NESN video highlights from the 2014 Radio-Telethon

• Photographer helps lighten cancer patients’ days With annual Girls Weekend
  Photographer Doug Quagliaroli’s son was treated for leukemia in 2007. Afterwards, he found a way to give back through his profession of taking photographs. Every year, Quagliaroli takes beautiful portraits of a group of girls fighting cancer for a weekend. The photos help them use the photos to lighten their spirits.
• Kate Franklin volunteering at hospital where she was treated years ago
  Ahh…to be 17 again. The world is at your feet and the future is bright. That’s the case for Kate Franklin. However, this Bishop Feehan high school student not only has great potential, she also has great perspective. Her battle with cancer at age four inspired her to help others by volunteering at the place where she received treatment so many years ago.
• Crowley family teamed up with Dana-Farber to beat leukemia, breast cancer
  Tim Crowley is a former Marine and state trooper, and his toughness came in handy when he was diagnosed with leukemia. Crowley was able to beat the disease, but shortly after, his wife Julie was diagnosed with breast cancer. Together and with the help of their children and Dana-Farber, they were both able to beat cancer.
• Debbie Whitmore’s strength and courage has helped her outlive prognosis
  Debbie Whitmore looks like any other mother of four. Whitmore, however, is terminally ill with stage four colon cancer and as of this point, there is no cure. Still, she continues to battle and has outlived her original prognosis. Her strength and courage has been an inspiration to her family and those that know her.
• Todd Schwartz Memorial Classic helps loved ones remember a hero
  Todd Schwartz was a teenager who loved life and everyone in it. He was funny, courageous and cared about others above all. He was also very sick with cancer. Superman, as a roommate named him, was a fighter and an inspiration. Sadly, Todd lost his battle with cancer in 2002, but his legacy lives on through the Todd Schwartz Memorial Classic.
• Cancer survivor Lynda Nijensohn was mile away from Marathon bombings
  On April 15, 2013 and the months that followed, the term “survivor” took on a new tone in Boston, especially for Lynda Nijensohn. Not only had she recently overcome breast cancer, but on that day Lynda was less than a mile from the finish line when the explosions went off at the 2013 Boston Marathon^®. Lynda is a true survivor and turned her challenges into new opportunities.
• Annual Fort Myers Spring Training trip helps patients deal with cancer
  Each winter, the Jimmy Fund sends a group of patients to the Boston Red Sox spring training facility located in sunny Fort Myers, Fla. Here, this group of teenagers is able to escape Boston’s harsh winters, but more importantly, the confines of the hospital. Not only are they greeted by the Red Sox themselves, they get to take the field at Fenway South — Jet Blue Park.
• Hannah Levine deals with hair loss from cancer in awesome way
  When Hannah Levine was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, one of the most upsetting things for the 27-year-old was losing her hair. However, for her six long months of treatment, it ended up being the thing that helped her get through beating cancer.