The 2008 Evening with Champions skating show marks the 39th year of Harvard Universitys partnership with Jimmy Fund nd the DanaFarber Cancer Institute. In 1970, a routine checkup at Childrens Memorial Hospital provided the inspiration for An Evening with Champions . There, John Misha Petkevich, then a junior at Harvard, met several children being treated for eukemia. Feeling a strong desire to help those children with cancer, Misha and other students at Harvards Eliot House rned their goodwill into a reality only a few weeks later by organizing an exhibition of nationallyranked figure skaters in the first An Evening with Champions show.Today, the students of Harvard continue in the tradition of benevolence and excellence ished so long ago. The show has developed into a nationallyrecognized treasure, now consistently drawing Olympic champions ousands of spectators and hundreds of Harvard students, not to mention the special guests and sponsors and of course the children for whom the organization exists. Students organize the entire exhibition, from ticket sales to backstage setup. And he students contribute more than just their time: during the weekend of the performance, members of Eliot House yield their beds and their rooms to the guest skaters, who can then reside comfortably only minutes away from the skating rink. Most portantly, the students stay in touch with the children of the Jimmy Fund, whom we support with all our hearts.An Evening ith Champions has always held a high standard of excellence. World and Olympic figure skating champions join local skaters in a show of unrivaled quality. Skaters such Scott Hamilton, Kristi Yamaguchi, Brian Boitano, Paul Wylie, Michelle Kwan, Ilia ulik, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Ludmilla and Oleg Protopopov, Oksana Baiul, Nancy Kerrigan and countless others have graced the Harvard ice with their talent, and our superb production team guarantees a smooth and beautiful exhibition year after r.Over the past thirtyseight years, the show has been extremely successful, raising $2.4 million for the Jimmy Fund. Such ndraising accomplishment reflects the popularity and respect that An Evening with Champions has earned among fans and erformers. Thousands come to see the exhibition every year, and it holds a very special place in the hearts and minds of everyone urvival rates for pediatric cancer are rising every year because of the efforts of organizations like ours and the interest and support of people like you, and we hope to reach 100 in the nottoodistant future. The 2008 show is shaping up to be one of the best ever, and we hope you will be here to join us in the ongoing quest for the cure,

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