Record Level Involvement at Fallon Ambulance Raises Over $25,000 in Pan Mass Challenge for the Jimmy Fund

(l to r) Tom Lynch, Julie Feely, Patty Calderon, Peter Racicot, Kevin Dowd, Sean Connolly and Chris Grazioso at PMC.

The bike team included Fallon Ambulance’s Peter Racicot of Weymouth, Dorchester resident Kevin Dowd, Holbrook resident Kevin Mont and Tom Lynch of Dorchester who completed the 192-mile bike trip from Sturbridge to Provincetown.

Many employees of Fallon Ambulance, along with family and friends volunteered along the route and helped to raise more than $25,000 for the cause. Fallon Ambulance Service donated four staffed ambulances and supplies for both Saturday and Sunday of the event. The employees who volunteered for the event included Matt Rosen, Mark Williams, Patty Calderon, Julie Feely, Leslie Parham, John Haskell, Sean Connolly, Nate Avorn, Linda Knight and Chris Grazioso. Former Fallon employees who volunteered included Pete Yates, Nora Reilly and Tim Sheehan. For Fallon Paramedics Patty Calderon and Julie Feely and EMT John Haskell it was their first involvement with the PMC and they were so moved by the event that they donated their weekend paychecks to the cause.

“We are very proud of how our company’s involvement has grown each year,” said Racicot, riding in memory of his father, Ray Fallon, who was president of Fallon Ambulance and died in 2002 after a long battle with lung cancer. “Everyone has been touched in some way by this disease and it is rewarding to see the excitement generated by people helping in any way they can. Our staff members who worked behind the scenes and contributed what time and effort they could to participate help to make this a rewarding event.”

Four Fallon personnel each bicycled the 192 miles from Sturbridge to Provincetown, representing the three-generation, family-owned, independent ambulance company. In addition to the cycling efforts, Fallon Ambulance Service provided 10 volunteers and donated four ambulances for the Saturday and Sunday event. The race took two days, and more than 2,500 riders participated in the event.

“I’m really delighted that we were able to pull together as a company and raise substantial funds for this worthwhile cause,” said Racicot, who has participated in the race for the past twelve years. “Every year we raise the bar a little higher and we have been able to reach our goal. We plan to continue our increased efforts next year as well.

Fallon Ambulance Service was founded in 1936 by James R. Fallon, Sr., and has remained a family operated business to this day. The founder’s son, James R. (Ray) Fallon, Jr., and five of his children have all played an integral role in the company’s operation and growth. Fallon Ambulance employs more than 400 personnel, and operates 115 vehicles. The company provides 9-1-1 service to Milton, Quincy, Brookline, Weymouth, Braintree and Dedham as well as primary backup to Boston and Randolph. Fallon Ambulance Service also provides medical transportation for a number of nursing homes, hospitals, and HMOs throughout Greater Boston. Headquarters are at 111 Brook Road, Quincy, MA 02169, and Fallon Ambulance operates satellite offices in Weymouth, Allston and Quincy, MA. A new state-of-the-art headquarters is slated for opening in Quincy in the Fall, 2004. Fallon Ambulance Service is a several-time recipient of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s “Success Profile,” and the “local heroes” award by the South Shore Community Action Council. For additional information about Fallon Ambulance services or programs that the company offers, contact Peter Racicot, Senior Vice President of Business Development, at (617) 745-2100, ext. 117 or visit www.fallonambulance.com.