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The Dana Foundation
Our historic partner, the Dana Foundation, made a new $100,000 commitment to the Defy Cancer Fund, which provides unrestricted support for The Dana-Farber Campaign. These flexible funds propel innovative early stage research, speed new drugs into clinical trials, retain and attract top talent; meet unanticipated needs; and ensure that we are fully serving our patients’…
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Friends of Dana-Farber Annual Gala
The Friends of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute recently held their Annual Gala, raising more than $465,000. Evening with Friends featured cocktails, dinner, and a live auction. The Friends exemplify the “power of friends” through their dual mission: raising funds to support research, patient services, breast and gynecologic cancer programs, and oncology fellowships; and providing services that…
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Innovation in Cancer Informatics
With a $224,000 grant, Innovation in Cancer Informatics is funding a project at Dana-Farber that will develop and pilot a new mobile health application that integrates patients’ electronic health records to better support them, and their care teams, in management of advanced cancer pain.
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William Randolph Hearst Foundations
The William Randolph Hearst Foundations gave $200,000 to fund two one-year Nurse Practitioner Adult Palliative Care Fellowships at Dana-Farber, to support two nurse practitioners in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, where the focus on treating the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—helps provide patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of…
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Changing the trajectory of multiple myeloma and access to care
When Joan Suzanne Tomsich was just 48 years old, she thought her life was over. A diagnosis of multiple myeloma led her to thoughts like, “Will I be around to see my kids graduate or witness them getting married?”
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Creating community for adolescent and young adult patients
Each day, nearly 50 adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients—those between the ages of 15 and 39—come to Dana-Farber for treatment, but many never connect with one another because they wait for appointments on different floors.
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METAvivor advances metastatic breast cancer research
METAvivor, a non-profit organization that funds important research for stage IV metastatic breast cancer (MBC), has awarded research grants totaling $700,000 to three Dana-Farber faculty members
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Kraft Family Blood Donor Center Breakfast of Champions
Nearly 300 blood and platelet donors from the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center were invited to Gillette Stadium for the annual Kraft Family Blood Donor Center Breakfast of Champions on April 30.
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The Jimmy Fund: 75 years of impact
Since the seminal radio broadcast in 1948 that introduced the nation to a young cancer patient dubbed “Jimmy” and the researchers and clinicians dedicated to caring for children with cancer, the Jimmy Fund’s generous community of supporters has contributed an incredible total of more than $1.5 billion so far.
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One Mission
One Mission recently demonstrated its commitment to cancer patients with two gifts totaling nearly $220,000 in support of the Blum Pediatric Resource Room and Pediatric Resource Program at Dana-Farber. One Mission, founded in 2008 by Ashley and Ari Haseotes, aims to help families cope with the emotional and financial challenges brought on by childhood cancer.
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