The Jimmy Fund or Gentle Eating

The Jimmy Fund (Images of America Series)

Author: Saul Wisnia

In May 1948, a nationwide radio audience first heard a twelve-year-old cancer patient known only as "Jimmy" as he was visited bedside by members of his beloved Boston Braves baseball team. An appeal for support followed, and since that moment, the Jimmy Fund has helped physician-scientists and staff at Boston's world-renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute provide the best cancer treatment available to children and adults today while developing cures for tomorrow.

The Jimmy Fund of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute documents the history of "New England's favorite charity" from the 1940s and 1950s, when celebrities such as Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante drummed up support for institute founder Dr. Sidney Farber, to the fund's ongoing relationship with the Boston Red Sox and such baseball stars as Ted Williams. Readers will discover how these efforts-and the generations of New Englanders plunking coins into movie canisters or biking, golfing, skiing, and walking for the cause-have helped raise more than $200 million and save countless lives. The Jimmy Fund of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute captures each step of this remarkable journey, including the uplifting 1998 return of Einar "Jimmy" Gustafson to Dana-Farber after fifty years of anonymity and presumed death.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	6
	Introduction	7
1.	A Man Named Farber, a Boy Named Jimmy: The Beginning	9
2.	"Teddy Ballgame" and Others Make Their Pitch: 1952-1961	29
3.	A Fortuitous Train Ride and Continued Growth: 1962-1973	49
4.	Dr. Farber's Legacy: 1973-1989	67
5.	Wheels, Walks, and More of Progress: 1990-2002	87
6.	Jimmy and Ted Return: 1998-2001	117

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Gentle Eating

Author: Stephen Arterburn

Stephen Arterburn and Vivian Lamphear know what it's like to be overweight and self-conscious. However, they also know what it is like to lose weight and keep it off—permanently. Their program, Gentle Eating , is a safe, effective method of weight loss that begins and ends with gradual lifestyle changes.