Westborough Pan-Mass Challenge Cancer Survivor Rides at Fenway

WESTBOROUGH, MA—This weekend, Westborough cancer survivors Linda Rosenthal will be honored at PMC Day at Fenway Park in a pre-game ceremony before the Red Sox-Mariners game.

She'll join a group of 40 PMC Living Proof riders, all of whom are cancer survivors, riding their bikes in a special parade around the outfield to reveal this year’s PMC logo on the Green Monster.

PMC Pedal Partners, pediatric cancer patients at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, who receive state-of-the-art care as a result of the funds raised by the PMC, will act as bat boys and girls and serve as the official Play Ball Kid to kick-off the game on June 18, said the announcement.

PMC Day at Fenway Park celebrates the 37th Pan-Mass Challenge and the Red Sox Foundation’s 14th year as the event’s presenting sponsor.

During the pre-game ceremony, which starts at 2 p.m., Billy Starr, PMC founder and executive director, and Thomas Werner, Red Sox Foundation chairman, celebrate the contributions of both organizations in the fight to cure cancer with a duel check ceremony featuring their donations since the Red Sox became a PMC presenting sponsor in 2003.

On Aug. 6 and 7, more than 6,500 cyclists will ride up to 192 miles in the PMC with the goal of raising $46 million for Dana-Farber. The PMC has raised a half-billion dollars for adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber since 1980.

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