“Winter Wonderland” at Dana-Farber

Santa Claus started early at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund Clinic as children receiving treatment for cancer enjoyed a Winter-Wonderland celebration. The party included visits from Santa, gifts, arts & crafts and lunch, all thanks in part to a large donation by union trades people and contractors.

Boston, MA –  Santa Claus started early at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund Clinic as children receiving treatment for cancer enjoyed a Winter-Wonderland celebration.  The party included visits from Santa, gifts, arts & crafts and lunch, all thanks in part to a large donation by union trades people and contractors.

Donations began pouring in after a Pipefitter with Local 537, Mike Morgan, posted a flyer asking men and women on the job at Dana-Farber Yawkey Center for Cancer Care to donate one hour of their salary to the children at the Dana Farber-Cancer Institute. Many of the union craftspeople are closing out their work at the project and some knew they were losing their job, but wanted to help anyway.

 “It was amazing how much money we raised, when we presented the check they expected about $500 , but we raised more than $27,000 and the money keeps pouring in,” says Morgan. “ We are so happy to be able to help in any way and it is just a small way to help these children.”

To the delight of the children receiving cancer treatment at the hospital, their names were spray painted on the beams by the Ironworkers at the beginning of construction of the building in February. 

The new state-of-the-art Yawkey Center is slated for completion in 2011.