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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
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.

2008 Pan-Mass Challenge

Source: PMC

Team Caring for Carcinoid Foundation

Date: August 2-3, 2008
Location: Boston, MA
Captain: Anne Doyle
Fundraising Minimum (per team member):
- Heavy Hitters*: $6,700
- All routes finishing in Provincetown: $4,000
- Two-day rides finishing in Wellesley: $3,400
- One-day rides finishing in Bourne: $3,000
- One-day rides Wellesley - Wellesley: $1,300

* Heavy Hitter benefits: receive matching cycling shorts with 2008 event jersey; invitation to 2009 Heavy Hitter banquet; listing in Yearbook; first opportunity to register for choice of 2009 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 will begin 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 2, 2008
- Alumni: starting Jan 8, 2008
- New Riders: starting Jan 15, 2008

Team Members

The Caring for Carcinoid Foundation is grateful to our dedicated team members! They are working very hard to help cure carcinoid.

Alden, Don
Alden, James
Berkson, Craig (click here to read an article featuring Craig in The Framingham Tab)
Bjork, Sonja
Brams, David
Castro, Virginia
Coburn, Heidi
Coburn, Michael
Cohen, Michael
Cole, Lynne
Connolly, Kathy
DeBroff, Stacy
DeCaro, Peter
De Nadai, Massimo
Dienhart, Claire
Doggett, Tia
Doyle, Anne
Doyle, Christine
Easton, Allison
Fifield, Craig
Flanagan, Jennifer
Gilbert, Jason
Gilchrist, Simon
Grubinskas, Robert
Hallowell, Leslie
Halvorsen, Adam
Heckel, John
Higgins, Keith
Howe, Lisa
Hunter, Alison
Kaufer, Stephen (click here to see a video featuring Stephen in his Team CFCF jersey)
Lawton, Leslie
Levin-Scherz, Jeffrey (click here to see a video featuring Jeff in his Team CFCF jersey)
Levin-Scherz, Linda
Lindholm, Andrew
McKinnon, Gavin
Norcross, Linda
O'Friel, Mark
O'Hagan, Nancy
Paiva, Lisa (click here to read an article featuring Lisa in the Bedford Minuteman)
Price, Roland
Psyhogeos, George
Quemere, Anne
Rizzi, Maggie
Saxe, Joseph
Shanny, Kay
Shanny, Nicholas
Solar, Matt
Steinhouse, Andrew
Sweetser, Arthur
Sweetser, Cindy
Watkinson, Fan

Routes

Two-Day (August 2 & 3)
- Sturbridge to Provincetown - 192 miles
- Sturbridge to Wellesley - 180 miles
- Wellesley to Provincetown - 163 miles
- Wellesley to Wellesley - 153 miles
One-Day (August 2)
- Sturbridge to Bourne - 111 miles
- Wellesley to Bourne - 84 miles
- Sturbridge to Wellesley - 72 miles
One-Day (August 3)
- Wellesley to Wellesley - 47 miles