When an officer’s family member was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the Framingham Police Association decided to sponsor the race and partnered with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

With little known about this devastating disease and the fact that it has an extremely high mortality rate with just 4% of patients surviving beyond 5 years, it became very clear that this would be a charity we wanted to donate to.

The goal of the PanCAN organization is not only to raise money for research but to change the public’s perception of this diagnosis, raise public awareness of what this disease is, assist with the challenges patients face and what can be done to speed up the search for a cure.

All proceeds from the race are donated directly to the PanCan organization.