2025 Board Focus
AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Boston

Hope Lodge communities across the country provide a free place to stay during treatment so people with cancer can focus on getting better. These communities provide comfortable guest suites with private baths, as well as inviting spaces with all the comforts of home, including a communal kitchen, dining area, laundry rooms, and places to gather or find a quiet respite – all at no cost to guests.
The American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Boston, which opened in 2008, offers 45 guest rooms located near treatment centers in the area.
In 2023, 22,838 nights of free lodging were provided to over 910 guests, saving guests an estimated $4.1 million in lodging costs.
To learn more about Hope Lodge, please click here.
The Board will support Hope Lodge throughout 2025 by donating their time and talent, hosting dinners for guests, and supporting the 2025 Boston Key Gala.
Additional 2025 Priorities
In addition to Hope Lodge, our Board members are also focused on other events and campaigns throughout the year and across eastern New England. Here are just a few of the initiatives our Board members are involved in.

ACS CAN Research & Health Equity Breakfast
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nation's leading advocacy organization working every day to make issues facing cancer patients a national and state priority. Each year, we convene leaders from life sciences, health care, government, academia, and businesses to network and discuss how we can work together to accelerate research and innovation, and advance health equity across the country. To learn more, visit ACS CAN Research & Health Equity Breakfast.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
The American Cancer Society started Making Strides Against Breast Cancer to unite communities, companies, and individuals with a collective goal to end breast cancer as we know it. The Making Strides movement raises lifesaving funds that support breast cancer patients, survivors, thrivers, and caregivers through every step of the journey. Walks will take place in Boston and New Hampshire this fall.

Men Wear Pink
Breast cancer affects everyone. That’s why Men Wear Pink, a distinguished group of community leaders, rally together each October to raise awareness and money to support our mission to save more lives than ever from breast cancer. To learn more, visit Men Wear Pink of Boston.