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    Christmas In The City Thrives As Founder Battles ALS

    Jake Kennedy, one of Christmas in the City's founders, discusses his recent ALS diagnosis. He's the fourth member of his family to face the disease.
    Dec 24, 2019 3 minutes
    Jake (left) and Sparky Kennedy, Christmas in the City founders, with their son Zack Kennedy, a post-doctoral researcher at UMass Medical School. (Courtesy of Robin Young)

    It’s a Here & Now tradition that began in 2015 when the show first aired a holiday story about Boston’s Christmas in the City, the world’s biggest party for homeless children.

    Since then, we’ve been sharing those kids’ joy with our listeners, just as Christmas in the City has continued throwing its massive holiday party.

    The event, founded as a 100% volunteer nonprofit by Jake Kennedy and his wife Sparky Kennedy, kicked off in 1989.

    As Jake Kennedy explains, it started when their daughter was 2 years old.

    “She got too many

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