Category Why I Run for Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund

Volunteers with a Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge runner

Mother-daughter duo run marathon for Dana-Farber

March 6, 2023

Jamie Tighe is in her fourth Dana-Farber Challenge Marathon (DFMC) season, continuing her personal pursuit to support Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research. This is a big year for her: In 2023…

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Breast cancer patient gives back by running the ASICS Falmouth Road Race

July 29, 2022

Natalie Daverio is running her first ASICS Falmouth Road Race with Dana-Farber’s team this August. She ran the race on her own in 2021, after getting into running to stay active throughout the pandemic. That race came with a bit…

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Parents of pediatric cancer patients running to defy cancer with Team Beans

April 14, 2022

Team Beans was established in 2020, when Andrew Kaczynski and Rachel Ensign’s 6-month-old daughter, Francesca, was diagnosed with an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT), one of the most malignant and aggressive brain tumors that affect infants. Both reporters in New…

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Dana-Farber employee lacing up to run virtual B.A.A. 5K®

April 11, 2022

Alison Hennig, a cancer registrar at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is going beyond her job description this spring and helping the Institute in its mission to defy cancer by running the virtual B.A.A. 5K with team Dana-Farber this April. She was…

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Dana-Farber runner trains for his sixth Falmouth Road Race to honor his late brother

April 7, 2022

Barry Cotton lost his brother, Billy, to lung cancer at the age of 59, in December 2013. A few years later, he decided to register for the ASICS Falmouth Road Race with team Dana-Farber to honor his brother’s legacy and…

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Couple running Boston Marathon® together to defy cancer

April 6, 2022

Alfonso Carrillo and Stephany Garza, originally from Guatemala, have been married for six years. This year, they’re taking things to the next level by embarking on their first marathon together: the Boston Marathon® on April 18, as part of the…

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Working to defy cancer: Meet Kelly Yardley

March 15, 2022

This post is part of a series highlighting staff members within Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & The Jimmy Fund’s Division of Philanthropy, to give supporters an inside peek at life at New England’s favorite charity. Today, we’re talking to Kelly Yardley,…

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