Fundraising Campaign to Help Cure Childhood Cancer in Rhode Island

Stop & Shop stores in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut kick-offed their annual month-long fundraising campaign to support pediatric cancer research and treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Through July 23, Stop & Shop customers will have the opportunity to contribute to the Help Cure ChildhoodCancer campaign at store checkouts. 100% of the donations raised will benefit the Dana-Farber Cancer institute and the Jimmy Fund.

“Stop & Shop has been a proud partner of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for 27 years, raising over $68 million,” said Mark McGowan, President, Stop & Shop. “The money Stop & Shop is raising with our customers is making a significant impact in the advancement of research and treatment of pediatric cancer.”
Dana-Farber pediatric patient Madelyn Alexander, 4, from Millis, Massachusetts, Hailey Giguere, 15, from Windsor, Connecticut, Hope Laiter, 16, from Riverside, Rhode Island and Tommy Scardina, 10, from Marshfield, Massachusetts will serve as ambassadors for the Help Cure Childhood Cancer campaign.

“This is a very exciting time in cancer research,” said Lisa Diller, MD, clinical director of pediatric oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. “Thanks to the incredible work of our Dana-Farber scientists, the care provided by the doctors and nurses in the Jimmy Fund Clinic, and the generous support of donors like Stop & Shop, we have been able to increasingly use “personalized” therapy for children. By incorporating cancer genetics, newer targeted agents and better understanding of long-term outcomes, we are developing treatments that not only cure the majority of patients but increasingly promise pediatric patients healthy lives after cancer and into adulthood. “