“How to Sponsor Me in the 2004 Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC)”
From:	Seth Dillingham	In Response To:	2761 Will You Help Me Ride for a Good Cause?
Date Posted:	Sunday, March 30, 2003 7:39:37 PM	Replies:	10

Enclosures:	None.

How to Sponsor Me in the 2004 Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC)

Curious?

You can read my personal review of the 2004 Pan-Mass Challenge.

There are also a bunch of PMC Videos available which do more to explain why we work so hard at this event than I could ever hope to do with this web page! Please watch a couple of them if you're still not sure.

This page is out of date. Here's the current information.

Percentage of Funding, 2004 I rode in the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) again this year.

The PMC is a 192 mile bicycle ride across Massachusetts (on August 7-8), in which each of the 4,000 riders must raise at least $2,750 in support of the Jimmy Fund, for research and treatment of cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

The commitment to raising this money is quite real: Any riders who don't raise at least the minimum are automatically charged the difference on their own credit cards! Luckily, we're allowed to finish raising the money for a couple of months after the event.

The goal for the entire group of 4,000+ riders this year is $17 Million dollars. Sound crazy? It's not! Last year we raised $16 Million.

Please consider sponsoring my ride, generously. $2750 is a lot of money to raise, but I'd like to raise more: my goal for this year is $3500.

Read this essay if you'd like to know more about why I'm riding in the PMC.

What to Do:

There are ~~two~~ now three easy ways to send donations for sponsoring my ride:

New! Participate in the auction for a block of my time. You get my services and the satisfaction of helping with cancer research, I get closer to my fundraising goal for the year.
Make a credit-card donation via my PMC eGifts page. Any amount is accepted, and the web page only takes about 90 seconds to fill out. It's very easy!

(Please note: sometimes PMC's site seems to get a little confused, and forgets who you're trying to make the donation for. If it asks you for my "eGift ID", it is SD0086.)

Another way to the same place: go to my PMC Profile, then click on "Donations" at the top.

If you experience any problems with the online gift-giving site, please write to me directly, and tell me exactly what went wrong. (I'm not reponsible for the site, but I know who to contact.)
If you prefer, you could send a check via regular mail. Make it out to "PMC / Jimmy Fund" and mail it to this address:

Seth Dillingham
76 Dogwood Lane
Mystic, CT 06355

Please with any questions about sponsoring my ride in the PMC.

Thanks!

Discussion Thread:

PMC Article for Local Bank's Newsletter (by Seth Dillingham at 7/17/2003)

The following is a lightly-edited version of an article that will be appearing soon in the employee
Jim is Helping with the PMC (by Seth Dillingham at 7/28/2003)

Jim Roepcke just posted some links about my need for sponsors in the PMC . Thanks Jim, I appreciate
Issue with Credit Card Donations (by Seth Dillingham at 7/28/2003)

At this moment (3:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time), as I'm writing this, the web site that accepts donations
Online Fundraising: Ups and Downs (by Seth Dillingham at 7/30/2003)

Trying to raise money for the Pan-Mass Challenge , primarily via this web site, has been an interesting
Who's Feeling Generous? (by Seth Dillingham at 10/21/2003)

There are just about three days left before the 2003 Pan-Massachusetts Challenge fundraising deadline,
- Bumped (by Seth Dillingham at 10/21/2003)
  
  One of my best friends just kicked in a little over half of what I still needed for the PMC. Less than
- $89.50 (by Seth Dillingham at 10/24/2003)
  
  With only a few hours left, I still need to raise $89.50 in order to reach the $2500 minimum sponsorship
PMC: Thank You for Your Generosity! (by Seth Dillingham at 10/25/2003)

To everyone who sponsored me in this year's PMC: Thank You! My goal for the year was $2500. As of last
PMC Gave $16.2 Million to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (by Seth Dillingham at 11/9/2003)

Yesterday the PMC presented a check for $16.2 Million to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute , during a
- RE: PMC Gave $16.2 Million to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (by steve davis at 11/10/2003)
  
  Wow! What a day a Fenway Park. I took my four boys and Sandy to the presentation Saturday and we
$0 Donation (by Seth Dillingham at 7/29/2004)

A day (or so) after someone makes a donation to the PMC via my PMC eGift page , I receive a message
- RE: $0 Donation (by Scott Joy at 8/4/2004)
  
  I'll bet that was my donation attempt that didn't go through. If so, I made up for it today, Seth!
  - Re: $0 Donation (by Scott Joy at 8/4/2004)
    
    ...and sorry about causing temporary disappointment!
2004 Pan-Mass Challenge Route Map (by Seth Dillingham at 8/3/2004)

The PMC organization has posted the official PMC 2004 route map for the ride that starts this weekend.
Auctioning My Time for the Pan-Mass Challenge (by Seth Dillingham at 9/6/2004)

How to Sponsor Me in the 2004 Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) Please note: this page is only left here for
- Auctions Posted, Awaiting Approval (by Seth Dillingham at 9/16/2004)
  
  My PMC Auctions have been posted on the PMC's own auction site at cMarket . This is different than eBay,
- Bidding is Open on PMC Auction (by Seth Dillingham at 9/17/2004)
  
  Bidding is now open on the items Macrobyte has donated to the PMC auction . Macrobyte's two "items"
- PMC Auction Ends at 8:00 PM (Eastern US Time) (by Seth Dillingham at 10/14/2004)
  
  The entire PMC Auction , including the two blocks of time I've donated , closes today at 8:00 PM. The
- Thank You, Everybody. The Auction was a Success (by Seth Dillingham at 10/15/2004)
  
  Thanks to everybody who participated in or even pointed to the items I was auctioning for the

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