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Pan Mass Challenge

Friday, July 15, 2011

Andover Takes on the Pan-Mass

Local Radio Host Rides For Cancer

Gerry Callahan of Andover will be riding in his fourth straight Pan-Mass Challenge.

For many of participants in  the Pan-Mass Challenge, a stressful process is calling friends up and asking them to donate money for such a noble cause. Andover resident Gerry Callahan may be the lone exception. He has callers calling him up to pledge money for the August bike race. Callahan is the host of WEEI’s sports radio talk show “Dennis and Callahan”, along with co-host John Dennis. For the last three years, Callahan has asked listeners to donate and they have responded in droves. All riders are required to raise at least $4,200 which will go towards the Jimmy Fund. “I have very generous listeners and colleagues,” said Callahan. “I know a lot of people have to work harder at it than I do.” Thanks to those listeners, Callahan has …

Friday, July 8, 2011

Andover Takes on the Pan-Mass

A Journey Against Cancer

Andover resident Jennifer Dalton will be participating in her first Pan-Mass Challenge in memory of her father.

As people reach middle age, they are often looking for new challenges to spruce up their life and to do something that they have never attempted before. It usually isn’t riding their bike 160 miles across Massachusetts over the course of a weekend. But for Andover resident Jennifer Dalton, that is exactly what she will be doing as she will be riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge on August 6 and 7. "I feel like I'm crazy," exclaimed Dalton. Many riders often take up this challenge in memory of a lost loved one, and Jennifer is riding in memory of her father who passed away from lung, tongue and throat cancer in 2008. He was just 62 years old. “He ended up with no tongue, a tracheotomy and a feeding tube,” Dalton recalled. “For somebody who …

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