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Meet MacKenzie, the miracle baby

“As a breast cancer survivor, seeing my eldest daughter face cancer herself was heartbreaking,” recalls Paula Keogh, who was treated at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute nearly three decades ago. “Initially, Sarah tried to hide the fact that she had found a…

The Jimmy Fund
April 8, 2022

Cancer Fundraising Events, Why I Run for Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund

Dana-Farber runner trains for his sixth Falmouth Road Race to honor his late brother

Barry Cotton lost his brother, Billy, to lung cancer at the age of 59, in December 2013. A few years later, he decided to register for the ASICS Falmouth Road Race with team Dana-Farber to honor his brother’s legacy and…

The Jimmy Fund
April 7, 2022

Cancer Fundraising Events, Why I Run for Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund

Couple running Boston Marathon® together to defy cancer

Alfonso Carrillo and Stephany Garza, originally from Guatemala, have been married for six years. This year, they’re taking things to the next level by embarking on their first marathon together: the Boston Marathon® on April 18, as part of the…

The Jimmy Fund
April 6, 2022

Cancer Fundraising Events

‘Hammer Away Cancer’ is personal for Aubuchon employees

For the past few years, the Aubuchon Company based in Westminster, MA, has supported Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund with a month-long “Hammer Away Cancer” fundraising campaign in all of its stores. New this year, customers are able…

The Jimmy Fund
March 25, 2022

Cancer Awareness

Honoring a brother’s dream of a cancer-free future

When Richard Yost was a kid, he and his brother Jay were inseparable and always stood up for each other. “I remember when I was 11 and he was 9,” Richard says. “One day we walked down to my uncle’s…

The Jimmy Fund
March 24, 2022

Cancer Awareness

Motivated by “family curse,” Dana-Farber doctor dedicates career to Lynch syndrome research

For Matthew Yurgelun, MD, director of Dana-Farber’s Lynch Syndrome Center, the path to a career in cancer research and medicine was driven by a tragic family history. Yurgelun’s grandfather died in his early 40s from advanced colon cancer, after…

The Jimmy Fund
March 22, 2022

Cancer Fundraising Events, Community Fundraising Events, Youth

8-year-old friends create bracelet business to help defy cancer

Finn, Liam, Grayson, and Wilkes, a group of 8-year-old friends from Hingham, Mass., were motivated to become Jimmy FundRaisers, supporting the Jimmy Fund in their community, after watching many friends and family members experience their own cancer journeys. They created…