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Organized by student volunteers from Eliot House, the figure skating show raises money for the Jimmy Fund of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute's child patients...
...event, sponsored by Eliot House, will donate all proceeds to the Jimmy Fund of the Dana Farber Research Institute. The fund is used to pay for the treatment and research of children's cancer. The show also donates 76 tickets to the Dana Farber Institute so that patients can see the show...
Eliot House started its work with the Jimmy Fund when John M. Petkevich '71, a skater, injured himself while he was a junior. During his stay in the hospital, Petkevich, an Eliot resident, encountered some children who were being treated for leukemia. He then decided to help the Dana Farber Institute by organizing a show where his skating friends would perform to raise money for the research center...
Since 1971, the show has grown enormously from its humble beginnings. The exhibition generated $15,000 for the Dana Farber Institute in the first year and about $850,000 over the last 19 years. Jimmy Fund Co-Chairperson Mihail S. Lari '89 says that organizers hope to reach the $1 million mark with this year's show. Ticket sales contribute more than 50 percent of the show's profits, but exhibition t-shirts and mailed donations also make up a part of the show's proceeds...
...They [the skaters who perform in "An Evening With Champions"] have an interest in the people they're helping, the kids from the Jimmy Fund. Ninety-nine percent of the skaters visit the Dana Farber Institute on Friday afternoon," Frates says. "They're also fun to be with; they're really personable even early in morning...