PATRIOTS PLATELET PEDALERS

$1,622,455 raised in 2025 !!

$19,922,152 raised since 2008

The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) is a weekend-long charity cycling event that raises funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund. Since its founding in 1980, the PMC has become the largest charity cycling event in the nation, contributing over $1.125 billion to cancer research and patient care.

In 2025, the Patriots Platelet Pedalers proudly joined the PMC once again, helping to raise an outstanding $1,622,455. Every dollar our team raises is directed to Dr. Kenneth Anderson, the Kraft Family Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Our contributions support his pioneering research into multiple myeloma and the development of innovative therapies.

While our fundraising focuses specifically on multiple myeloma, Dr. Anderson’s words from November 15, 2023, remind us that the impact extends far beyond this single disease:

“The Patriots Platelet Pedalers have fast-forwarded our progress in bench-to-bedside research to develop new treatments in multiple myeloma. There are now 16 new classes of agents comprising 32 FDA-approved treatments, including three new immune therapies added in the past year. As a result, outcomes for myeloma patients have dramatically improved, and many now live normal lifespans. Importantly, these breakthroughs in myeloma research are helping shape therapies for other cancers—such as breast, lung, pancreatic, and prostate—as well as for inflammatory and infectious diseases."

And from January 13, 2026, Dr. Anderson and Dr. Nikhil Munshi stated: "Myeloma therapy has been revolutionized with the help and support of the PPP. Most patients treated initially can achieve complete or near-complete durable responses and enjoy life’s milestones with their families. Rapid advances in combination targeted and immune therapies now make a cure a realistic goal.

In a time of discord and turbulence, the PPP team stands as a shining example of selfless commitment and compassion. Your efforts are a beacon of hope for patients and families around the globe. You are true champions and heroes to those you help, and an inspiration to researchers and caregivers everywhere.”

For more information about joining the Patriots Platelet Pedalers, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or reach out to Gary Brodsky, team captain, at 781-812-8377.

http://www.dana-farber.org/How-to-Help/Donate-Blood-and-Platelets.aspx