The Love Jen Fund of Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation received a $25,000 grant from the 1000+ Club to Benefit Cancer during a recent awards luncheon. The 1000+ Club hosted their kick-off celebration for the 2012 Women of the Year Luncheon and awarded the inaugural Charitable Giving Grants to five beneficiaries at the B Ocean Hotel.
“The 1000+ Club to Benefit Cancer has attained maturity in its more than 30-year old program of assisting the Broward County community in fighting the dreadful disease of cancer. Through our competitive charitable giving program launched this year, we have donated $25,000 to the Love Jen Fund. We feel privileged to continue Jennifer Masi’s mission of helping patients and their families cope with the emotional and financial burdens resulting from cancer,” said Paula Valad, Chair of the Charitable Giving Grant Committee.
“We are so pleased that the 1000+ Club to Benefit Cancer has chosen to support the Love Jen Fund, which we established in 1991 through Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation. Understanding the tremendous emotional and financial burden placed upon families of gravely ill children, we hoped to provide therapeutic, educational, recreational, and emergency financial assistance to families of oncology patients. During the next year, many families will benefit from this generosity,” said Dr. Nick Masi, Director of Family Centered Care at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital and Co-founder of the Love Jen Fund.