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# Banjo the Dog Fights Cancer, is Adorable
- URL: https://bklyner.com/banjo-the-dog-fights-cancer-is-adorable-parkslopestoop/
- Published: 2012-06-26T14:00:17.000Z
- Updated: 2012-06-26T14:00:17.000Z
- Author: Rachel Silberstein
- Tags: #API-Imported

Move over, Uggie (though [congrats](http://gawker.com/5921338/uggie-the-dog-becomes-first-canine-to-have-prints-cemented-outside-graumans-chinese-theatre?ref=bklyner.com) about the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre thing). [FiPS just alerted us](http://www.fuckedinparkslope.com/home/local-dog-gets-viral-attention-for-cancer-fundraising-video.html?ref=bklyner.com) to the fact that Park Slope’s got a canine media darling of its own — and unlike Uggie, who’s lovable-for-hire, Banjo is mugging for a good cause.

Using his main cancer-fighiting weapon, cuteness, the wiry terrier-ish mutt just starred in a Relay for Life fundraising video — a collaboration with his cancer-surviving owner, Garland Harwood. But while the results have catapulted him to viral fame (he was featured on the all cute, all the time site [I Can Has Cheezburger](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2012/06/13/funny-animal-videos-help-banjo-the-dog-fight-cancer/?ref=bklyner.com)), Banjo is serious.

And so far, that commitment has paid off. By vowing to swear off his three favorite activities (one involves squirrels) until Harwood met his $2,000 goal, Banjo’s helped raise more than $4,000 for the American Cancer Society.

(A takeaway here: if you’re raising money for something, it’s important to be dedicated, but it’s probably better if you’re also adorable, and maybe a dog.)

Banjo may be back in the squirrel-chasing game, but that doesn’t mean the fight is over. You can still help Garland Harwood give back to the organization that saw him through his own illness by donating [here](http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=6043082&pg=personal&fr%5Fid=36568&ref=bklyner.com).