Riders, Volunteers & Community Sponsors! After a successful Easton Pan-Mass Challenge Kids Ride in 2016 where 308 participants from Easton and surrounding towns raised over $38,000 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund for cancer care and research, our Easton community is preparing for the 4th annual ride, on Sat., April 29th.
Join us for this exciting event to benefit the Jimmy Fund!
Parkview Elementary 50 Spooner Street, North Easton, MA Check-in begins at 9AM, Bike Ride 10-11AM. Enjoy all the ride day activities 9AM-11:30AM
face painting, tattoos, bike decorating, raffles, & more! on
at Parkview 5:30-7pm
The Easton PMC kids ride is a way for children to become involved in philanthropy and community activities at an early age while learning the valuable lesson of how good it feels to do something that benefits others. Young riders, their families and local supporters will come together to raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as we all work together as a community to find a Cure for CANCER. Students will raise funds toward cancer research and the work of the Jimmy Fund to support families. for some face painting, temp tattoos, bike decorating, and card-making for current Jimmy Fund patients ~ Ride under the rainbow balloon arch ~ Visit alumni riders and volunteers from the annual PMC ride that is held the first weekend in August to answer questions about getting more involved in PMC ~ Riders may also sign a large banner with names of those that they ride for and share pictures and more.
www.kids.pmc.org/easton.aspx Click “ ” to sign-up for this event and create your rider or family fundraising page. Register by April 17th a $10 Rider Registration fee is due at the time of registration! A $20 registration fee is due for registration between April 17th and April 24th. All participants must be registered by April 24th. Rider registration after April 24th will not be accepted. No walk on registrations will be accepted. Choose one of three (3) bike courses based on child’s ability.1 Volunteers are essential to the success of the PMC Kids Ride! Click “ ” – get your family involved by working at the event. This is a great opportunity for teens (14+) to earn community service hours too! All Volunteers receive a PMC t-shirt.
Once a rider is registered, they will get their own fundraising page which he or she will have an opportunity to use for this experience in raising money for charitable giving - 100% of all donations go to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Riders who raise $250 will receive a Heavy Hitter sack pack. Riders who raise $750 or more will receive a Breakaway Fundraiser backpack. Online donations are encouraged.
All rider donations are due by Sept. 1st There is no rain date. If weather is questionable, an update will be posted online. Please also check for email updates.
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have 3 routes to choose from. Please be sure to register for the appropriate route or Virtual Rider category. NEW THIS YEAR!! A CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUNG RIDERS WHO WOULD STILL LIKE TO PARTICIPATE BUT CANNOT PHYSICALLY BE AT THE RIDE ON THE 29 TH.
A contained course in FRONT of Parkview in the front parking lot for anyone 5 years old and younger, and all those on tricycles, balance bikes, scooters, big wheels, and those needing support with their training wheels. Parents are allowed on this course to support their riders. ALL RIDERS WHO ARE 5 YEARS OLD AND YOUNGER MUST BE IN THIS LOT FOR SAFETY REASONS. PLEASE REGISTER THEM ACCORDINGLY TO HELP US HAVE A SAFE RIDE FOR ALL RIDERS. Older students on 2 wheels and 2 wheels with training wheels will ride up Spooner Street, taking a right through Middle School parking lot, circling around the lot and coming down Spooner Street, turning right into the drop off loop in front of Parkview and coming out of the front loop and going to the left back up Spooner towards the Middle School. They may repeat loop as many times in an hour as they like. Must be 6 years or older and only traditional bikes with wheels and pedals are allowed. Parents are not allowed on this course. For older, more advanced riders, who will start in the same location as the big kid loop, but continue up the access road and take a left in between the middle school and R/O, and a left down the bike path, rejoining riders down Spooner St., and repeating as many times in an hour as they like. Parents are not allowed on this course. This category is for riders who would still like to participate but cannot physically be at the ride. These riders may ride on their own time and at their own pace. These riders may also have a rider bag including T-shirt. Get bikes and helmets ready! Visit www.kids.pmc.org/easton.aspx for more information and helpful links.
