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Even with rain, Jimmy Fund Clinic has a ball at spring training

April 2, 2018

The timing couldn’t have been better for the Jimmy Fund Clinic’s 15th annual trip to Boston Red Sox spring training – delays and all. While New Englanders were dealing with one of the snowiest, windiest Marches in recent memory, 42…

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Jimmy Fund Clinic Summer Festival enjoys a golden day

August 28, 2017

They resembled a sea of gold, thousands of people in matching golden t-shirts coming together from all sides of a vast, green field. Ranging from toddlers holding their parents’ hands to young adults carrying their own children, they took cues…

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Gesture by Jimmy’s Team members spreads kindness to pediatric patients

June 9, 2017

Recently, loyal Dana-Farber and Jimmy Fund supporters provided something vital to our youngest patients in addition to their ongoing commitment to conquer cancer: they helped provide smiles. These dedicated people are members of Dana-Farber’s Jimmy’s Team, supporting the Institute’s lifesaving…

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During Girls Weekend, new friends connect

May 8, 2017

For seventeen girls and patients at Dana-Farber Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Dana-Farber’s annual Girls Weekend – a three-day arts, shopping, and food extravaganza – is a much-needed opportunity to relax and connect with new friends who also know…

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Larry Lucchino shares holiday gifts and hope during visit with patients

December 24, 2016

Decades later, Larry Lucchino still remembers how he felt as a Dana-Farber patient meeting long-term survivors of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. While he endured chemotherapy treatments, a stem cell transplant, and 38 days in isolation while being treated for the disease, these…

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Jimmy Fund Clinic kids connect during spring training trip

April 8, 2016

Kenny Barton wasn’t a big baseball fan before last weekend’s annual Jimmy Fund Clinic trip to Boston Red Sox spring training in Fort Myers, Florida. The 16-year-old cancer patient still can’t tell most ballplayers apart, but he did trade identities…

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5 Unforgettable Jimmy Fund moments from 2015

December 26, 2015

Twenty-four hours a day patients, families, doctors and donors fill the halls of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to help us in our efforts to conquer cancer. Thanks to all of those dedicated to our mission, we grow closer to curing cancer every year.…

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