March 2024: Nick Strong Foundation Updates
On Friday March 29th Shannon & Derek Beaulieu hosted a fundraiser for Haymakers for Hope in honor of their son Gavin and in memory of Nick. On May 9th at MGM Music Hall in Boston, Derek will be boxing in Haymakers for Hope Rock-n-Rumble event and his funds raised will be donated to the Nick Strong Foundation.
Gavin is a Franklin fourth grader who was diagnosed with ALL almost two years ago.
The event raised $15,000. A big thank you to all who attended, donated or participated in any way, plus a huge thank you to Shannon and Derek for continuing to honor Nick.
The highly anticipated Boston Marathon on Monday April 15th is now less than two weeks away and the team has collectively raised over $50,000 in support of Boston Children’s Hospital and the Nick Strong Foundation. If you will plan to be on the course PLEASE BRING YOUR NICK STRONG YARD SIGN or wear Nick Strong gear so the runners can easily spot you. If you need a yard sign, please email Steph.Carroll27@gmail.com.
Download the app to track our runners: https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/baa-mobile-app
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Upcoming Events
First Annual Nick Strong Golf Tournament will be taking place Monday, June 17th at the New England Country Club in Bellingham. You can purchase a foursome to play golf, a ticket to join us for lunch only or sponsor a hole.
Please click the link below for more information:
Our Mission In Action
Support for groundbreaking brain cancer diagnostic tool
Pediatric oncologist Dr. Ching Lau is a professor at The Jackson Laboratory, a nonprofit biomedical institution committed to basic research discoveries that will change the landscape of cancer detection and care. Dr. Lau and his lab team have developed a first-of-its-kind assay that can accurately diagnose germ cell tumors using spinal fluid obtained from a less invasive procedure such as a spinal tap. The test could also potentially be used for monitoring response to therapy or disease progression. To certify the assay for routine clinical applications, Dr. Lau requires more tests (60-70 total at a cost of $2,000 each) to generate compelling data. This innovative discovery has the potential to improve the diagnosis process for thousands of brain cancer patients.
The Nick Strong Foundation will be making a sizable donation to cover the cost of these tests and advance the research.
The foundation was able to financially assist two pediatric cancer patients this month. If you know of a family in need of assistance please click on the contact link to provide us information.
As always, a big THANK YOU to those of you who donate blood or platelets to Children’s Hospital in honor of Nick. There is always a need and platelets only last 5 days, so their life saving supply is only as good as their donor list that week!! Send us a photo and we’ll add you to our newsletter!!
Click HERE and select ‘Schedule an Appointment’ to donate blood or platelets.
The staff at the donation center is amazing, we are featuring our favorite clinician Hassan! (pictured far right)
