Category Cancer Fundraising Events

Brad Thornton, Friends of St. Nick 2021 Kibby Good Guy Award Recipient

Annual holiday luncheon brings community together to support Dana-Farber

December 1, 2022

Inspired by the Walpole Friends of St. Patrick, the Friends of St. Nick of Norwood, Mass., was created to bring the local community together during the holidays to fundraise for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. The organization has…

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Gaming for good: Annual gaming streamathon raises over $12,000 for the Jimmy Fund

November 17, 2022

James LeBlond, also known as CommishLB to the gaming world, is the host of The Fluffy Kitty Ninjas Show and a member of the Jimmy Fund Let’s Game® community. Jimmy Fund Let’s Game streamers can be found all over the…

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

November 14, 2022

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

October 20, 2022

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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Friends rally golf community together to raise funds to honor loved ones

October 11, 2022

“Kevin and I know the funds we raise through Jimmy Fund Golf make an impact in cancer research and patient care. It’s important for us to give back and also honor the memory of my father Mike, Kevin’s wife Nicole, and…

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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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