ChemArt Company offers customized ornament to support cancer care and research in Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

BOSTON – ChemArt Company is offering a gift designed to give back this season as part of Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund’s Holiday Collection presented by Amica Insurance. The Collection offers an array of New England-made products, including 13 original cards designed by area artists, photographers, and Dana-Farber patients, as well as candles, ornaments, chocolates and locally-made gift sets. All proceeds from the sale of the collection go to adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber.

ChemArt Company will provide hand-crafted New England sports themed holiday ornaments. This is the 13th year that ChemArt Company has participated in the Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund’s Holiday Collection.

Other New England companies in the Holiday Collection include:

• An exclusive ALEX AND ANI Gingerbread Man Bangle offered in silver and gold, made in Rhode Island
• Aunt Sadie’s candles, of Vermont
• ChemArt holiday ornaments, made in Rhode Island
• Only in Rhode Island gift baskets: Breakfast in New England, Wicked Tasty, The New Englander
• Fuller’s Sugar House maple syrup gift set, which includes an 8.45-ounce bottle of pure maple syrup and a 16-ounce bag of maple buttermilk pancake mix, made in New Hampshire
• “Bucket Bag” by Sea Bags, handcrafted in Maine from recycled sails and customized with Jimmy Fund Clinic patient handprints
• Mapled Nut Company gift box, which includes four, 4-ounce bags of almonds, walnuts, cashews, and pecans, made in Vermont
• Dark chocolate or white chocolate peppermint bark box by Serenade Chocolatier in Brookline, Mass.
• Dancing Deer gingerbread cookie house kit, made in Boston
• Shaker box set of Dancing Deer vanilla snowflake & chocolate sea salt star cookies, made in Boston

Several New England retailers are selling Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund’s holiday cards and gifts in-store, including The Paper Store, Stop and Shop, The Crafty Yankee, Cooper Jewelers, Terrazza, and photo cards by LookLoveSend. The products can also be purchased at Dana-Farber’s Friends’ Corner Gift Shop in Boston.

For more information, or to view the entire collection, please visit: www.dana-farberholiday.org.

About Amica Insurance

Amica Mutual Insurance Co., the nation’s oldest mutual insurer of automobiles, was founded in 1907. The company, based in Lincoln, Rhode Island, is a national writer of auto, home, marine and umbrella insurance. Life coverage is available through Amica Life Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary. Amica employs more than 3,400 people in 44 offices across the country. For more information, visit Amica.com.

About ChemArt

For 40 years ChemArt has been helping organizations like Dana Farber & the Jimmy Fund , create unique custom ornament programs that are used to raise funds, recognize or thank donors, increase visibility/awareness or to commemorate a special event/anniversary. We pride ourselves in developing products 100% in the USA that reflect each organization’s mission and highlights who they are. Our clients range from large non-profits like the White House Historical Association and the Humane Society of the United States to small churches, historic sites, main street programs, etc. All organizations have a unique message that can be shared through a beautiful custom keepsake! To learn more about how you can develop your own annual program, visit us at www.chemart.com.

About the Jimmy Fund
The Jimmy Fund (www.JimmyFund.org) solely supports Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, raising funds for adult and pediatric cancer care and research to improve the chances of survival for cancer patients around the world. It is an official charity of the Boston Red Sox, as well as the official charity of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, the Pan-Mass Challenge, and the Variety Children’s Charity of New England. Since 1948, the generosity of millions of people has helped the Jimmy Fund save countless lives and reduce the burden of cancer for patients and families worldwide. Follow the Jimmy Fund on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thejimmyfund and on Twitter: @TheJimmyFund.

About Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, is world renowned for its leadership in adult and pediatric cancer treatment and research. Designated as a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), it is one of the largest recipients among independent hospitals of NCI and National Institutes of Health grant funding. For more information, go to www.dana-farber.org.