The Billy Burchard Foundation

The Billy Burchard Foundation was founded in May 2007 by Billy Burchard's widow and a few of his close friends, who decided to honor Billy in a way that would give hope to cancer patients. By raising money for cancer research, by pledging funds to help the building of temporary housing for cancer patients, and by sponsoring a week of camp for children who have cancer, we aim to ease some of the stress caused by a cancer diagnosis.

"The Billy Burchard Foundation’s generous commitment to the American Cancer Society’s effort to build a Hope Lodge in Boston has provided a terrific boost during a critical time in our campaign. The foundation understood immediately the importance of the project and – with over $4 million still to raise – the significant difference their support would make in bringing us closer to opening the doors to Hope Lodge in the fall of 2008. Their participation is sincerely appreciated and will help make AstraZeneca Hope Lodge® Center in Boston a home away from home and a true place of hope and healing in Boston."

Thomas P. Sellers
Chief Financial Officer, New England Division American Cancer Society, AstraZeneca Hope Lodge® Center Project Manager

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"Pancreatic Cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the US, and yet very few research dollars are available to study it, compared to colon, breast, prostate, and lung. There is urgent need for better and earlier diagnosis and newer treatment strategies. The $100,000 donated by the Billy Burchard Foundation provided critical seed money for new projects related to basic and translational research in pancreatic cancer at the Massachusetts General Hospital"

Carlos Fernández-del Castillo, M.D.
Director, Pancreas and Biliary Surgery Program
Massachusetts General Hospital