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Wayland resident Cindy Lombardo is serving as a volunteer committee member to the American Cancer Society’s seventh annual Key Gala. Lombardo is helping to coordinate and plan the Key Gala, which raises funds to benefit the AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Center in Boston, a program of the American Cancer Society.  

The Lodge, located at 125 South Huntington Avenue in Jamaica Plain, opened in November 2008 and has since provided free temporary residence to more than 1,300 cancer patients and family members who have traveled to Boston from 48 states and 11 countries for cancer treatments not available at home. Thanks to generous financial contributions from donors, organizations, foundations and events such as the Key Gala, guests and caregivers have received 40,000 nights of free lodging and thousands of free rides to and from treatment appointments, saving them more than $7 million in hotel and travel expenses. Presenting sponsor of the 2012 Key Gala is Hologic, Inc. and this year’s honoree is Robert A. Cascella, president and chief executive officer of Hologic, Inc.

The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer.

The Key Gala begins at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, at Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts. The Key Gala Late Night Party begins at 9 p.m., special priced tickets are available for the Late Night Party. For more information, or to purchase tickets, contact Melanie Barton at 508.270.4651 or Melanie.Barton@cancer.org or visit gala.acsevents.org/key.