I first met Francesca Beans Kaczynski in 2020 though her dad's Twitter page. Andrew had been sharing updates on Beans' diagnosis and his family's move to Boston for treatment. Already signed up for the Pan-Mass Challenge's Winter Cycle, I reached out to Beans' parents and asked if I could ride in her honor. They said 'yes' and she became my motivation to participate in PMC events. To date, Team Beans winter and summer PMC riders have raised millions for the Team Beans Fund. The 2025 Winter Cycle will be my last PMC event for Team Beans.

Sadly, on Christmas Eve of 2020, Francesca Beans Kaczynski passed away at 9 months old from a rare and aggressive brain tumor called Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT). Since then, incredibly generous individuals have donated over $3.5 million to the Team Beans Infant Brain Tumor Fund at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Boston Children's Hospital.

I am honored, once again, to ride for Beans and the countless other children and families affected by pediatric brain cancer. Through my 7th PMC Winter Cycle, I hope to help bring continued funding and awareness to the research and care of this disease. Please consider a donation of any amount in her memory, 100% of every dollar raised goes directly to the Team Beans Fund.

Thank you for your support!

Danielle

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The Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) raises money for life-saving cancer care and research at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund. The catalyst for the fundraising effort is a bike-a-thon that crosses the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Committed cyclists, volunteers, corporate sponsors, and individual financial contributors are essential to the PMC achieving this goal. Since its founding in 1980, the PMC has been increasingly successful in mobilizing the support of all these constituencies, bringing in over $972 Million. The PMC strives to inspire even more proponents of our cause and intend 100% of the money we raise to afford Dana-Farber's doctors and researchers the resources necessary to discover cures for all cancers.