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Pan-Mass Challenge

The Caring for Carcinoid Foundation (CFCF) proudly enters a team in the annual Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC).

100% of every dollar goes to cutting-edge carcinoid research.

Join Team Caring for Carcinoid Foundation!

Introduction
2009 Pan-Mass Challenge
2008 Pan-Mass Challenge
2007 Pan-Mass Challenge
2006 Pan-Mass Challenge

Introduction

Source: PMC

The Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) is the nation’s most successful bike-a-thon. To date, the PMC has raised over $200 million for life-saving cancer research.

Riders of all abilities, including novices, participate in this major charitable event. The average rider age is 43, and the age range is 15 to 80. More than 4,000 cyclists from the US and other countries participate.

70% of PMC riders are alumni and return each year with renewed enthusiasm and deeper commitments to the ride and cause. They consistently describe their experience as unbeatable.

2009 Pan-Mass Challenge

Source: PMC

Team Caring for Carcinoid Foundation

Date: August 1-2, 2009
Location: Boston, MA
Captain: Anne Doyle
Fundraising Minimum (per team member):
- Heavy Hitters*: $6,700
- All routes finishing in Provincetown: $4,200
- Two-day rides finishing in Wellesley: $3,400
- One-day rides finishing in Bourne: $3,000
- One-day rides Wellesley - Wellesley: $1,000
For more information: http://www.pmc.org
Click here to download an informational brochure on Team CFCF and the PMC

* Heavy Hitter benefits: receive matching cycling shorts with 2009 event jersey; invitation to 2010 Heavy Hitter banquet; listing in Yearbook; first opportunity to register for choice of 2010 route, Saturday night lodging, and Sunday transportation

We believe in having fun while fundraising to support cutting-edge research. Team CFCF’s fund-raising efforts resulted in the extraordinary amount of nearly $330,000. This is was a fundraising record for Team Caring for Carcinoid.

All of the proceeds from this event will be going to CFCF's Whole Genome Investigation of carcinoid led by Dr. Matthew Meyerson of DFCI and the Broad Institute. CFCF has undertaken this project in order to identify which genes are altered in carcinoid (in comparison to normal tissue), by studying carcinoid DNA with the most powerful, new methods available. Once these genes have been identified we will decipher which of these altered genes can promote tumor growth. Equipped with this understanding, we hope to find new or existing drugs that block the effects of carcinoid-causing genes thereby killing carcinoid cells through "targeted" mechanisms.

We give a big hand of applause to all of the riders who are making this project possible.

We welcome new and experienced riders and everyone in between who loves making a difference and having a great time doing it. We hold several training rides of various levels of difficulty and distance, led by enthusiastic team members. We also enjoy talks by member of CFCF's esteemed Board of Scientific Advisors.

As a member of Team Caring for Carcinoid Foundation, you will receive a sunflower team cycling jersey.

Get ready for the 2009 Pan Mass Challenge. Registration begins in January 2009. Riders of all abilities are welcome to join Team Caring for Carcinoid. The event will be held during the first weekend in August 2009 from Sturbridge, MA to Provincetown, MA. Join us for one-day or both days, but please JOIN US!

Remember, 100% of your fundraising directly supports carcinoid research toward discovering a cure.

E-mail Anne Doyle at:

Join today!

Registration

Website: PMC Registration
Dates:
- Heavy Hitters: starting Jan 5, 2009
- Alumni: starting Jan 12, 2009
- New Riders: starting Jan 20, 2009

Team Members

The Caring for Carcinoid Foundation is grateful to our dedicated team members of 2008! They worked very hard to help cure carcinoid. Come join them again this year as they ride for a cure!

Alden, Don
Alden, James
Berkson, Craig (click here to read an article featuring Craig in The Framingham Tab)
Bjork, Sonja
Brams, David
Carullo, Adam
Chmielewski, Carolyn
Coburn, Heidi
De Nadai, Massimo
DeBroff, Stacy
Dienhart, Claire
Doyle, Anne
Easton, Allison
Flanagan, Jennifer
Gilchrist, Simon
Gonin, Victoria
Grubinskas, Robert
Heckel, Jack
Higgins, Keith
Holton, Sarah
Horn, Chris
Horn, Katie
Horn, Tom
Host, Amory
Howe, Lisa
Kaufer, Stephen (click here to see a video featuring Stephen in his Team CFCF jersey)
Levin-Scherz, Jeffrey (click here to see a video featuring Jeff in his Team CFCF jersey)
Levin-Scherz, Linda
Mottram, Brenda
OFriel, Mark
Paiva, Lisa (click here to read an article featuring Lisa in the Bedford Minuteman)
Patten, Zachary
Perez, Lauren
Preston, Mark
Price, Roland
Quemere, Anne
Reiss, John
Rizzi, Maggie
Sainato, Kerry
Shanny, Kay
Shanny, Nicholas
Shorb, Ellen Meyer
Solar, Matt

Routes

Two-Day (August 1 & 2)
- Sturbridge to Provincetown - 192 miles
- Sturbridge to Wellesley - 180 miles
- Wellesley to Provincetown - 163 miles
- Wellesley to Wellesley - 153 miles
One-Day (August 1)
- Sturbridge to Bourne - 111 miles
- Wellesley to Bourne - 84 miles
One-Day (August 2)
- Wellesley to Wellesley - 47 miles