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Whenever Ramakrishna Chivukula and Soujanya Mallapragada asked their son Aniketh how his day at school was, the answer was always an enthusiastic “FUN!” Despite being in treatment for a pediatric brain tumor’s side effects and treatment complications for seven years, Aniketh remained the fun-loving, outgoing, and happy child he had been when he was first diagnosed just before his third birthday. When he passed away suddenly in February 2021, at 10, his family knew they wanted to do something to honor his spirit while giving back to the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, which kept him alive and happy for so many years. Ramakrishna and Soujanya, together with their son Rushi, 13, soon became Jimmy FundRaisers and the first Aniketh’s Fun Run was born.