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Ella’s Army comes together for a future without cancer

Ella O’Donnell was only 10 years old when she passed away from brain cancer. Her family remembers she made more of an impact on those around her in those short 10 years than most do in their whole lives. During…

  • The Jimmy Fund
  • March 17, 2022
  • News and Announcements, Why I Run for Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund, Working to Defy Cancer

Working to defy cancer: Meet Kelly Yardley

This post is part of a series highlighting staff members within Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & The Jimmy Fund’s Division of Philanthropy, to give supporters an inside peek at life at New England’s favorite charity. Today, we’re talking to Kelly Yardley,…

  • The Jimmy Fund
  • March 15, 2022
  • cancer fundraising walk, Cancer Patient Stories

Walking against colon cancer: Joe’s story

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. To help spread awareness for young-onset colon cancer, we asked Joe Opiela to share his family’s experience. This is their story, told from his perspective. My 29-year-old son Adam had an abnormal blood test…

  • The Jimmy Fund
  • March 11, 2022
  • Cancer Fundraising Events, Why I Run for Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund

Daughter training for the Boston Marathon® to honor her dad

Since 2020, Colleen Stravin has been ready to take on the Boston Marathon®. She signed up for the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge (DFMC) team to run her first marathon in that year and completed her fundraising and training goals before the…

  • The Jimmy Fund
  • March 10, 2022
Erin Burke
  • Cancer Awareness, Cancer Fundraising Events, Cancer Patient Stories, Why I Run for Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund

Young mom runs for Dana-Farber, inspired by her own cancer journey

May 2020 changed Erin Burke’s life forever. She was a 30-year-old woman in great health and eagerly awaiting the arrival of her first child in two short months. The news of her stage III, high-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC), a rare…

  • The Jimmy Fund
  • March 4, 2022
  • Cancer Patient Stories

Colon cancer patient embraces team approach at Dana-Farber

When Katie Kennedy was a young girl, one of her favorite things was seeing a Red Sox game at Fenway Park with her dad, Dan. It was there that Katie, now 52 and a patient at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, was…

  • The Jimmy Fund
  • February 28, 2022
  • Cancer Awareness

Bile duct cancer patient brings awareness to rare disease

As a patient living with a rare form of cancer, Al Pace knows how important it can be to maintain a positive outlook in challenging circumstances. Al was diagnosed with bile duct cancer, also known as cholangiocarcinoma, in 2018, after…

  • The Jimmy Fund
  • February 28, 2022
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