Wayland Town Crier 5/28/14: Wayland and Weston residents to ride in PMC. On Aug. 2 and 3, 60 residents from Wayland and 52 residents from Weston will participate in the 35th annual Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC), the largest single athletic fundraising event in the country. They will be among 5,800 cyclists who will ride with the goal of raising $40 million to support adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund. Cyclists range in age from 13 to 90. The average cyclist trains for three months, solicits 40 sponsors, and raises more than $6,500. The following riders are from Wayland – Robert Barnes, Anita Bekenstein, Daniel Bekenstein, Emily Bekenstein, Jennifer Bekenstein, Josh Bekenstein, Douglas Bell, Patricia Berenson, Andrew Bloch, Marci Bloch, Jill Brofsky, Marc Brofsky, Don Chase, Alan Cohen, Bruce Cohen, Mary Beth Crowley, Jill Dalby Ellison, Matthew Davids, George Dickstein, Erika Frey, Chris Green, Martin Greene, Ellen Greenfeld, David Hamilton, Samuel Hoffman, Jim Hsu, Anna Hubbell, Rawson Hubbell, Andrew Inches, Jill Inches, Robert Inches, Alexander Leichter, Jennifer Leichter, Matthew Levy, Matt Malgari, Heather Murray, Daniel, Najemy, Emily Najemy, Cameron O’Neill, Noel O’Neill, David Paresky, Paul Paresky, Arlan Pool, David Poorvu, Philip Poorvu, David Poulin, Kristopher Reichlen, Dennis Reilly, Michael Roberge, Lisa Roblin, Peter Roblin, Jothy Rosenberg, Gary Rubin, Harold Schwartz, Peter Shaw, Daniel Slater, Tom Sommerfield, Suzanne Spencer, Evan Sullivan, and Edward Warner.
To become a virtual rider, or make a financial contribution to a rider from your town, go online (www.pmc.org) or call 800-WE-CYCLE. Connect with #PMC2014 on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn.
