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A man who brought holiday cheer to thousands of Boston-area kids experiencing homelessness and poverty has died. Jake Kennedy founded Christmas in the City in 1989, with his wife Sparky.
Oct 14, 2020 · BOSTON (CBS) - Christmas in the City co-founder Jake Kennedy has died after a year-long battle with ALS. He was 65 years old. Kennedy and his wife Sparky founded the non-profit in 1989.
Oct 14, 2020 · The founder of an organization that has brought Christmas joy to thousands of Massachusetts families for more than three decades has died after battling ALS. Jake Kennedy, who founded...
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Oct 14, 2020 · BOSTON — Christmas in the City co-founder Jake Kennedy has died after a year-long battle with ALS. He was 65 years old. Kennedy and his wife Sparky founded the non-profit in 1989. In...
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It’s December 1988. Jake and Sparky Kennedy’s family’s growing. The stockings are hung by the chimney with care – and stuffed. The tree is ringed with more toys and gifts than the kids will ever use. While the house is filled with joy, Jake and Sparky feel something’s missing: how to make sure their kids can experience not only the joy of receiving...
It’s December 1989, and a new family tradition begins. With friends, co-workers, and clients of Kennedy Brothers Physical Therapy volunteering their time and donating gifts and money, Christmas in the City is born. That first year, 165 mothers and children from Boston homeless shelters are guests at a party at Boston City Hall, complete with festiv...
After that first party, Christmas in the City grew rapidly. By 2019, the last year we hosted our party – a truly magical experience – 4,000+ children (and their parents) from Boston-area homeless shelters enjoyed a memorable day with us. The day after the party, we always ran Monday Mania, at which thousands of toys and gifts were distributed to fa...
Oct 14, 2020 · SCITUATE — Jake Kennedy, who with this wife Sparky founded the Christmas in the City charity three decades ago, died Tuesday. He was 65 and a former Scituate resident.
Oct 13, 2020 · Jake Kennedy, who provided presents to Greater Boston’s poorest children for 30 years through the Christmas in the City charity he and his wife launched, died Tuesday in his Salem, N.H.,...
