Thursday, September 27, 2012
Dana-Farber’s B.A.A. Half Marathon team is one of many ways runners can support the lifesaving mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
On October 7, Stacey Kokoros and John Nacsin of Braintree Mass., will be running in the 12th annual B.A.A. Half Marathon® presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund, as members of the official Dana-Farber team. Each of the nearly 500 Dana-Farber team members are committed to raising at least $500 to support adult and pediatric cancer care and research at Dana-Farber. Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund have partnered with the B.A.A. in the half marathon for ten years. During this time, runners on the Dana-Farber team have raised more than $3 million to fuel lifesaving discoveries. To support a runner in the B.A.A. Half Marathon, go to www.RunDanaFarber.org/BAAHalf. “Each year, our Dana-Farber runners take part in the B.A.A. …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The 5th Annual Catamount Classic will take place in Braintree on Oct. 6 and 7, 2012.
Nearly 30 Division 1 college lacrosse teams will compete in Braintree next month in a tournament designed to bring cancer education and fundraising to young adults throughout the Northeast. Put together by a Vermont family, the 5th Annual Catamount Classic will feature more than 7,500 players and fans at Thayer Academy's turf fields off Route 37. Over the past four years, the charity has raised almost $130,00 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Kelly and Ryan Curtis started the charity after one of Ryan's lacrosse players at the University of Vermont was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The young man was treated at Dana-Farber and is in full remission, Kelly wrote in a donation letter. "We learned through this process that early …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge is an annual bike-a-thon that raises more money for charity than any other single athletic fundraising event in the country.
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
On August 4 and 5, six residents from Braintree will pedal their way into fundraising history as participants in the 33rd annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC), the nation’s pioneer charity bike-a-thon that raises more money than any other athletic fundraising event in the country. They will be among 5,500 cyclists who will ride with the collective goal of raising $36 million to support adult and pediatric cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund. PMC riders range in age from 13 to 88. Some are seasoned tri-athletes while others are weekend warriors having trained for this event alone. Most PMC participants ride in honor of a family member or friend lost to, or being treated for, cancer. All …
Monday, June 25, 2012
The Boston Harbor swim is an all day event that starts from behind the Boston Harbor Hotel at Rowes Wharf on July 14.
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Billy and Grace Duncan of Braintree have joined Swim Across America to make a splash for pediatric cancer survivorship programs at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The 19th annual Boston Harbor 22-mile relay swim is Friday, July 13, and the 15th annual DCR Nantasket Beach one-mile and half-mile swim is Saturday, July 14. “The swims are a great way for people to come together and participate in a sport they love alongside Olympic swimming legends while raising critical funds for the David. B. Perini Jr., Quality of Life Clinic at Dana-Farber,” says 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist Janel Jorgensen McArdle, executive director of Swim Across America. “This year Craig Beardsley and Daniel Waters are among the Olympians scheduled to swim with us.” …
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Prayers for Charlotte is also holding its second annual road race to support neuroblastoma research and affected families on April 22 at the Granite Grill in Braintree.
Charlotte Kelly's parents Greg and Patrice, in the months since their daughter passed from Stage IV neuroblastoma in December, have stayed in touch with families they met during her treatment and have kept pushing for more research funding and support for others financially squeezed by the childhood cancer. For Greg, in addition to helping organize the second annual Prayers for Charlotte road race later this month, this also means long runs and a lot of sore muscles. On April 16, he will be running the 116th Boston Marathon with his friend Glen Jusczyk, a North Attleboro native and current Cape Cod resident whose 3-year-old daughter Malia was diagnosed with the same cancer as Charlotte when she was two and a half years old. The two men and…
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7:03 am on Monday, January 7, 2013
She was a very nice little girl , her smile shows everybody that she wants to live, I'm so sorry for this Kelly's family , may God give you enough energy to accept her absence in your life. more ›