The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge presented by the Boston Red Sox and Overstock.com, is the nation’s original fundraising bike-a-thon and today raises more money than any other athletic fundraising event in the country. The PMC is a model of fundraising efficiency. In 2007, the PMC donated 100% of every rider-raised dollar directly to cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund. The PMC generates nearly 50 percent of the Jimmy Fund's annual revenue and is its single largest contributor. Last year, 5,100 PMC cyclists raised and contributed $33 million to the Jimmy Fund, bringing its 28-year contribution to more than $200 million. The cyclists’ 2008 goal is to raise $34 million.

Description:
The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge is a fully supported bike-a-thon — with food and waterstops, mechanical and medical assistance, luggage transportation, and lodging — that runs through 43 towns across Massachusetts. Cyclists choose from nine routes of varying mileage designed to cater to all levels of cycling strength and time availability. Two-day rides include the original 192-mile Sturbridge to Provincetown route; 180-mile Sturbridge-Bourne-Wellesley route; 163-mile Wellesley-Bourne-Provincetown route; or the 153-mile Wellesley-Bourne-Wellesley route. One-day riders cycle the 111-mile Sturbridge-Bourne route, the 84-mile Wellesley-Bourne route, the 70-mile Sturbridge-Wellesley route, the 69-mile Bourne-Wellesley Sunday volunteer route, or the new 50-mile Wellesley-Wellesley Sunday loop. Cyclists are required to raise between $1,300 and $4,000 to ride in the PMC, depending on the chosen route.

Contact person: Erin Prichett, Chief Volunteer Officer, (phone), (email)

Address:

77 4th Avenue Needham, MA 02494 (See a map)