Last Call Foundation

INITIATIVE

I’m pleased to announce that Team LCF 2021 will be donating 25% of this years’ fundraising up to $41,000, to a local newly established charitable 501c3 foundation for firefighters diagnosed with cancer:  The Boston Local 718 Firefighter and Family Cancer Foundation founded by Dan Ranahan, a Boston Firefighter diagnosed with cancer.

Dan, an eight-year member of the BFD was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma when a tumor the size of a coconut was found in his chest, just a few weeks after his wife Jessica gave birth to their first child. Coming from a long line of firefighters, the support from Dan’s peers, family and community was outstanding. Throughout his treatment it was uplifting and touching.

About a month after his diagnosis Dan was told about, Keith a young relatively new member of the BFD who had just been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Dan reached out to Keith and began a phone friendship supporting Keith as best he could through the process. It quickly became clear to Dan that Keith did not have the benefit of supporters that Dan had. Left on his own, Keith was struggling.
 

Dan and his wife Jessica felt the need to capture the love and support they received and carry it forward to all BFD members as they struggle through a cancer diagnosis and treatment.
 

Last Call Foundation was established in memory of fallen firefighter Michael Kennedy. It is fitting that the only marathon that will ever be run on Michael’s birthday support his fellow Boston firefighters. Michael should have turned 41 on Marathon Monday October 11, 2021.