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Patient R.J. Sutherland is just one of many teens turning to technology to get through his cancer treatment. To meet teen patients' online needs, the Jimmy Fund Clinic gives them online access that helps them feel better connected to the outside world.
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When Katie Hayes went to her doctor's appointment one recent morning, she didn't know she was going to be immortalized in steel. She and other Jimmy Fund Clinic and Dana-Farber patients watched as an ironworker spray-painted their names onto one of the beams of the Yawkey Center for Cancer Care.
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Shuttle driver Martin Ortega was a friendly, familiar presence for Dana-Farber staff riding a van that ferries workers between Dana-Farber's main campus and Brookline Place offices. Ortega, who suffered from an inoperable brain tumor, devised a unique way to honor the Institute after his death.
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As she goes through treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia, this 11-year-old Jimmy Fund Clinic patient draws strength from her beloved big brother, an Army National Guard member stationed in Iraq.
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A hospital is the last place you'd expect a kid would want to be on a Wednesday morning. The medical procedures, of course, are not enjoyable at all, but the activities they enjoy during their "down time" in the clinic's playroom is a blast thanks in large part to one person activities assistant Rosemary Lonborg.
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Most people go out to dinner on their birthday or blow out candles and eat cake, but for Lisa Scherber, activities coordinator for the Jimmy Fund Clinic, her special day last December was reason to sign up for the 192-mile ride from Sturbridge to Provincetown as part of the 27th annual Pan Massachusetts Challenge bike-a-thon.
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Jordan Leandre isn't able to play baseball this spring, but the 5-year-old got to do the next-best thing yesterday: sing the National Anthem on Opening Day at Fenway Park while lined up alongside his Red Sox heroes.
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When nursing student Lindsay Roache cares for teenagers with cancer, she knows exactly how they feel. She's been there. "I came back to face the past," says the 22-year-old, who is going full circle from patient to caregiver.
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More than 50 years after they helped spread the word about Dana-Farber in its earliest days, Boston Red Sox legends Dom DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr, and Johnny Pesky returned to the Institute to honor both a friend treated here and the memory of their late teammate Ted Williams.
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In recent years, the Boston Red Sox have hosted an off-season rookie orientation program for their most promising minor league player prospects. As part of this introduction, 11 of the Sox's top minor leaguers recently dropped in on the Jimmy Fund Clinic for a crash course in "Red Sox Philanthropy 101."
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Pediatric and adult patients, family, and staff were surprised and delighted by a visit from Red Sox pitching hero Tim Wakefield and the World Series trophy. Wakefield spent most of his hour-plus at Dana-Farber talking and posing for photos with young patients in the Clinic, then went up to Dana 10 infusion area and met with adult patients there.
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Celebrity visits are one of Lisa Scherber's many responsibilities as activities coordinator for the Jimmy Fund Clinic, so her Dana-Farber colleagues no doubt enjoyed seeing the tables turned recently on one of the Institute's most beloved staff members.
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For children undergoing outpatient treatment for cancer, and for their families, the playroom at the Jimmy Fund Clinic is the center of the world. During their months or years of therapy, children come to the clinic each week on the same day. This YANKEE Magazine article features a day in the life of the Jimmy Fund Clinic.
