NEWBURYPORT — Ann Doyle will be just one of the many local riders who will be pedaling for a cause this weekend.
Doyle, a Newburyport native, and her team of 48 riders will join thousands of cyclists going across the state in the 30th annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge.
Doyle's team is riding this year for the fourth time to raise money and awareness for the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation.
Over the past three years, the team has raised more than $750,000 for carcinoid cancer research.
According to the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation, carcinoid cancer and related neuroendocrine tumors are small, slow-growing tumors found mostly in the gastrointestinal system, but can be in other parts of the body, such as the pancreas and the lung.
Doyle, now living in Lincoln, lost her father, Hugh J. Doyle, and a close friend from the same cancer three years ago. Doyle's mother, Eleanor Doyle, still lives in Newburyport at 8 Parker Ridge Way.
It was then she decided to ride the PMC in their honor.
"When my dad was sick with this, I thought, what can I do?" she said.
Doyle, who had already been riding in the PMC for seven years when her father passed away, decided to organize a team to help fund a search for a cure for the disease.
For more information about the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation and the PMC team, visit www.caringforcarcinoid.org.
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