Keith Salome was diagnosed with renal cell cancer in 2021. During his cancer battle his family decided they would adopt a pug. During the adoption process, as his family searched for the perfect name, his daughter Kennedy who was 4 at the time decided that it should be named Skinny Pig. Ultimately the pug was named Bruno, but that year it was decided that we would name our first ever Jimmy Fund Walk team, Skinny Pig. A year later when the fund was created, the name stuck.
The Skinny Pig Fund was created in August of 2024. Founded by Keith’s family during his battle with cancer, the fund was originally a 5 year commitment to raise $100,000 for Dr. Bradley McGregor’s cancer research at Dana Farber. Unfortunately on September 21st of 2024 Keith passed away.
On December 1st of 2025 around 15 months after the fund was created the $100,000 goal was officially reached! Throughout those 15 months Dan Foley, Keith’s brother, made an appearance on two podcasts; The Allie G Show, and On The Runs. Not only that but, Dan and Stef (Keith’s Siblings) ran the 2025 Boston marathon for team Skinny Pig in honor of their brother both getting new personal bests! Later in the year Dan ran the New York City Marathon with Alex Karwoski for the team!
As Dan had said on an episode of the On The Runs podcast, our ultimate goal is to raise $1 million. This goal however will be done in phases, since our first big milestone has already been reached, the fund plans to sign a new contract with Dana Farber to raise an additional $250,000 over the next 5 years.
