PMC 2024 Rider Orientation - Session 1

Closer By The MileThe Pan-Mass Challenge, presented by the Red Sox Foundation, is the nation's original fundraising bike-a-thon, and today raises more money for charity than any other athletic fundraising event in the country. A model of fundraising efficiency, since 2007 the PMC has donated 100 percent of every rider-raised dollar directly to cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).

The PMC is so well-known in cycling and fundraising circles, that each year people travel from around the world to participate. Thousands of riders and volunteers have lost loved ones to the disease, still more ride in honor of those in treatment, and over 950 PMC riders and volunteers are cancer survivors. The camaraderie shared by riders, volunteers, and supporters is so strong that even the doctors at DFCI join their patients as teammates, riding toward a unified goal.

The PMC's programs - PMC Winter Cycle and PMC Kids Rides are "spokes in the wheel" of the PMC's annual fundraising campaign. The PMC Winter Cycle is a spin event held at Fenway Park. The PMC Kids Rides program holds mini bike-a-thons for kids ages 2 through 15 across New England and New York. Like the PMC, 100 percent of all rider-raised dollars goes directly to DFCI.

Since its 1980 inception, the PMC has contributed $927 million to lifesaving cancer research and treatment at DFCI.

The OrganizationThe PMC is a model of efficiency for all non-profit events. The professional team is made up of 12 full time and 1 part time staff; a 14-person volunteer coordinating staff; a 12-person Board of Trustees; an 11-person Advisory Board; 6,000+ cyclists; 4,000 volunteers; 47 communities; 200 companies, which donate $5 million worth of merchandise and services; and more than 227,000 individuals who sponsor PMC cyclists.