Saugus Mom Finds Strength In Family And Support Groups
Patient StoriesIt’s a Sunday afternoon and Laura Spedaliere is bursting with stories from her weekend at the Betty J. Borry breast cancer retreat in Bretton Woods, New...
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Rain, Wind Can’t Stop Team JAF From Reaching Marathon Monday Goals
Team JAFDespite punishing weather that had not been seen on Patriots Day for 30+ years, all 19 of the Joe Andruzzi Foundation’s “Team JAF” Boston Marathon...
Maine College Student Doesn’t Let Cancer Derail His Education
Patient StoriesBrian Main thought his excruciating back pain came from lifting heavy water tanks during a controlled burn in his wildfire class at Unity College. A...
Somerset Mom Fights Stage 4 Breast Cancer To Be There For Her Kids
Patient StoriesApril Cabral’s cancer story started the way so many do: with a strange lump and equally strange feeling. It was a few weeks after her 35th birthday,...
Celebrating World Social Work Month: Leaders. Advocates. Champions.
UpBeat CancerMeet Kristy – a Community Resource Specialist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. To her patients and the Joe Andruzzi Foundation...
New Hampshire Woman Gains Strength After Beating Lymphoma
Patient StoriesAll Kasey Gossom knew was that she felt tired all the time. She was only 24, but she nevertheless blamed it on getting older. “I thought maybe I was...
Worcester Family Rallies Against Young Son’s Brain Tumors
Patient StoriesYan Perez-Garcia doesn’t have a typical cancer story – if there is one. His journey spans three states, dozens of surgeries, near-death experiences...
Empower Retirement Caps-off Goal Line Giving Campaign with $50,000 Donation
PartnershipsIt’s been a magical run for the New England Patriots on their way to Super Bowl LI – and the team’s recent playoff success is a direct result of a...
Eleven-Year-Old Plainville Boy Shows Immense Courage In The Face Of Cancer
Patient StoriesIn the summer of 2015, Tarun Kancharla was an active, happy 9-year-old boy – on vacation with his family in his parent’s home country, India. It...
Maine Artist Conquers Cancer Her Way
Patient StoriesCarla McGuire trusts her intuition. Since she was six years old, she knew she would be an artist in Maine. She knew when it was time to show up for...