So proud to be a member of Team Forza-G. I was asked to describe this group – we love cycling, we proudly fundraise for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and we enjoy beer. Not necessarily in that order.
The 2015 Pan Mass Challenge marks the 10th year of Forza-G being an “official” PMC team. The team was named “Forza-G” in memory of a friend of Matt Dillis, our team founder and captain. Joe Giovinazzo, who lost his battle with T-Cell Lymphoma in 2000. Joe’s friends always called him “Joe G”. When it came time to put a name to the Team, Matt 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…
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