2024 Host Charities
As a participant in this year's BFit Challenge, you are able to dictate where the funds you raise will go. This year, we will have the following host charities that you are able to select from while setting up your fundraising page. They are the:
100 Club of MA
PFFM- New England Fire Fighter Cancer Fund
FLEOA
SEAL Legacy Foundation
Massachusetts Ambulance Association
22Mohawks
MAMLEO
Newton Firefighters Children's Fund
Martin Richard Foundation (all proceeds benefiting LEADER at McLean)
On-Site Academy
Home Base
MA State Police Benevolent Fund
MA Pink Patch Project
Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund
To view information on host charities please click their name which will direct you to their main web site.
NEW ENGLAND FIREFIGHTER CANCER FUND (NEFFCF)
The PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS Foundation has started The New England Firefighter Cancer Fund (NEFFCF). The mission of The NEFFCF is to help the fire fighters of New England fight the growing epidemic of Fire Fighter Cancer. Early detection is the best way to fight cancer. Money you raise will go directly to fighting cancer for fire fighters of your state.
The Facts: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health undertook two large studies focused on firefighter cancer: Between Jan.1, 2002 and March 31, 2017, 61 percent of career firefighter line-of-duty deaths occurred as a result of cancer, compared to 18 percent from heart disease in the same time frame. Furthermore, in 2016, that number rose to 70 percent.
