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The Jimmy Fund/Variety Children's Charity Theatre Collections
Friday, June 11 – Thursday, July 29, 2010

Jimmy Fund Variety Children's Variety Club Logo

Collecting Hope and Fighting Cancer since 1949

Hit the big screens and help fight cancer with the Jimmy Fund's longest-running fundraiser.

Each summer since 1949, participating movie theaters have shown a Jimmy Fund "trailer" before the start of a feature film. Afterward, volunteers and theatre personnel invite patrons to contribute to the Jimmy Fund by passing around collection canisters.

Jimmy Fund Movie Theatre Collections can

In 2009, movie audiences gave more than $750,000 through this longstanding, feel-good community program.

Help us celebrate this more than 60-year tradition by volunteering to collect canister contributions at your participating National Amusements movie theatre.


Volunteers are needed each weekend between June 11 – July 29, Friday through Sunday, with Thursday shifts also available this year, beginning June 17.

Volunteer Incentives:

  • Volunteers who commit to (12) 4-hour shifts will be invited to attend a Boston Red Sox game with a guest at Fenway Park (game time and date TBD), and will receive a Jimmy Fund T-shirt, two complimentary National Amusements movie passes (to be used on another date), a Jimmy Fund fleece blanket, and will be entered into a drawing for two tickets to the New England Patriots vs. New York Jets game at Gillette Stadium (game time and date TBD).
  • Volunteer for (8) 4-hour shifts and receive a Jimmy Fund T-shirt, two complimentary National Amusements movie passes (to be used on another date), a Jimmy Fund fleece blanket and an entry into a drawing for two tickets to the New England Patriots vs. New York Jets Game (game time and date TBD) at Gillette Stadium. In addition, your name will be entered into the drawing each time you volunteer, beyond the eighth shift.
  • Volunteer for (4) 4-hour shifts and receive a Jimmy Fund T-shirt, two complimentary National Amusements movie passes (to be used on another date) and a Jimmy Fund fleece blanket.
  • Volunteer for (2) 4-hour shifts and receive a Jimmy Fund T-shirt and two complimentary National Amusements movie passes, to be used on another date.
  • Volunteer for (1) 4–hour shift and receive a Jimmy Fund T-shirt.

For more information:

Contact: Kimberly Chisholm
Phone: (617) 632-5091
E-mail: kimberly_chisholm@dfci.harvard.edu

A summer hit

Pauline Tan

Pauline Tan, a survivor of nasal cancer, has volunteered with the Jimmy Fund/Variety Children's Charity Theatre Collections program for nearly a decade.

Stronger than Ever

Dan Pardi in a screenshot from the Stronger than Ever trailer

Stronger than Ever chronicles the journey of Dan Pardi, a pediatric cancer survivor, as he returns to Dana-Farber 14 years after his treatment. The film builds on an earlier trailer, Strong as Iron, that introduced us to Pardi and the relationship he and other Jimmy Fund Clinic patients had with a special group of iron workers.
Stronger than Ever
Strong as Iron

Jimmy Fund remembers Irving Shapiro, 'ambassador' for the cause

Iriving Shapiro

As a Variety Club founder, Shapiro helped organize the original "Jimmy" broadcast and was active in the Golf Program into his 90s. Read more

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