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The Jimmy Fund, established in Boston in 1948, is made up of community-based fundraising events and other programs that benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.Since 1948, millions of people have given money to the Jimmy Fund to help save lives and reduce the burden of cancer for patients and families worldwide.
Dave McGillivray stands at the start line of the Boston Marathon. He has worked with the Boston Marathon since 1988, first as technical director, and then as race director beginning in 2001. [7] In 1998, Olympic Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson tapped him to become the race director of the TD Beach To Beacon 10K Road Race in Cape Elizabeth ...
The Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) is a fundraising bike-a-thon started in 1980 by Billy Starr to benefit the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute via the Jimmy Fund. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It raises more money than any other single athletic fundraiser in the country.
BOSTON — The Boston Athletic Association announced Thursday that a record $71.9 million in charity was raised in this year's Boston Marathon. The total includes $45.7 million raised through 168 ...
Mar. 18—On April 18, Georgetown's Tony Alves, Julie Bedard, Shawn Deane, Larry Hanson and Marie Turner are running to defy cancer as a member of the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team in the ...
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The Boston Marathon allows approximately 6000 runners who have not qualified, out of 30,000 total participants, into the annual race. Most of these runners have agreed to raise a minimum of $5000 or greater to gain entry into this race. [3] In 2017, the charity runners raised $34.2 million for over 200 different non-profit organizations. [4]
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