About the Dana-Farber Society

Dana-Farber Society member and Sidney Farber Volunteer Award recipient Baila Janock 

The Dana-Farber Society honors those who have left a legacy to the Institute for their vision, dedication, and impact on cancer research and patient care. Consider joining the Dana-Farber Society through your planned gift and help save lives.

The Society's goal is to help fulfill the Institute's mission to provide expert, compassionate care to children and adults with cancer while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases.

Read an online version of a recent issue of Planning Matters, our semi-annual newsletter, highlighting various donors in the Dana-Farber Society who have included Dana-Farber in their estate plans.

Each year, Dana-Farber Society members are recognized at the Dana-Farber Society Dinner. The 21st annual event was held in June 2011 at the Yawkey Center for Cancer Care, where members enjoyed private tours of Dana-Farber’s newest, state-of-the-art clinical care building. We look forward to seeing you at next year’s event.

For more information:

Contact: Alice Tobin Zaff, Director of Gift Planning
Phone: 800-535-5577
Email: alice_zaff@dfci.harvard.edu 

History

 

Members of The Dana-Farber Society actively participate in the dynamic chronicle begun more than five decades ago by Sidney Farber, MD, and Charles A. Dana Sr., men of vision who recognized the importance of joining forces against the devastating disease of cancer.

Sidney Farber, MD, established the Institute in 1947 as the Children's Cancer Research Foundation. A pathologist who became known as the "father of chemotherapy," Dr. Farber was the first physician to achieve remission in childhood leukemia. An envoy of hope, he made groundbreaking advances in cancer research and patient care.

 

Charles A. Dana Sr. was an attorney, legislator, industrialist, and philanthropist. As founder of the Charles A. Dana Foundation, he directed funding to advance programs in healthcare and higher education. The Institute acknowledged its generous, long-term support from the Dana Foundation by incorporating the Dana name into its official title in 1983.

For more information:

Contact: Alice Tobin Zaff, Director of Gift Planning
Phone: 800-535-5577
Email: alice_zaff@dfci.harvard.edu 

Membership

Membership is extended to those who have made a provision in their estate plans for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Jimmy Fund, or the Friends of Dana-Farber. These future gifts will sustain the work of Institute physicians and scientists, and provide hope for generations of cancer patients.

Members of the Dana-Farber Society have left a legacy at the Institute through many charitable planned gift arrangements, including:

• Bequests
• Charitable Gift Annuities
• Charitable Lead Trusts
• Charitable Remainder Trusts
• Gifts of Life Insurance
• Gifts of Real Estate
• Gifts of Retirement Plan Assets

Benefits of Membership include:

• Updates on research and patient care initiatives
• Invitation to the Society's Annual Recognition Dinner
• Professional, personal planned giving services
• Invitations to attend exclusive social and educational events
• Recognition in the Institute's annual Honor Roll of Donors 
• Recognition in the Society's annual Honor Roll of Donors 
• A subscription to Planning Matters, Dana-Farber's estate planning newsletter
• Knowledge that your support makes a profound difference in the lives of cancer patients and their families

For more information:

Contact: Alice Tobin Zaff, Director of Gift Planning
Phone: 800-535-5577
Email: alice_zaff@dfci.harvard.edu 

Society News

2 teams. 1 mission.

The partnership between the Boston Red Sox and the Jimmy Fund to conquer cancer at Dana-Farber is legendary, and 2012 is particularly exciting as it marks the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park. Create your own legacy and celebrate this milestone year by making a planned gift to Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund and become one of the Society’s new members. Some of the ways you can make a planned gift include:

• Establish a bequest through your will or trust
• Create a Charitable Gift Annuity and receive a fixed income for life
• Designate a percentage of your life insurance policy or retirement plan

Join the 670+ Dana-Farber Society members who have created a legacy by making a planned gift to support and strengthen Dana-Farber’s future. You can feel confident supporting a charity that has been awarded a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator. There is no minimum gift amount required to become a member.

Our Dana-Farber Society Co-chairs, Institute Trustees Jim and Barbara Sadowsky, invite you to join this important group of donors in making a planned gift. In addition to becoming a member of the Dana-Farber Society, in recognition of your generosity in naming the Institute in your estate plans, you will enjoy a number of benefits, including complimentary subscriptions to informative Dana-Farber publications, recognition in the Society’s annual Honor Roll of Donors, and invitations to member events, including our annual Society Dinner.

For more information about the Dana-Farber Society and how to include Dana-Farber in your estate plans, please read the About and Membership information, or call Alice Tobin Zaff, Director of Gift Planning at 800-535-5577.