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,...
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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...
2018 Team JAF Boston Marathon Runners Kick Off Sprint Towards Patriots Day
Team JAFConsidering the frigid temperatures New England has been navigating so far this winter, visions of a sun-soaked Boylston Street on Patriots Day seems...
Tenth Annual Gratitude Gala Raises $1.3 Million At Record-Setting Event
EventsA lot can change in a decade. Way back in December 2008, 400 of our friends and supporters gathered in Foxboro, Mass. for the Joe Andruzzi...
Lancaster Mom Focuses on Making Memories with Her Family
Patient StoriesNo one is ready for cancer, but Brenda Sumner was particularly surprised. The Lancaster mom had traveled to see a friend in Idaho, and contracted the...