Published in the August 11, 2017 edition
THE STURBRIDGE start was certainly busy during the 2017 Pan-Mass Challenge. (Courtesy @PanMass Twitter)
By DAN PAWLOWSKI
Twenty Melrose 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 Dana-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.
Melrose’s riders:
Andrew Scocca: Sunday, Wellesley to Wellesley, 5:07:30
Andrew Robinson: Two days, Wellesley to Provincetown Inn, N/A
Betsy Leritz: Saturday, Wellesley to Bourne, 6:02:45
Carrie Condon: Two days, Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn, 6:51:35
Darryl Pollica: Two days, Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn, 6:11:32
Jeffrey Condon: Two days, Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn, 6:51:35
Jim Link: Two days, Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn, 6:14:00
Joanne Whooley: Two days, Sturbridge to Family Finish at Provincetown, 6:22:27
Joanne King: Sunday, Wellesley to Wellesley, 3:42:38
John Pegoraro: Two days, Sturbridge to Family Finish at Provincetown, 6:11:33
Katherine Glass-Hardenbergh: Two days, Sturbridge to Family Finish at Provincetown, N/A
Kathleen McDermott: Saturday, Wellesley to Bourne, N/A
Ken Murphy: Sunday, Wellesley to Wellesley, 3:57:52
Mark Hurley: Saturday, Wellesley to Bourne, 6:44:42
Mauricio Barraza: Two days, Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn, 5:25:16
Melanie Burke: Sunday, Bourne to Wellesley, 7:11:48
Michael Hodsdon: Two days, Sturbridge to Family Finish at Provincetown, N/A
Michael Scocca: Sunday, Wellesley to Wellesley, 5:07:36
Paul King: Sunday, Wellesley to Wellesley, 3:42:36
Timothy Chouinard: Two days, Sturbridge to Provincetown Inn, 6:02:19
