Medford Police, Fire Help Youth Cancer Victims

Group Raises Money, Donates Toys, Books, DVD’s for Kids

This fall there was no question where proceeds from the annual Medford Police and Fire charitable softball game would go.

Alyssa Cassarino, 3, daughter of Officer Frank Cassarino, was sick with leukemia and Officer Cassarino’s friends and colleagues in the police and fire departments were quick to help. They used $3,500 from September’s softball game to buy toys, DVD’s, and books for young cancer patients at the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, where Alyssa is being treated.

On October 29, Medford police and fire personnel along with Alyssa, her sister, Samantha, her mother, Jen, and Frank visited the clinic to personally deliver the items. The family is pictured above with members of the Medford police and fire departments.

“We chose the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit because of the truly wonderful work that they perform on behalf of children with cancer. Their dedication and devotion to a family-centered clinic truly make the organization worthy of our support,” Officer Jack Buckley, who organized the donation, told the MGH Hotline newsletter.

– InsideMedford.com