Dear fellow Hanoverians:
This just in from a grateful Light Family!
“Sunday, September 24th our family and neighbors laced up our sneakers to
walk along the world-renowned Boston Marathon course in the 2017 Boston
Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. It was a beautiful day for a walk. Our family
committed to raise at least $5000. We’ve set our goal high because we know
1st hand that the money raised is crucial to the innovative cancer research
and exceptional patient care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Jimmy Fund
Clinic. Our daughter Alison was diagnosed with Stage 4 Germ Cell Yolk Sak
Tumors in September 2014, and the care we received immediately from Dana
Farber and Boston Children’s Hospital far exceeded our expectations.
Within a 24 hour period we were told our then 3 year old daughter had
cancer and after hours of testing we were told that her cancer was
treatable and even curable – music to our ears. Alison is still under
the care of an Oncology Team at Dana Farber and has regular checkups at the
Jimmy Fund Clinic and yearly scans. She continues to be cancer free and we
walk in honor of her and all the children that will follow.
Our town of Hanover rallied around our family that year with love, support,
help … and Hanover you continue to show up – we are happy to report that
our little Jimmy Fund Yard Sale (on September 9th) raised about $2000 for
the Jimmy Fund Walk. Thank you to everyone that donated “awesome
stuff” to sell. Thank you to those who helped with set up, take down and
to those who made several trips to Savers afterward! Finally, thank you to
those who stopped by to shop. We couldn’t do this without you.
Cancer touches all of us. Our family is doing our part to help conquer this
disease and with your help, we can move closer to the ultimate finish line:
a world without cancer.
Thank you again for your support and generosity!
The Light Family (Dan, Amanda, Sam and Alison)
www.jimmyfundwalk.org/2017/amandalight ”
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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