Reasons to donate to Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund

Along the same lines as Thank you Thursday I’ve got another theme-day for you.  Every Monday from now until the marathon I will give you five reasons why you should donate to Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund in support of my marathon run. Some will be pathetic attempts at being funny, others will actually be funny, and some will give you more information about what Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund will do with your donation. We’ll call this day Money Monday…as in Give me your money Monday!

Without further ado here are your first five reasons:

1. This month Dana-Farber announced that researchers led by Ronald A. DePinho, MD, were for the first time able to partially reverse age-related degeneration in mice. Dr. DePinho’s team’s strategy might one day treat conditions such as rare genetic premature aging syndromes
2. My family did not give me Christmas presents this year (sob…sob). This is really a joke, read about it here.
3. Because Dr. Sydney Farber, a pioneer of modern chemotherapy, was able to cure the original “Jimmy” of the Jimmy Fund way back in 1948 when few cancers were ever cured at all. Read his whole story here.
4. My ankle still hurts (whimper)
5. I’ll put the name of your friend or family member on this blog, on my race day outfit, and on my Dana-Farber banner click here for details.

Happy Money Monday! You can make your donation by clicking here.