Scoops of Kindness from RI Dairy and Joe Andruzzi Foundation

Photo (left to right): Nolan Malatesta (blue shirt), Chris Malatesta  (Patriots shirt), and Kerriann Malatesta (patient, in hat) of Franklin, MA, pose with Joe Andruzzi and his Super Bowl rings.

Munroe Dairy's Sacred Cow Scoop Shop and Market, a farm-fresh ice cream shop and local grocery market located at 187 N. Brow Street in East Providence, Rhode Island, recently hosted the Joe Andruzzi Foundation (JAF) for "Scoops of Kindness," an end-of-summer ice cream social. More than 25 patients and family members,  from Rhode Island and Massachusetts, including the Malatestas from Franklin gathered for a special day of ice cream, connection, and community. They were joined by three-time Super Bowl champion and JAF co-founder and chief engagement officer Joe Andruzzi, JAF president & CEO Jen Andruzzi, and members of the Foundation’s staff.

JAF assists New Englanders facing a cancer diagnosis through programs including Financial Assistance, Extraordinary Needs, Food Security Assistance, and Treatment Transportation Assistance, along with additional resources designed to ease the financial burdens associated with treatment. To date, JAF has awarded more than $14 million in assistance to over 50,000 New England cancer patients and their families.

The Joe Andruzzi Foundation (JAF) is a registered 501(C)(3) non-profit organization committed to providing help, hope, and a reason to smile, for New England cancer patients and their families by contributing financial support when it is needed most.

Because patients and families must often devote all of their energy and resources towards battling the disease, the Foundation helps alleviate financial and emotional stress by providing grants to assist with rent/mortgage payments, utilities, and other household expenses. This relief allows the Foundation’s grant recipients to focus on their fight against cancer and not on the financial distress that comes with it.

Joe Andruzzi is a former NFL offensive guard and three-time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots.