PMC gives hope to young cancer victims

(NECN: Joe Joyce, Sturbridge, Mass.) – The 2009 Pan-Mass Challenge is just hours away. The trek from Sturbridge, Massachusetts, to Provincetown gets underway early tomorrow morning. The excitement is building. Click here to make a donation now. Tonight at 7:00 on NECN, the Pan-Mass Challenge kickoff show will air. NECN’s RD Sahl and Beth Shelburne are your hosts. Musical guests include Jeffrey Gaines and Sarah Borges. Mark Starring of Rhode Island is riding for his son Matthew, who has been battling leukemia for the past two years. Christine Hockabell is a staff photographer at the Barrington Times and has become great friends with Matthew.