Mission
The Dana Farber Club is Weston High School’s chapter supporting the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Jimmy Fund. The Jimmy Fund is the organization for community fundraising and volunteering for scientific inquiry, clinical care, education, community engagement, and advocacy for cancer. The club has been dormant in recent years, but we are hoping to gather members and make an impact. Since we are getting a late start this year, we are not planning on running our annual Putting For Patients fundraiser, but are hoping to reintroduce that event next year. Instead, while we build up a network of club members, we are planning on sending volunteers to Jimmy Fund events run by Dana Farber, in hopes of making contributions to this extremely important cause.
Dana-Farber is:
* Ranked one of the top cancer hospitals in the nation
* Providing expert, compassionate care to children and adults with cancer, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of cancer and related diseases
* Transforming scientific discoveries into innovative therapies for patients around the world
* Designing programs that promote public health, particularly among high-risk and underserved populations
* Training the next generation of talented physicians-scientists
The Jimmy Fund is:
* Dana-Farber’s principal fundraising arm
* Integral to the success of treatment for once-incurable cancers in children and adults
* Attracting tens of thousands of event participants and volunteers through hundreds of fundraising events each year
* One of America’s favorite charities, The Jimmy Fund is the official charity of the Boston Red Sox, Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, and Variety Children’s Charity of New England
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