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.
chorus. tucker: how long did it take her to learn the words to god bless america ? that s pretty impresssive. i think we had about ten days to practice. tucker: that s quite a feat. you all are raising money for children who have had similar illnesses? yes. pretty much the jimmy fund clinic, they raise money to help find cures for cancer and always continuously raising money cause it s an ongoing thing. i m very grateful for them as far as the treatments they ve come up with for darla, because there were no cures. i m very grateful. tucker: she looks great. i have to say. i m very tempted to ask her to sing here on our show, but i don t want to put you on the spot. thanks for getting up and joining us this morning. thanks for bringing her.