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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...
...past, the Jimmy Fund Committee has been exclusively made up of Eliot House members. Recently, however, committee co-chairpersons have tried to increase the numbers of outsiders on the committee. This year two graphics subcommittee chairpersons are from other houses...
...Jimmy Fund Co-Chairman James M. Frates '89 says that he hopes house members will increase the numbers of non-Eliot residents involved in future versions of the show by telling their friends about it and encouraging them to see the exhibition...