Published in the August 8, 2017 edition.
By DAN PAWLOWSKI
Sixteen Wakefield residents participated in last weekend’s 2017 Pan-Mass Challenge. Founded in 1980, the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) is an annual bike-a-thon across Massachusetts that today raises more money for charity than any other single event in the country.
The PMC donates 100 percent of every rider-raised dollar to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The PMC combines support from cyclists, volunteers, corporate sponsors and individual contributors. Their mission is “to attain maximum fundraising efficiency while increasing its annual gift. Our hope and aspiration is to provide Dan-Farber’s doctors and researchers with the necessary resources to discover cures for all cancers.”
The PMC, which raised 46 million dollars last year, is still accepting donations for this year’s ride. Visit www.pmc.org for more information.
Wakefield’s riders:
Christine Heck: Sunday, Bourne to Provincetown Inn, 7:10:50,
Colby Mattheson: Two days, Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn, 6:29:59,
Dan Andrews: Saturday, Wellesley to Bourne, 7:12:36,
David Glucksman: Two days, Sturbridge to Family Finish at Provincetown, 4:49:47,
David West: Two days, Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn, 5:48:37,
Gary Diperna: Two days, Sturbridge to Family Finish at Provincetown, 7:23:22,
Gina Maisano: Two days, Sturbridge to Family Finish at Provincetown, 6:59:25
Kate Scanlon: Sunday, Wellesley to Patriot Place, 2:04:19
Kim Hooper: Two days, Wellesley to Family Finish at Provincetown, 5:18:11
Mark Morrison: Two days, Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn, 3:55:23
Matthew Lasker: Two days, Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn, 5:04:08
Michael Strock: Two days, Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn, 5:43:19
Michael Carroll: Saturday, Wellesley to Bourne, 6:21:26
Stephen Sacco: Two days, Wellesley to Family Finish at Provincetown, 5:46:09
Steven Galante: Two days, Wellesley to Foxboro, 3:28:02
Todd Cowger: Two days, Sturbridge to Family Finish at Provincetown, 6:52:50
