Greenwich, Conn.-based United Rentals recently supported the 25th annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) with an in-kind donation of rental equipment and manpower valued at more than $15,000. Since the PMC began 25 years ago, the one- and two-day bike races that make up the event have raised millions of dollars for cancer research and treatment through the Jimmy Fund at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Seven different United Rentals branch locations throughout Massachusetts supplied a range of equipment including five pneumatic forklifts, four 4,000-watt light towers, seven John Deere Gators, 60 high-intensity barrels, 140 road cones and one generator to aid in set-up, execution and clean-up for the race, which includes a meal for the more than 4,000 riders after the event.
United Rentals’ employees donated time to organize and deliver the equipment to the various race locations, including Sturbridge, Bourne and Provincetown, Massachusetts. United Rentals high reach district sales manager Joe Conley was key in organizing the movement of equipment from the United Rentals’ branches to staging areas.
With nearly 94 cents of each dollar raised going directly to the Jimmy Fund, the PMC has contributed more than $102 million to lifesaving cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute since its 1980 inception. On August 7 and 8, 2004, more than 4,000 cyclists traveled six different routes, logging between 89 and 192 miles over one or two days. Their goal this year was to raise $17 million, elevating the PMC’s total Jimmy Fund donation to nearly $120 million. United Rentals is No. 1 on the RER 100.
