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The Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute
and the Jimmy
Fund
Nathan Rotenberg
Introduction
• An Emergency Services Communications Specialist, Nathan Rotenberg
participated in his initial first responder training in 2000 with the CFPC.
In the nearly 20 years since, he’s also trained and earned certification in
emergency communications, search and rescue, hazardous materials
training, confined space entry and emergency vehicle operations,
among others. Nathan Rotenberg has volunteered his time with the
emergency disaster services division of the Salvation Army for
Southeastern PA and Delaware. As well as being a major supporter of
the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
traces its roots to 1947 when Dr. Sidney Farber founded the Children’s
Cancer Research Foundation. After he died in 1973, the foundation was
renamed after him and, in 1983, it merged with the Charles A. Dana
Foundation and was renamed the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Located in Boston, today the institute accepts patients of all ages, a
policy it adopted in 1969, and employs a staff of about 5,000 who
support nearly 650,000 outpatient visits annually, as well as more than
1,000 hospital discharges and 1,100 clinical trials.
Dana Faber Cancer
• This institute is also one of the Harvard Medical School’s principal
teaching facilities and works with several nursing schools in the
Boston area.
The Jimmy Fund came about by happenstance in 1948. One of Dr.
Farber’s patients, 12-year-old Einar Gustafson who was
nicknamed “Jimmy” to preserve his privacy, was a great fan of the
Boston Braves who were the city’s Major League Baseball team at
the time. Jimmy was invited to speak on the nationally broadcast
program “Truth or Consequences,” and during the program he
expressed his wish for a television to watch the Braves play. Not
only did the ensuing flood of contributions pay for a television
set, more than $200,000 was left over for the establishment of
the Jimmy Fund, which has since raised millions of dollars to
support the Dana-Farber Institute.
Additional information about Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund is
available online at JimmyFund.org.

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The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund

  • 1. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund Nathan Rotenberg
  • 2. Introduction • An Emergency Services Communications Specialist, Nathan Rotenberg participated in his initial first responder training in 2000 with the CFPC. In the nearly 20 years since, he’s also trained and earned certification in emergency communications, search and rescue, hazardous materials training, confined space entry and emergency vehicle operations, among others. Nathan Rotenberg has volunteered his time with the emergency disaster services division of the Salvation Army for Southeastern PA and Delaware. As well as being a major supporter of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute traces its roots to 1947 when Dr. Sidney Farber founded the Children’s Cancer Research Foundation. After he died in 1973, the foundation was renamed after him and, in 1983, it merged with the Charles A. Dana Foundation and was renamed the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Located in Boston, today the institute accepts patients of all ages, a policy it adopted in 1969, and employs a staff of about 5,000 who support nearly 650,000 outpatient visits annually, as well as more than 1,000 hospital discharges and 1,100 clinical trials.
  • 3. Dana Faber Cancer • This institute is also one of the Harvard Medical School’s principal teaching facilities and works with several nursing schools in the Boston area. The Jimmy Fund came about by happenstance in 1948. One of Dr. Farber’s patients, 12-year-old Einar Gustafson who was nicknamed “Jimmy” to preserve his privacy, was a great fan of the Boston Braves who were the city’s Major League Baseball team at the time. Jimmy was invited to speak on the nationally broadcast program “Truth or Consequences,” and during the program he expressed his wish for a television to watch the Braves play. Not only did the ensuing flood of contributions pay for a television set, more than $200,000 was left over for the establishment of the Jimmy Fund, which has since raised millions of dollars to support the Dana-Farber Institute. Additional information about Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund is available online at JimmyFund.org.