Category Cancer Fundraising Events

Chinese native travels to the US to support his wife, give back through inaugural PMC Unpaved

September 22, 2022

Throughout high school, Kelly Grimes had a persistent dream: to see China and explore the culture. So, when she turned 18, that’s what she did. Soon after her arrival, she was surprised with a diagnosis of aplastic anemia, a blood…

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Wife honors late husband through Jimmy Fund Golf

September 19, 2022

“My family and friends decided to start a memorial golf tournament for my husband, Jim. Jim loved to golf and we know that he would want us to bring his legacy forward to include raising money to cure the cancer…

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Pediatric cancer survivor’s mom runs to give back to Dana-Farber

August 22, 2022

Sarah Byrne is training for her fifth B.A.A. Half Marathon® with Dana-Farber’s team. She was motivated to run with Dana-Farber to honor her son Cian, who was diagnosed with stage III hepatoblastoma, a rare form of liver cancer, at age…

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Student honors friend with concert for pediatric cancer research

August 10, 2022

Ashwin Hazarika, a high school student from Columbia, Md., started thinking about opportunities to fundraise to support cancer research after his friend, Jamie, was diagnosed with pediatric sarcoma, a bone cancer. He initially planned to organize a virtual event on…

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WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon presented by Arbella Insurance

20 years of hope broadcast live from Fenway Park

August 8, 2022

Since 2002, the WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon presented by Arbella Insurance has been a summer tradition for the Jimmy Fund, WEEI, NESN, and all of Red Sox Nation. As we celebrate 20 years of this inspirational event in 2022, we…

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Family hosts first annual 5K to advance colorectal cancer research

August 3, 2022

Jacqueline Hanson’s brother Blake was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic colorectal cancer at age 38. She describes Blake as an adventure seeker, who travelled the world, loved his family and friends, and was fiercely competitive, which largely contributed to his…

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Siblings host a charity golf tournament to honor their father

July 12, 2022

“It’s really hard to describe the relationship that my family had with my father’s care team during such a hard time. We started a charity golf tournament to honor his memory because Dana-Farber is such a special place to us,”…

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