Cops for Kids with Cancer Provides Life-Changing Assistance
Braintree resident Robert Faherty is the chairman of the local charity that funds research and helps families with kids battling cancer.
Cops for Kids with Cancer began as a group of Boston Police officers playing golf with their colleagues in law enforcement from Ireland, but it has evolved into a Braintree-based charity that provides thousands of dollars annually to local hospitals and families of children with cancer. Since the early 2000s, the group has made donations to the children’s oncology units at Mass. General Hospital and the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center. In 2008, the all volunteer board of directors decided to provide funds to local families with children battling cancer, which are often recommended by area police departments and hospitals. The organization has increased the number of families it could help annually since 2008, with 71…
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Jeanne Zarrella
10:03 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
As the mother of a cancer survivor who was treated at Floating, thank you for all you do. more ›