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Our 2017 Pan-Mass Challenge jerseys have arrived and they look great. With the help of several fantastic domain industry sponsors, John Berryhill and I have helped to raise over $17,000 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute via our PMC fundraisers!  My goal is to raise $12,000 and John’s goal is to raise $9,000, so we still have a bit of a ways to go before we can call this a complete success.

Thanks to the following domain industry sponsors, John and I will be wearing snazzy cycling jerseys with the logos of domain industry companies who have sponsored our ride with donations of $500 or more. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that we have had great support from others in the domain industry.

Here are the companies who made large donations to DFCI to sponsor our jerseys:

Uniregistry
TheDomains.com
.Buzz Registry
GoDaddy
.Club Registry
BuyDomains
Donuts
Igloo
Telepathy
NameCorp
NameJet
.XYZ Registry
DSAD.com
.Art Registry

This weekend, I will be doing two 75 mile training rides in the MetroWest region of Boston. I will be riding with a few other people who are also training for the Pan-Mass Challenge. My bet is that I will be the only one wearing a custom jersey this weekend, and I will proudly tell the other riders why I am wearing the jersey and that it was a big factor in our fundraising. I am sure John will do the same on his training rides.

Here are a couple of photos of John in his jersey and a couple of photos of me in my jersey:

Our 2017 Pan-Mass Challenge jersey is almost ready! We need support from one additional domain industry sponsor, and John Berryhill and I will be ready to rock our cycling jerseys! A donation of $500 to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston via  John’s PMC fundraiser or my PMC fundraiser will get your company’s logo on the back of our jersey.

With your help, John and I have raised over $10,000 for Dana-Farber this year. Both of us have a bit of a way to go to meet our fundraising goal and could really use your support. Even if the jersey sponsorship is too much, a donation of any size will be appreciated. All of the domain industry support we have received so far has been amazing!

There is room for two more logos on the back of the jersey, and since GoDaddy sponsored us earlier today, there a spot for ONE more industry sponsor’s logo! If you would like to be the last jersey sponsor for our ride, please post a comment so that multiple people/companies don’t donate. I would love to have more $500 donors, but the shirt will only accommodate one additional logo!

There are going to be a couple of additional changes made to the jersey coloring, and I hope to have a final version by Monday afternoon!

A hearty thank you to our sponsors so far:

• Uniregistry
• .Art Registry
• BuyDomains
• .Club Registry
• Donuts
• DSAD.com
• GoDaddy
• Igloo
• NameCorp
• NameJet
• Telepathy
• TheDomains.com
• .Buzz (newly added!)

Update: .Buzz has sponsored our jersey!

This year’s Pan-Mass Challenge ride is coming up the first weekend in August. John Berryhill and I will be riding 163 miles on our bicycles over two days to raise money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, one of the world’s leading cancer organizations.

Last week, I wrote about the unique way John is raising funds for his campaign. If you haven’t read about it, check it out and keep the offer in mind if a domain name legal issue comes up.

On the first day of the Pan-Mass Challenge ride, cyclists wear the official PMC jersey. On the second day of the ride, cyclists can either wear their PMC jersey or they can wear another jersey of their choice. My preference has been to create my own PMC jersey with the logos of domain industry sponsors on the back.

This year, John and I plan to wear a customized PMC jersey to thank domain industry sponsors for their support. We will also wear our jerseys on our final few training rides prior to PMC weekend.

The first round concept of our PMC jersey is shown above. The only thing missing is logos on the back and maybe one large one on the front!

There are either 14 or 15 spots available, and companies who donate $500+ to either John’s fundraising campaign or to my fundraising campaign will be honored with a logo placement on the back. If one company donates $1,500 to to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute via one of our PMC fundraisers, their logo will be featured front and center on the jersey, below the Pan-Mass Challenge logo.

As of this morning, there are 8 11 companies/businesses whose logos will appear on our jersey, so there are just 6 or 7 3 spots remaining. Here are the sponsors so far:

• .Club Registry
• .Art Registry
• BuyDomains
• Donuts
• DSAD.com
• Igloo
• Telepathy
• TheDomains.com
• NameJet (newly added!!)
• NameCorp (newly added!!)
• Uniregistry (front of jersey) (newly added!!)
• GoDaddy (newly added!!)

Time is of the essence because I need to have the jersey design finalized by Friday to get them in time, so your logo will only be placed on the jersey if your donation is made by Friday and I have your logo by Friday (6/23/17). It would be awesome to have your support!

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Riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge is one of my favorite things to do each year. Yes, riding my bike for 163 miles over two days is challenging  for me, but having raised funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the cheering spectators along the route make the ride special.

The most challenging aspect of the ride for me is the training I do. I am not the most athletic person, so I train from the end of May until the end of July. For the first 2 weeks, I ride somewhere between 25-50 miles on one weekend day. For the rest of my training, I ride anywhere from 40 – 80 miles on Saturday and Sunday. This is in addition to running to stay in good health. The training rides are a challenge during the hot and humid Summer months, but it also a challenge for my wife who has to take care of the kids in the mornings.

As you may know, all of the funds raised by PMC riders benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, one of the world’s leading cancer research and treatment organizations. DFCI does great things for its patients, and the discoveries its researchers make help people with cancer throughout the world.

My fundraising goal this year is an aggressive $12,000. This is more than I have ever raised before. So far with the help of friends, family, and particularly domain industry colleagues, we have raised just over $5,000. As a special “thank you” to my industry friends and colleagues, I have been adding the names of industry donors who are helping me reach my goal. I sincerely appreciate all of the support that has been given to me so far – it means a lot to me. I still have a long way to go to achieve my fundraising goal though.

This year’s ride means more to me than ever before. My ride is dedicated to someone I have known for almost 20 years who just started chemotherapy a week ago to fight pancreatic cancer.

If you are able to support my 2017 Pan-Mass Challenge ride in any way – be it a donation or even a tweet, I would be appreciative. If you are raising funds for a cause that is important to you, my wife and I are happy to support you.

Thanks so much for your support.