Jennifer Thermes- Robert's Snow: for Cancer's Cure

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This year, 200 children’s book illustrators have joined Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure to design and transform a five-inch wooden snowflake into an original piece of art to be displayed in two galleries and auctioned off online to support sarcoma research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Mass.

Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure was developed by children’s book author and illustrator Grace Lin. Just after getting married, her husband Robert Mercer was diagnosed with sarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue and bone. While Mercer was receiving treatment, Lin told him a bedside story about a mouse that couldn’t go outside to play in the snow. The story grew into a children’s book, titled “Robert’s Snow.” When Lin was finishing the artwork for the book, her husband had a relapse, so her colleagues rallied to create Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure to increase awareness about sarcoma and to raise research funding. Mercer passed away in August 2007, but Robert's Snow: for Cancer's Cure continues as a legacy to his life.

Like actual snowflakes, each of the illustrators’ designs is unique. Notable illustrators participating in the program include Mo Willems (Knuffle Bunny series), Kevin Hawkes (The Library Lion) and Patricia Polacco (Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare).

The snowflakes will be on display at the Child at Heart Gallery in Newburyport, Mass., from Oct. 3 – 22 and in the Children’s Gallery at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, Mass., from Oct. 30 – Dec. 2. The snowflakes will be auctioned off to benefit Dana-Farber during three online auctions, on Nov. 19 – 23, Nov. 26 – 30 and Dec. 3 – 7. To preview the snowflakes online and to place a bid, go to www.robertssnow.com. The artwork is great for a holiday gift and bidding is open to everyone.

Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure is in its third year and has already raised more than $200,000 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, which is recognized by the National Cancer Institute as a world leader in cancer research and care. Dana-Farber is renowned for using its discoveries to improve cancer treatment for children and adults around the world.

www.robertssnow.com

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