For Immediate Release

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

General Contact:
Phone: 781-791-7627
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**Media Advisory**

Media Staging for “Cards 4 Danny” Event in Foxborough on Saturday

FOXBOROUGH — On Saturday, police and fire officials from around the region will descent on Gillette Stadium for a memorable 6th Birthday Party for a local boy battling cancer.

WHAT:

Police and Fire Officials are teaming up with Gillette Stadium and CBS Scene to have a Public Safety Themed birthday party for Danny Nickerson. Danny is a 5-year-old boy from Foxboro who has been diagnosed with an inoperable and chemotherapy resistant brain tumor known as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.

According to an ABC news report, Danny is a fighter. He endured 33 radiation treatments in November and December and is now undergoing chemotherapy every two weeks.

Danny is a fan of Lego toys and the Super Mario Bros.

WHO: 

• Burlington Police Sergeant Gerard McDonough (Organizer)
• Danny Nickerson and his Family
• Police and Fire Officials from around New England

WHERE:

CBS Scene at Gillette Stadium
200 Patriot Place
Foxborough, MA 02035

WHEN:

Saturday, July 26, 2014 from 9 a.m. to noon

NOTE TO EDITORS: Media should arrive at Gillette by 8:30. If you want to have a camera gather footage of emergency personnel gearing up to leave, they will be staging at the Shaw’s Supermarket Parking Lot in Sharon (780 South Main St., Sharon) at 8:15 p.m. Cameras only/No Sound.

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