Donation day 2017

Elana presenting Dr. Batchelor with a check for his research

After taking a few years off from selling her bracelets to concentrate on school, Elana was ready to raise more money to find the cure. She launched this website in late September and received numerous orders and donations right away. Within two months another $1,500 was ready to be delivered to Mass General. The hospital was pleased to hear this and made arrangements for Elana and her mother to come up to the hospital and make the donation in person. To see someone of a young age continue to pursue a project like Beading for Brain Cancer for all these years meant a lot to MGH. For Elana and her mother, this was an emotional visit to the hospital. They went mack to Mass General for the first time since Jack had passed away. Here they visited the Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology, where Jack was treated for his cancer, and presented Jack's doctor, Tracy Batchelor, with a check for $1,500 for his glioblastoma research.