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Jimmy Fund/Variety Children's Charity Theatre Program
Summer 2009

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Volunteer

Enjoy a fun day at the movies while helping people with cancer.

In appreciation for your time and effort as a volunteer, we offer the following gifts:

  • Volunteer for 1 four-hour shift, get a Jimmy Fund T-shirt
  • Volunteer for 2 four-hour shifts, get a T-shirt and two complimentary movie passes
  • Volunteer for 4 four-hour shifts, get a T-shirt and movie passes — plus we'll enter you in a drawing for two round-trip American Airline tickets to anywhere in the continental United States
  • Volunteer for 8 four-hour shifts, get a T-shirt, movie passes, entry into airline ticket drawing, and a Jimmy Fund scarf.
  • Volunteer for 12 four-hour shifts, get all of the above gifts PLUS tickets to a Red Sox game at Fenway Park for you and a friend.

When you volunteer to pass Jimmy Fund collection canisters in participating theatres this summer, you are helping to support research and patient care at the world-renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Volunteer now

For more information:

Contact: Kimberly Chisholm
Phone: (617) 632-5091
E-mail: kimberly_chisholm@dfci.harvard.edu

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