Our very own Gi Indoccio put together this great video recap of our team’s 2013 activities! Enjoy!
Why We Ride
2013 Check Presentation
On November 3rd, members of Team Forza-G joined the Pan Mass Challenge in presenting the “Big Check” to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Our team’s collective efforts raised over $260,000 for the cause! We are very proud of this year’s fundraising and so grateful to all of our donors and supporters. We could not do this without you.
The Big Check and The Forza-G check!
Forza-G is a charity cycling team dedicated to the cause of cancer care and research. Each year we ride and fundraise as a team in support of the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) and The Jimmy Fund at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
PMC 2013 – Join Us
Registration for the 2013 Pan-Mass Challenge opened last Thursday for returning Heavy Hitters – those who raised at least $6,500 last year. As of this morning we’re 12 riders strong and counting for 2013! Registration opens for all PMC alumni tomorrow and for everyone on January 17th.
Thinking about signing up for the PMC? Questions about the PMC or Team Forza-G? Whether you can commit to the miles and fundraising for the full ride or if you’d like to support the cause as a virtual rider, volunteer or donor, feel free to post a comment here or send us an email at teamforzag@gmail.com.
Make a donation or check out our Team: www.pmc.org/profile/tf0086
Cheers!
3 Days of PMC 2012
courtesy of Mike Coburn
Team Forza-G raises more than $300,000 in 2012!
Team FORZA-G is proud to announce that our team has raised a grand total of
(drumroll please)
$308,301.15!
The bigger picture is that after the PMC Check Presentation to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute earlier this month, we truly are closer to a cure than before. The PMC generated a record $37 million donation to the Dana-Farber. We are all indebted to the generosity of our friends, colleagues, family members, and many many more. The countdown til the next PMC in 2013 begins, but so does the countdown to the day when we no longer have to do a ride for cancer research.
Until then… here are some photos from the PMC Check Presentation event.
Team Forza-G with the 2 checks! The one on the left is the grand total donation to the Dana-Farber and the one on the right is Team Forza-G’s contribution
Here is our team photo from the 2012 ride in Bourne at the end of Day 1.
Team members with PMC Executive Director and founder Billy Starr
Related articles
- Pan-Mass Challenge Presents Record-Breaking Check To Dana-Farber (boston.cbslocal.com)
Closing out 2012
October 1st marks the last official day of fundraising for the 2012 Pan-Mass Challenge. There is still time to donate and help us to reach our team goal of $305,500 for the year. I was reading a blog recently by a woman who’s husband is fighting cancer. Their doctor told them “there is no cure…we’re just buying time”. Well – thank you all who ride and donate and support the PMC. With your donations we’re buying time – time for parents to become grandparents and see their grandkids, time for kids to just grow up and have a chance to be normal kids, time for husbands and wives to grow old together…Thank You!
Push for $1 million
Team Forza-G has been together now for 7 years. And with only 29 days left before the 2012 Pan-Mass Challenge, we are $29,000 away from reaching the 1 MILLION DOLLARS mark in lifetime team fundraising for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the race to cure cancer.
For the 4th year, Forza-G will be riding in support of our Pedal Partner, Mason Giove, and his family. Mason is currently being treated at Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund Clinic. Please honor Mason and our other Living Proof teammates by making a donation today!
What was that? It was us blowing past $250k raised
Somewhere back in the cold and dark of winter (I think it was June) I set an unofficial Team Forza-G goal of $250,000 and 50 platelet donations for the year. I’m happy, proud and a bit overwhelmed to announce that we have officially passed both of those goals – $250,587 in the bank with the PMC and 50+ platelet donations at the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center by Forza-G riders, friends and family. Blood, Sweat & Tears – Whatever it Takes!
Thank you to all on the Team and to all of our friends, families and supporters who have made this possible!
– Matt
[Editor’s Update: as of 10/1/11, the team has raised a grand total of $266,027. Since 2007, Team Forza-G has raised $872,851 for the Pan Mass Challenge and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Are you a PMC rookie?
Then you need to watch this video, courtesy of Forza-G Productions.
The Power of A Team
While 2011 marks the 6th year of Forza-G being an “official” PMC team, our roots go back 11 years to 2001. That year I rode my 1st PMC in memory of my friend, Joe Giovinazzo, who lost his battle with T-Cell Lymphoma in 2000. Other friends and I always called Joe simply “Joe G”. When it came time to put a name to the Team, I came up with “G-Force” and went with the Italian Forza-G in honor of Joe’s Italian heritage. Each Forza-G rider comes to the PMC with our own very personal reasons for riding – the loss of a family member or a friend, a personal struggle with cancer, the hope that we can make a difference. While it may be one incident or one person in our lives that pushes us to join the cause, the unfortunate truth is that we are regularly hit with more reasons to ride. The very good and positive news is that we are seeing real progress in the search for cures. It is especially touching to hear that a diagnosis that would have given little hope of survival even five or ten years ago may now be successfully treated through work done at the Dana-Farber, with funds raised by PMC riders-funds donated by individuals like you. This year’s Forza-G PMC squad of riders is now over 40 strong. Add to that the dozens of friends and family members and hundreds of individual supporters who give their time, money and positive energy and we’re talking about a very strong force.
Eleven years down the road and for the 3rd year, Forza-G will be riding in support of our Pedal Partner, Mason Giove, and his family. Mason is currently being treated at Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund Clinic. Over the years our Team has grown through a seemingly random set of events. I can’t help think that there may be something more to it -Team Forza-G riding for young “Mason G”. One last thought -when I first met Mason’s dad, Mark, he told me he would do anything to be able to change the circumstances for our meeting…to take away Mason’s cancer. At the same time, he said he wouldn’t want to change meeting all of the incredible doctors, nurses and others he has met along the way. I know what Mark means- I would do anything to change the circumstances that started me on this path, but I wouldn’t want to miss out on the incredible love and friendships -and experiencing the goodness in so many people along this road.
If you’d like to donate to our Forza-G team account, you can click on the e-Gift tab and use our Team account Number “TF0086”. You can also donate to an individual rider by using their e-Gift ID number. To find out more about Team Forza-G and/or how you can get more involved, please email me at forza-g@comcast.net. You can also join our Forza-G group on Facebook.
Thank you again for your support!
Matt Dillis (team founder)
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