Boston Globe: Surprise 65th birthday party for Jake Kennedy draws a crowd
Family, friends, and more than 500 other well-wishers gathered Saturday night at a surprise 65th birthday party for Jake Kennedy, who co-founded the Christmas in...
Boston Globe: For Jake Kennedy, it really is a wonderful life.
Governor Baker was there. Mayor Walsh was there. But this wasn’t about big shots. In fact, the big shots were there precisely because Jake...
Worcester Telegram: Jake Kennedy ALS Fund launched at UMass Medical School
WORCESTER - The family of a prominent Boston-area physical therapist and co-founder of Christmas in the City, a volunteer-run charity to help homeless children,...
CBS Boston: Christmas In The City Co-Founders Launch $1M Fundraising Campaign For ALS
Even the most enduring love stories can’t escape challenges. After 37 years of marriage, Jake and Sparky Kennedy are facing the toughest test imaginable...
WCVB: Founder of Christmas in the City who is battling ALS starts research fund
The founder of an organization that has brought Christmas joy to thousands of Massachusetts families is battling ALS and has started a research fund....
NBC 10: Christmas in the City 2019
Jake Kennedy has organized Christmas in the City for the past 30 years. But this year, there’s another wish on the list: to find...
WBUR: Christmas In The City Thrives As Founder Battles ALS
It's a Here & Now tradition that began in 2015 when the show first aired a holiday story about Boston's Christmas in the City, the world's...
Boston Globe: Christmas in the City thrills homeless families, takes on poignancy with founder’s ALS diagnosis
The Boston Globe's Naomi Martin reports on this year's Christmas in the City Event. The children and parents awoke Sunday in homeless shelters around...
Boston Globe: Jake Kennedy has ALS. He will fight it with all his might
The Boston Globe's Kevin Cullen reports on Jake Kennedy's fight against ALS, and the history of Christmas in the City: Every year, as the...
Boston Globe: After Ice Bucket campaign, researchers have optimism about insights into ALS puzzle
The Boston Globe's Felice J. Freyer reports on the development of more than a dozen potential treatments: Five years after Pete Frates helped launch...