BOSTON – Make-A-Wish
® Massachusetts and Rhode Island announced Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is the recipient of the 2021 Community Hero Award. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute President and Chief Executive Officer Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, received the award on April 10, 2021, at the Make-A-Wish
® Gala: Heroes for Hope, a live virtual event.
The Community Hero Award recognizes an organization or individual providing vital partnership in the Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island mission creating life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has championed the Make-A-Wish mission for more than 30 years, referring more than 2,500 children in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to experience the powerful impact of a wish fulfilled.