Charlestown

Join us at the Paul Revere Park on Sunday, June 1 as we raise money for cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Last year, thanks to the incredible generosity of our Charlestown families, friends, and neighbors, 85+ participants raised more than $30,000 for cancer research and patient care. We hope to see you at the 2025 ride—all are welcome!

• 10 - 10:45 am – Registration (Riders can check in and pick up their rider goodie bag!)
• 10:45 am – RIDE!
• 11:15 am – Snacks, face painting, prizes & more!

• Paul Revere Loop: A .25 mile loop around the park. Pick your own distance! Kids will be able to choose how many loops to ride.
• Virtual Rider: Virtual riders are those who would prefer to ride on their own and not in person at the event. Virtual riders who raise $50 or more will receive an official PMC Kids Rides t-shirt and water bottle at the end of June for spring rides. Virtual riders have no registration fee or fundraising commitment.

Parents will need to create an account or log in with an existing account to register their child or family. When creating an account, please enter the parent's information first, as there will be a separate section in registration to enter the child's information.

Under "Event Option" parents will be able to select a route for each child. Riders have a $20 registration fee and a $40 fundraising minimum. Parents will need to sign a waiver and agree to the fundraising commitment in order to complete registration. In-person riders will receive their rider kit at the ride.

Virtual Rider

Parents will be able to select the “Virtual Rider” route if their child will not be riding in person but still wants to support the PMC Kids Rides program. Virtual riders can ride in their own neighborhood on the day of the ride or whenever they'd like! If a virtual rider raises $50 or more, they will receive an official PMC Kids Rides t-shirt and water bottle at the end of June for spring rides. 

Once registration is complete for both in-person and virtual riders, parents will receive a confirmation email with information on how to log into their management page to customize donation pages and to track donations. 

100 percent of all rider-raised dollars go directly to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Donate online or by check. Checks can be made payable to the Pan-Mass Challenge or PMC. Please send all checks to:

PMC Kids Rides
77 4^th Ave
Needham, MA 02494

Make sure that the rider's name is listed so they can receive credit!

The PMC Kids Rides program follows all public health regulations and guidelines for your area.

General Safety Tips!

1. Wear a properly-fitted helmet (children are required to wear helmets when participating).
2. Ride in control – this is not a race.
3. Hands should remain on handlebars.
4. Never wear any kind of headphones. You need to hear clearly.
5. Follow the ride guides and volunteers.
6. When passing other rides, make sure to yell “on your left!” Never pass riders on the right.
7. If you need to slow down or stop to cross an intersection or obstacle, yell “slowing” or “stopping” to alert those behind you.

Each PMC Kids Ride has a licensed medical professional on site.

Get the entire family involved and support the event by volunteering! Be a ride marshal, work at a water stop, help distribute snacks and more. Volunteers will need to create an account and then will be able to select the position(s) that they would like.

The PMC Pedal Partner Program is a wonderful way for riders to connect with a child who has been affected by cancer. PMC Pedal Partners are pediatric oncology patients at the Jimmy Fund Clinic who are paired with PMC Kids Rides or PMC teams.

Meet Tilly!

Tilly is the 2025 PMC Pedal Partner for the Charlestown PMC Kids Ride!

The first time we brought Tilly to Dana Farber we came from Boston Children’s Hospital (where she had undergone a procedure to have her port placed) through a labyrinth of hallways and elevators and checkpoints. As we followed the signs to the Jimmy Fund, we crossed over the Pan Mass Challenge Bridge to Progress. At that time, our family had been connected to the Pan Mass in some way for nearly ten years, but in an instant everything changed and our family had become linked to Dana Farber and to this event in a much more deeply personal way. There is a community of riders and volunteers within the PMC called Living Proof, and they are individuals who were previously treated or are currently undergoing cancer treatment. They are the living proof. They represent the hopes and dreams of so many and it’s all so tangible, right there in plain sight. Dana Farber has become not just a place where Tilly gets treatment, yogurt sticks, cereal, llama cookies and stickers, but also the place where becomes the living proof. Tilly is one amazing fighter, battling way above her weight class, and once a week during treatment when we crossed over the Bridge to the Jimmy Fund, we had the chance to think about the PMC; it’s starting line and finish line, all the riders and everything they do, and see Tilly there on the side of the road along the PMC route, holding one of the many handmade signs that say, “I am here because of you.”

If you know a child in treatment at the Jimmy Fund who is interested in being a PMC Pedal Partner for a PMC Kids Ride, please contact Katie Iwanowicz, PMC Pedal Partner Program Coordinator, at katie@pmc.org

The Charlestown PMC Kids Rides relies on local sponsors to help keep costs low and so that the PMC can continue to donate 100 percent of every rider-raised dollar directly to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. If you or your company are interested in becoming a sponsor or donating items (pizza, ice cream, snacks, sporting tickets, gift cards, baskets, etc), please click on the button below.