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Middle School Children
Raise Money for Cancer Victims
Right before the holiday vacation,
parents and room mothers are usually shopping to get
their children’s teachers gifts. But this past
Christmas, the teachers at the North Andover Middle
School sent out notices to parents stating that, in lieu
of presents, they would like parents to make a donation
to the Timothy Roberts “Reeling in a Dream”
Fund.
Timothy Roberts was a resident of North Andover and a
2002 graduate of North Andover High School.
Unfortunately, at the age of 21, Tim was diagnosed with
esophageal cancer and passed away one year later on
August 25, 2005. His chemotherapy treatment and
subsequent surgeries were coordinated through the Dana
Farber Cancer Institute.
Before Tim passed away, he asked that a fund be set up to
contribute to the quality of life of young adults with
cancer who are patients within the Dana-Farber/Brigham
and Women’s Cancer Center system. The Tim Roberts
Quality-of-Life Fund helps young people between 17 and 26
who are being treated for cancer and have requests for
items that support a patient’s quality-of-life
wishes and dreams.
On Robert’s website it states, “Tim’s wish
for young people like himself is being honored each time
we match a wish or dream with this wonderful resource.”
Some activities that have been supported through the
Timothy Roberts Quality-of-Life Fund are: a trip to New
York City to stay overnight and see a play, a delayed
honeymoon that covered two nights on the Cape, a trip to
Key West for a patient who brought a friend, hiking
boots, books for a hospice patient and more.
As a result of this request from the North Andover Middle
School teachers, the school raised almost $3,000 from
parent donations. The money has already been
forwarded to the fund.
Over the past summer, the Timothy P. Roberts
Quality-of-Life Fund raised approximately $15,000, thanks
to the Rockin’ for Roberts, Tourney for Tim, the
Jimmy Fund Walk and the Pan Mass Challenge.
On the website are memories from friends and families as
well as pictures from fundraising events. Tim’s
mother writes, “we dream that someday the ‘Timmy
Fund’ for those over the age of 18 will be as big as
the ‘Jimmy Fund’ is for those under the age of
18.”
The next event is scheduled for March 3, 2007 at the
North Andover Knights of
Columbus.
To make a donation or learn more about Timothy Roberts,
you can visit his website at http://rememberingtim.org.
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comments to ValleyPatriot@aol.com
The January 2007 Edition
of the Valley Patriot
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