Unfortunately I have had to cancel my ride for this weekend as I can't make it out to Boston from SF. Instead I will look forward to walking with Team Perini Survivors at the Annual Jimmy Fund Walk on September 24, 2017. You can still donate to my virtual ride or you can donate to my Jimmy Fund Walk instead (http://www.jimmyfundwalk.org/2017/jenperini) .. PLEASE DO!

I support the Dana Farber and the Jimmy Fund in honor of my brother Dave who died in 1990 after a six year battle with cancer, at age 26.

I am the third generation of the Perini Family to be involved in the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. My grandfather, Louis Perini, was a founder of the Jimmy Fund through his ownership of the Boston Braves baseball team. Soon after my brother died, my mother and father, Eileen and David, founded the David Perini Jr Quality of Life Clinic at the Dana Farber, to treat survivors of childhood cancer. One of the first of its kind, the clinic has since grown and thrived, and now treats survivors of all ages.

I am so grateful to our Team Perini riders and walkers who year after year make the considerable physical effort- with smiles on their faces- in support of cancer researcch and treatment.

I hope you will consider donating to Team Perini. Truly no gift is too small. To learn more about Dave's clinic - visit its website:

http://www.dana-farber.org/pat/surviving/childhood/default.html

With gratitude,

Jen