Category Cancer Awareness

In 1992, when working as a contractor for T.E. Andresen Moving & Storage, Michael Rockwood was sent to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to cover for an injured coworker. He never left. Michael recalls witnessing the compassionate care at Dana-Farber and thinking…

April marks Minority Cancer Awareness Month and Minority Health Month, opportunities to reflect on the disparities experienced in health care by historically marginalized and underserved racial and ethnic groups, and to recommit ourselves to improving equity and access to care…

We are excited to announced that Boston Red Sox pitcher, Nathan Eovaldi, will continue to serve as the Jimmy Fund Captain this season. In this role since 2021, Eovaldi is an ambassador for the Jimmy Fund, and helps to support…

Root, root, root for the Red Sox! On April 15, the Boston Red Sox returned to Fenway Park for the 2022 season. Since 1953, the Red Sox and the Jimmy Fund have been partners in our goal to strike out…

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…

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…