32nd street - Arianna Brown

Star Reader

This dedicated young reader from 32nd Street Elementary and her fellow students read thousands of pages during the Jester Read-A-Thon at their outstanding school. Orthopaedic Institute for Children patients received

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Hope and Judi

Hope & Judi

Sixteen years ago, Hope Feltenberger met The Jester & Pharley for the first time. A 5-year-old patient, she was tired of all the hospitalizations she had endured. And so was

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Mason Family

Mason & Kristen

“We had no clue what to expect.” At 3, Mason “didn’t understand why he couldn’t go outside to play with his friends and run around like a normal young boy.

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Natalie & Julie

Natalie & Julie

Nothing prepares you for hearing your child has cancer. Natalie was 7 when first diagnosed. Every day, her mom, Julie, tried to remain calm, positive and optimistic as her little

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Rena hugging doll

Rena

Rena fell in love with The Jester Has Lost His Jingle at 4, when she was a patient at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia being treated for cancer.

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