
Jimmy Fund Blog

The Jimmy Fund, established in Boston in 1948, comprises community-based fundraising events and other programs that, solely and directly, benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s lifesaving mission to provide compassionate patient care and groundbreaking cancer research for children and adults. Learn more through the inspiring stories on our blog!
Featured Stories
Jimmy Fund Clinic family festival is a day of hope
For Leona O’Neill, 2, an encounter with gorillas—rather than an infusion chair—was the perfect way to spend a recent Sunday. Leona, who was diagnosed at eight months with a brain tumor, was one of more than 600 current and past…
The Dana-Farber Campaign: Join us to Defy Cancer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund recently announced The Dana-Farber Campaign, an ambitious, multi-year effort to prevent, treat, and Defy Cancer. The Dana-Farber Campaign endeavors to raise $2 billion to accelerate our success through revolutionary science, extraordinary care, and …
Latest Stories
- Inspired by her own cancer diagnosis, young woman seeks new career in cancer researchIt all started in 2020, when Jenny, woke up in one morning with excruciating cramps. The pain was so severe, she was unable to get up to get dressed. She managed to schedule an appointment…
- For colorectal cancer patient Justin Kelly, “45 is the new 50”In early 2021, the American Cancer Society released new guidelines lowering the screening age for colorectal cancer, which has been increasing in frequency in younger adults, from 50 to 45. This new guideline, paired with…
- Family creates legacy for dad while working to defy prostate cancerGrowing up, whenever the girls in the Schuster family, Kimmy and Kait, would get a birthday or holiday gift of cash, they got to keep a third, save a third, and the final third went…
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