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Joe Andruzzi Foundation helps those impacted by cancer by funding everyday needs

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      HAS THE STORY. IT’S NEW AT SIX. GREAT TO SEE YOU. IT’S DELIVERY DAY AND ONLY CHANNEL FIVE IS RIDING ALONGSIDE PATRIOTS LEGEND JOE ANDRUZZI AS THE THREE TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMP PREPARES TO RUN AN AWESOME SURPRISE PLAY STOP AND SHOP AND POLAND SPRINGS, TEAMING UP WITH THE FOOTBALL GREAT AND HIS FOUNDATION TO GIFT A MOTHER OF TWO FIGHTING CANCER A YEAR SUPPLY OF GROCERIES AND WATER. WE’VE GOT PATIENTS THAT CHOOSE BETWEEN PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE OR BUYING THEIR MEDICINE. SHOULDN’T HAPPEN. SINCE 2008, THE JOE ANDRUZZI FOUNDATION HAS BEEN HELPING PATIENTS AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY CANCER BY FUNDING EVERYDAY NEEDS. IT WAS A FORM OF LYMPHOMA THAT ENDED JOE’S REMARKABLE FOOTBALL CAREER. AND SO JOE AND HIS WIFE, JEN ARE DEVOTED TO THIS WORK, ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL ON THIS ONE. BOSTON DAY. YOU KNOW, WE WERE THERE AND IN 2013, EVERYBODY FROM THAT DAY IS JUST PAYING IT FORWARD. WELL, HOPEFULLY IT’S STILL A SURPRISE ON THE RECEIVING END. NORTON CAREY FOSTER, WHO WAS TOLD ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING TO FILM A VIDEO FOR JAY. THEN SHE GOT THE NEWS. FOOD FOR A YEAR AND WATER FOR A YEAR. THE SCALE OF THAT GIFT JUST OVERWHELMING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO. THANK EVERYBODY HERE. BECAUSE OF INTENSIVE TREATMENT REQUIRED SINCE HER DIAGNOSIS LAST YEAR, CAREY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK. BUT WHEN SHE CAN, SHE GARDENS. IT’S A WORK IN PROGRESS, SURROUNDED BY DAFFODILS THAT CAREY PLANTED, A FLOWER NOW SYNONYMOUS WITH THE MARATHON. THIS DAY FELT MEANT TO BE THE GARDEN RIGHT HERE. CAREY PUT IN WHEN SHE KNEW SHE WAS SICK. IN ADDITION TO THE AMAZING GIFT FOR THE FOSTERS STOP AND SHOP IN POLAND, SPRING EACH GIFTED THE JOE ANDRUZZI FOUNDATION $25,000 TO SUPPORT OTHER NEW ENGLANDERS IMPACTED BY CANCER. TO DATE, JAY HAS HELPED SOME 47,000 PATIENTS AND FAMILIES GRANTING OVER $13 MILLION IN GIFTS. IT’S JUST GOING TO BE SO HELPFUL. YOU KNOW WHAT’S AMAZING ABOUT THEIR FOUNDATION IS THEY REALLY THEY HELP IN SUCH A TANGIBLE WAY. JUST SO. THANKFUL. JUST VERY THANKFUL.
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      Joe Andruzzi Foundation helps those impacted by cancer by funding everyday needs
      It is delivery day, and only NewsCenter 5 is riding alongside Patriots legend Joe Andruzzi as the three-time Super Bowl champion prepares to run an awesome surprise play.Stop and Shop and Poland Spring teamed up with the football great and his foundation to gift a year's supply of groceries and water to a mother of two fighting cancer."You got patients who choose between putting food on the table or buying their medicine — (that) shouldn't happen," Andruzzi said.Since 2008, the Joe Andruzzi Foundation has been helping patients and families impacted by cancer by funding everyday needs. It was a form of lymphoma that ended Andruzzi's remarkable football career. So Andruzzi and his wife Jen are devoted to this work, which is especially meaningful on this One Boston Day."You know, we were there in 2013 — everybody from that day is paying it forward and helping those in need," Andruzzi said.On the receiving end, Norton's Carrie Foster, who was told all this was happening to film a video for JAF before she got the news."(We have her) food for a year and water for a year," Andruzzi said.The scale of that gift was overwhelming."That you so much," Foster said.Due to the intensive treatment required since her diagnosis last year, Foster has not been able to work, but when she can, she gardens."It's a work in progress," Foster said.Surrounded by daffodils that Foster planted, a flower now synonymous with the marathon, this day felt meant to be."The garden right here, Carrie put in when she knew she was sick," Foster's mother, Kristen Schuknecht, said.In addition to that amazing gift for the Fosters, Stop and Shop and Poland Spring each gifted the JAF $25,000 to support other New Englanders impacted by cancer. "It's just going to be so helpful, you know?" Foster said. "What's amazing about their foundation is they really, they help in such a tangible way."To date, JAF has helped some 47,000 patients and families, granting over $13 million in gifts."I'm just so thankful, so very thankful," Schuknecht said.

      It is delivery day, and only NewsCenter 5 is riding alongside Patriots legend Joe Andruzzi as the three-time Super Bowl champion prepares to run an awesome surprise play.

      Stop and Shop and Poland Spring teamed up with the football great and his foundation to gift a year's supply of groceries and water to a mother of two fighting cancer.

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      "You got patients who choose between putting food on the table or buying their medicine — (that) shouldn't happen," Andruzzi said.

      Since 2008, the Joe Andruzzi Foundation has been helping patients and families impacted by cancer by funding everyday needs. It was a form of lymphoma that ended Andruzzi's remarkable football career. So Andruzzi and his wife Jen are devoted to this work, which is especially meaningful on this One Boston Day.

      "You know, we were there in 2013 — everybody from that day is paying it forward and helping those in need," Andruzzi said.

      On the receiving end, Norton's Carrie Foster, who was told all this was happening to film a video for JAF before she got the news.

      "(We have her) food for a year and water for a year," Andruzzi said.

      The scale of that gift was overwhelming.

      "That you so much," Foster said.

      Due to the intensive treatment required since her diagnosis last year, Foster has not been able to work, but when she can, she gardens.

      "It's a work in progress," Foster said.

      Surrounded by daffodils that Foster planted, a flower now synonymous with the marathon, this day felt meant to be.

      "The garden right here, Carrie put in when she knew she was sick," Foster's mother, Kristen Schuknecht, said.

      In addition to that amazing gift for the Fosters, Stop and Shop and Poland Spring each gifted the JAF $25,000 to support other New Englanders impacted by cancer.

      "It's just going to be so helpful, you know?" Foster said. "What's amazing about their foundation is they really, they help in such a tangible way."

      To date, JAF has helped some 47,000 patients and families, granting over $13 million in gifts.

      "I'm just so thankful, so very thankful," Schuknecht said.