JOE ANDRUZZI FOUNDATION INC

The Joe Andruzzi Foundation (JAF) is committed to providing help, hope, and a reason to smile, for New England cancer patients and their families by contributing financial support when needed most. JAF was established in 2008 to serve patients of all ages throughout New England who are experiencing financial hardships because of a cancer diagnosis. Founded by former New England Patriots player Joe Andruzzi and his wife Jen, JAF grew out of Joe’s own successful battle with cancer. In 2007, Joe was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Burkitt’s lymphoma, ending his football career. Joe would go on to beat the disease and is cancer-free today. After witnessing first-hand the financial strains cancer can cause, a passion for helping others grew from their experience. Joe and Jen established JAF to help patients and their families cope with the often silent financial and emotional impacts of a cancer diagnosis and ensuing treatment. By establishing JAF, Joe and Jen transformed their lived experience with cancer into actionable solutions that provide help efficiently and as intended, as many treatment-related expenses are unexpected and come quickly.