Category Cancer Fundraising Events

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Hockey goalies across the country defy cancer one save at a time

Each October since 2014, volunteer-led October Saves brings hockey goalies together to gather pledges for each save they make throughout the month in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Participating goalies range from mites—youth hockey players—to professionals in the NHL,…

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A Jimmy Fund Clinic Patient rides the carousel with her face painted to look like a butterfly.

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…

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Lisa and Jim McNally

Wife honors late husband through Jimmy Fund Golf

“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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