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Overview

In 2009, the Boston North Cancer Association launched a scholarship program for students north of Boston who have faced cancer’s challenges. This year, we’ve increased our scholarship amounts, offering some of the highest values in the area.

In 2017, we introduced the Honorary Scholarships Program, allowing individuals or groups to fund scholarships in honor or memory of someone special. The strength and perseverance of these students continue to inspire us.

The grant helps fund LIVESTRONG, a wellness program designed to help adult cancer survivors reclaim their health and well-being following a cancer diagnosis. Offered at...

YMCA of Metro North – Grant Recipient

Fueled by creativity and passion, Luke plans to pursue a career in film. He already writes, produces, and edits his own short films and interviews,...

Luke Sulzinsky – $5,000 Hope Begins Here Scholarship Recipient 2025

When she first heard her mother had breast cancer in 2022, Giselle felt overwhelmed as she became her mom’s primary support system for two years,...

Giselle Vides Perlera – $1,750 Plunkett Memorial Scholarship Recipient 2024

During her junior year, Giuliana’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer—a life-changing event that reaffirmed her passion for medicine. At the time, she was already...

Giuliana Nazzaro – $5,000 Leventhal, MD Honorary Scholarship Recipient 2025

Last year, in Ryan’s second semester of junior year, he was diagnosed with cancer, requiring surgery and chemotherapy. Weightlifting was usually his coping mechanism, but...

Ryan Hayward – $4,000 Solimine Honorary Scholarship Recipient 2024

Last year, in Ryan’s second semester of junior year, he was diagnosed with cancer, requiring surgery and chemotherapy. Weightlifting was usually his coping mechanism, but...

Elliot Lyman – $5,000 Solimine Honorary Scholarship Recipient 2025

Boston North Cancer Association awarded a grant to the Melanoma Education Foundation to provide facial scanners in 26 North Shore high schools. Facial scanners are...

Melanoma Education Foundation – Grant Recipient

Alice’s journey toward a career in oncology has been deeply personal. During her freshman year, her father was diagnosed with cancer, which left her determined...

Alice Moody – $5,000 Perlman Memorial Scholarship Recipient 2025

The grant funds Equine-Assisted Experiences (EAE) one-day retreats for cancer survivors using the power of horses to remind survivors of their own strength. The retreats...

Ironstone Farms – Grant Recipient

Ian’s journey has been deeply shaped by his family’s experiences with cancer. His mother has battled breast cancer three times—first diagnosed when he was in...

Ian Brown – $5,000 Barbuzzi Memorial Scholarship Recipient 2025

I wanted to reach out because I worked with Dr. Jonathan Paly today and we were both recipients of the BNCA John F. Bargoot, MD...

Two Bargoot, MD Memorial Scholarship Recipients

When Braden was eight, he lost his father, his best friend, to cancer. He remembers his father telling him he loved him very much, wanted...

Braden Faiella – $4,000 Hall Memorial Scholarship Recipient 2024

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