PMC Kids Rides Needs Hingham-South Shore Coordinator

HINGHAM, MA - From PMC Kids Rides: The Pan-Mass Challenge, a bike-a-thon that today raises more money for charity than any other single athletic fundraising event in the world, hosts more than 35 PMC Kids Rides throughout Massachusetts and New England. Last year, one of those incredible rides took place in Hingham, where dozens of local children participated in the Hingham-South Shore PMC Kids Ride, raising critical funds for patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. To keep momentum going, the PMC is calling for an eager, passionate and dedicated volunteer in the area to join the fight as a PMC Kids Rides Coordinator.

In 2017, 35 PMC Kids Rides attracted over 4,250 young cyclists and 1,500 volunteers. Kids between the ages of two and 15 rode between one and 26 miles in mini-bike-a-thons to raise money for cancer care and research, together raising more than $850,000.

The PMC Kids Rides are spokes in the PMC wheel, joining thousands of adult PMC cyclists in their mission to fund adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber. The PMC is a two-day, 192-mile bike-a-thon held the first weekend of every August. Since 1980, the PMC has raised more than $598 million for Dana-Farber.

PMC Kids Rides offer a way for children to become part of the PMC mission, involving young people in volunteerism and fundraising in a safe and athletic way. Since the program began in 2005, PMC Kids Rides has raised more than $8 million.

Will you get involved?

For more information, visit http://kids.pmc.org. If interested in becoming a coordinator, please contact Justine Darmanian at (781) 449-5300x300 or justine@pmc.org.

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