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Only in Rhode Island supports cancer care and research for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

All proceeds from Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund's Holiday Collection presented by Amica Insurance support patient care and cancer research

BOSTON – Only In Rhode Island 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.

Only in Rhode Island will provide three different themed gift baskets; The New Englander Gift Basket, the Breakfast in New England Gift Basket, and the Wicked Tasty Gift Basket. Each basket includes an array of selected Rhode Island product that fit each basket’s theme. This is the first year that Only In Rhode Island has participated in Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund’s Holiday Collection.

Other New England companies in the Holiday Collection include:

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  • An exclusive ALEX AND 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
  • 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 and 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 & 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.

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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 Only In Rhode Island

Only In Rhode Island is the original source for all things created in Rhode Island. They offer the work of RI artists, artisans, and independent businesses, which they sell in their stores and ship from their websites. Only In Rhode Island has been named Woman-Owned Business of the year, as well as being named “Best of New England” by Yankee Magazine. They have been inducted in to the “Best of Rhode Island Hall of Fame” by RI Monthly Magazine, and they have been honored with the Newport County Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Business Award as the Small Business of the Year. For more information visit OnlyinRhodeIsland.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
From achieving the first remissions in cancer with chemotherapy in 1948, to developing the very latest new therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is one of the world’s leading centers of cancer research and treatment. It is the only center ranked in the top 4 of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals for both adult and pediatric cancer care.

Dana-Farber sits at the center of a wide range of collaborative efforts to reduce the burden of cancer through scientific inquiry, clinical care, education, community engagement, and advocacy. Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center provides the latest in cancer care for adults; Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center for children. The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center unites the cancer research efforts of five Harvard academic medical centers and two graduate schools, while Dana-Farber Community Cancer Care provides high quality cancer treatment in communities outside Boston’s Longwood Medical Area.

Dana-Farber is dedicated to a unique 50/50 balance between cancer research and care, and much of the Institute’s work is dedicated to translating the results of its discovery into new treatments for patients locally, and around the world.

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