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Honoring his brother’s dream of a cancer-free future
When Richard Yost was a kid, he and his brother Jay were inseparable and always stood up for each other. “I remember when I was eleven and he was nine,” Richard says. “One day we walked down to my uncle’s house to see his new color TV. Walking back on the road some bigger kid knocked my brother over. Little as I was, I stood up for him. Jay sprung up next to me. I’ll never forget that feeling of the two Yost boys standing up to something bigger, together.”
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Paying tribute to her mother’s spirit with a gift to support other patients
In 1995, Melissa Fajardo’s mother Victoria was diagnosed with cancer in one breast at just 30 years old. After receiving successful treatment, which resulted in remission, she was again diagnosed with breast cancer only five years later—this time in the other breast. She underwent a double mastectomy, a treatment which she hoped would mean that she had finally seen the last of cancer. However, her family was shocked when, in 2016, what she thought was a broken hip turned out to be cancer that had metastasized.
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Tireless volunteer Baila Janock ensures a lasting legacy
To explore the new Yawkey Center for Cancer Care from every angle, you would be hard-pressed to find a better tour guide than Baila Janock, a founding member of the Dana-Farber Society. For Janock, Dana-Farber provides something even more impressive than the state-of-the-art facilities.
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Bequest creates legacy to conquer cancer for active supporter
Fred Reagan is a strong supporter of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's mission to conquer cancer. He is a dedicated walker in the Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai, and a volunteer for the Pan-Mass Challenge bike-a-thon. And, with a gift to Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund in his will, Fred's legacy will continue his support of the fight against cancer.
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Beneficiary designation is a smart financial decision that helps fight cancer
For Roger Paschke, naming Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund as a beneficiary of his retirement fund was an easy way to support an organization deeply important to him, and to honor his older sister and stem-cell donor, Riley McMahon. Roger was successfully treated for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and received Riley’s donated stem-cells through a transplant at Dana-Farber in 2005.
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Trustees plan for their families and the future
Like many other financially savvy donors who want to make a difference far into the future, some Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Trustees are embracing the opportunity to establish charitable gift annuities (CGAs). Given that payout rates are higher than they have been in a decade, and with Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund's ambitious goal to grow the Dana-Farber Society to 2,000 members, they recognize that this is a great time to create a CGA.
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