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Pallotta TeamWorks created the multi-day charitable event category and changed
the game for citizen activism for charitable causes. From a simple idea in 1993,
the company’s event participants raised over half a billion dollars in just nine years,
and netted over $300 million for AIDS and breast cancer in that time – more
money, raised more quickly for these causes than any private event operation
in history.
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1961
- Born January 21 st in Massachusetts;
1979
- Elected Chair of the Harvard Hunger Action Committee;
1980
- Elected to the School Committee in Melrose, Massachusetts, second in a field of 12 candidates;
1982
- Re-Elected to the Melrose School Committee;
- Began Organizing Ride for Life, a cross-country bike ride to raise money for Oxfam-America;
1983
- Graduated from Harvard University cum laude in Development Economics;
- Along with 40 classmates, bicycled 4,256 miles over 9 ½ weeks from Seattle, Washington to Boston, Massachusetts in Ride for Life. The riders were featured on the Today Show and hundreds of local television, radio, and newspaper stories across the country. The Ride raised $80,000 for Oxfam-America, for their international relief and development efforts;
1991
- Formed Pallotta & Associates, later to become Pallotta TeamWorks, or PTW;
1993
- PTW Created and began organizing the very first California AIDSRide, a 575-mile, seven-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles with a $2,000 minimum fundraising requirement – a first in the charitable event industry, to raise money for local AIDS service organizations;
1994
- The first California AIDSRide took place. 478 riders. $1,013,000 netted for the cause;
1995
- PTW created the Boston>New York AIDSRide. California AIDSRide 2 and Boston>New York AIDSRide together netted $7,632,000 for the cause. Over 5,000 riders. The Boston>New York AIDSRide was the most successful first-time AIDS fundraiser in history;
1996
- PTW expanded the AIDSRides nationwide. 10,023 riders. $13,073,000 netted for the cause;
1997
- AIDSRides netted $16,451,000 for the cause;
- PTW created the Big Ride Across America for the American Lung Association. Over 700 people rode from Seattle to Washington, D.C. – the largest cross-country bike ride in American history;
- PTW created the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk concept – a three-day, 55-mile transformation of the typical charity walk-a-thon;
1998
- The first Breast Cancer 3-Day took place. 2,288 walkers. $4,200,000 netted for the cause. PTW’s total net income for breast cancer and AIDS for the year was $19,056,000;
1999
- Presented with the Creative Vision Award by the Liberty Hill Foundation;
- PTW expanded Breast Cancer 3-Days to four U.S. cities;
- $33,736,000 netted for AIDS and breast cancer charities for the year;
2000
- PTW expanded Breast Cancer 3-Days to seven U.S. Cities;
- PTW created the first Alaska AIDS Vaccine Ride;
- $63,542,000 netted for AIDS and breast cancer charities for the year;
2001
- PTW expanded Breast Cancer 3-Days to nine U.S. cities;
- PTW created AIDS Vaccine Rides in Canada and Montana;
- $69,023,000 netted for AIDS and breast cancer charities for the year;
- PTW moved into new centralized headquarters facility;
2002
- PTW created new events for suicide prevention, urban poverty, and domestic adoption;
- PTW expanded the Breast Cancer 3-Days to thirteen U.S. cities;
- $78,000,000 netted for AIDS, breast cancer, and suicide prevention charities for the year;
- After 9 years, PTW’s events had netted $301 million. 235,000 people had walked or ridden. Approximately 6 million people donated;
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