Gratitude to all for our Friends Night Out 2026 celebration!

Thank you for being a FRIEND! We extend our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you who joined us for our Friends Night Out celebration, honoring the remarkable nursing teams at the National Cancer Institute and supporting our patients and families. Thanks to your incredible generosity, we exceeded our fundraising goals, raising over […]

Thank You Sponsors of Friends Night Out 2026

Thank you to our wonderful sponsors!   Patient Heroes Stage sponsor Dinner station sponsor Bar/Cocktail sponsor Swag Bag sponsor Faithful Friends PAUL MONSEES AND CATHY VENTRELL-MONSEES Friends * ELAINE GALLIN * JAY SHAH * ANGELA ROBB  

Making a Difference: A Conversation with Jay Shah, President of the Board, Friends of Patients at the NIH

“While hope is a powerful thing, hopelessness can be equally powerful. We play a small but critical role in helping NIH—and all the amazing research it conducts—provide hope to patients and their families, and to take away hopelessness by offering what others cannot.” — Jay Shah, President, Friends of Patients at the NIH A Journey […]

Ana’s legacy of love continues to make an impact….

We are truly honored to carry on the beautiful legacy of love, kindness, and hope through our cherished “Fridays with Ana and Friends” wellness cart program. Every Friday, our dedicated staff and volunteers lovingly replenish our wellness cart, bringing it to the adult cancer patient units within the clinical center. Thanks to the incredible support […]

A grateful patient and major donor shares his journey to the NIH

Meet Warren, Tatiana and their family… A grateful patient and major donor shares his journey to the NIH. We are a family originally from Costa Rica. My wife Tatiana and I are blessed to be parents to two children: Rebeca, 31, a professional nutritionist, and Alejandro, 22, who is currently studying Electronic Engineering. My illness, […]

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