Pan-Mass Challenge

Pan-Mass Challenge
FormationAugust 1980; 44 years ago (1980-08)
FounderBilly Starr
TypeAthletic fundraiser
PurposeFundraising for cancer research and care
HeadquartersNeedham, Massachusetts
Staff (2024)
13[1]
Volunteers (2023)
3,500[2]
Websitepmc.org

The Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) is a fundraising bike-a-thon started in 1980 by Billy Starr to benefit the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute via the Jimmy Fund.[3][4] It raises more money than any other single athletic fundraiser in the country.[5]

  1. ^ "Our Team". Pan-Mass Challenge. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Who We Are". Pan-Mass Challenge. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  3. ^ Eppolito, Sophia (4 August 2018). "'To cure cancer, you need to do research' — so these cyclists are funding some". Boston Globe. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. ^ Miller, Mary Helen (20 July 2011). "Pan-Mass Challenge: How cyclists raise the most money for charity". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ Huss, Julie (3 August 2017). "Pan-Mass Challenge cyclists ride to support Dana-Farber". The Eagle-Tribune. Retrieved 26 November 2018.