PMC riders, volunteers, donors and sponsors, I’m assured that this might be our largest fundraising yr but,” stated Billy Starr, founder and government director of the PMC.
one hundred pc of each rider-raised greenback is donated on to Dana-Farber to assist most cancers analysis and affected person care.
Medical doctors and researchers from the most cancers institute have performed a considerable position in creating greater than half of all most cancers medication authorised by the FDA during the last 5 years.
The bike-a-thon options riders from world wide together with representatives from 11 nations and 45 states, territories and districts. Practically 1,000 riders and volunteers are most cancers survivors or present most cancers sufferers themselves.
