MARCH 8, 2008 THE
B3 AFFAIR in San Diego, CA
For the third consecutive year the Merrill Family is conducting
their B3 ( Bet, Bid and Buy) fundraising event in Memory of their
mother Lois Merrill.
Visit their website and enjoy photos of all who have participated in this special event
Ongoing Fundraising
WELCOME
TO THE CARCINOID CANCER FOUNDATION AUCTION SITE:
Ongoing fundraising by the Chicago Zebra Team. The goal
of The Zebra Ball - Stars for the Stripes Chicago Team is to support
The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation's mission to encourage and support
research in addition to educate the general public and healthcare
professionals regarding carcinoid and related neuroendocrine
tumors You can still Pledge a Contribution
or Make a Credit Card Donation Online to add to the Chicago
Zebra team's mission. Click
here
Valerie is running to CONQUER CARCINOID AND NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS by supporting The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation™
MAY 4, 2008 Read more ........
Valerie's first Long Branch Half Marathon practice
Past Fundraising Events and Special Appreciation
The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation™ extends sincere thanks to the carcinoid
community and the following people who have made significant ongoing contributions
to the Foundation™ and research projects through their fundraising efforts:
A heartfelt thank you to all who participated and continue to support all our goals. AWARENESS, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, HOPE AND A LONG GOOD QUALITY LIFE.......WITH A CURE DOWN THE ROAD
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2007
The second Nancy Theige Memorial Golf Tournament
November 2007 in California
To see a Power Point Presentation from this very special event. Click here
Lung
Carcinoid Cancer Survivor Runs Marathon to Raise Funds for
Carcinoid Research
Kenneth Todd, a lung carcinoid patient in Salisbury,
North Carolina, ran in the 19th Annual Keybank Vermont
City Marathon in Burlington, Vermont on May 27, 2007. When
Mr. Todd asked his surgeon how the removal of his left lung would
affect his daily activities, his surgeon told him he could do
everything except run in a marathon.; Mr. Todd, who had never
previously been a runner, decided he had a new goal to run a
marathon! Proceeds from those who supported him in this endeavor
were donated to The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation. Click
here for
making donations to the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation
in honor of Mr. Kenneth Todd.
The Zebra
Ball; Stars for the Stripes - A success story
The Zebra Ball - Stars for the Stripes, that was held In Chicago,
IL, on February 10, 2007 was a "galloping" success. This
event raised over $40,000 from contributions, silent
and live auction.
The goal of The Zebra Ball - Stars for the Stripes was to support
The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation's mission to encourage and support
research in addition to educating the general public and healthcare
professionals regarding carcinoid and related neuroendocrine
tumors
To see slide show from the Zebra Ball February 2007 Click
here
Double click on each photo to see Who is Who You can still Pledge a Contribution
or Make a Credit Card Donation Online to add to the
Chicago Zebra team's mission. Click
here
In Fond memory of their mother Lois
Merril
The Merrill Family's conducted
their Second Annual
B3 Affair: Bid, Bet and Buy for Life!
on Friday, February 23, 2007, in San Diego, CA
To raise funds for research, to increase awareness
and to educate the medical community and support
research.
As of to date April 6, 2007 funds
raised exceeded $ 20,000. The first ever B3 Affair, held in February 2006,
was an overwhelming success. The event - benefiting The Carcinoid
Cancer Foundation - raised over $37,000, which
represented ~20% of the total funds dispersed by the foundation
in 2006! And over 230 people showed up to bid, bet; buy for
life.
We would especially like to thank the The
Doctors Cancer Foundation, Inc on May 10. 2007 held their annual ONE
STEP CLOSER benefit annual fundraising to Support carcinoid
cancer research.
This year's award of $50,000 went to $50,000 was awarded to
Dr. Herbert Chen
Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery
Department of Surgery
Leader, Endocrine Cancer Disease Group
University of Wisconsin
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Madison, WI 53792
The second runner up, Dr. Muthusamy Kunnimalayaan, also from
The Endocrine Cancer Disease Group University of Wisconsin Comprehensive
Cancer Center, received an award of $10,000 from CCF
2006
The B3 Affair
Thank you to everyone who contributed to and attended The B3
Affair last
Friday March 24, 2006. The event was a HUGE success!
We had over 200 attendees and donated over $35,000 to
The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation.
We hope you will all join us again next year for the Second Annual
B3
Affair: Bid, Bet and Buy for Life! In memory of Lois Merrill.
Angela Merrill, Kristina Auclair and Family
The
Doctors Cancer Foundation, Inc
The 3rd annual "ONE STEP CLOSER" benefit
annual fundraising to Support carcinoid cancer research Was held on
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
7:00 pm
at the Willow ridge Country Club , Harrison New York.This
year's fund raising event was held to raise $50,000 for the
best genetic or epigenetic program that may lead
to improved management of Carcinoid and other neuroendocrine
tumors. Attention Researchers: to apply
for research funding go to The Doctors Cancer Foundation's
website: http://doctorscancerfoundation.org/index.html
The program may be clinical or preclinical View
Photos from this event. . View newspaper article
about this event
Learn more Information on the Doctors Cancer Foundation is at www.doctorscancerfoundation.org
In
Memory of Jan Pence
....Friends and family members had donated about $11,000 to
the fund. The money was given to the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation,
Underwood said, because that's what mom would have wanted. She would
have wanted to help others......
Ted Gast completed a seven-week bike ride
across Europe to raise awareness of carcinoid tumors, the carcinoid
syndrome and other related neuroendocrine tumors. May-July
2004;
Julie Beth Greenwood raised close to $10,000
for her Mitzvah (good deed) Project in conjunction with her December
2004 Bat Mitzvah in honor of her father, Robert Greenwood
Stephanie Griffey held memorial golf tournaments
in Kentucky in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 in memory
of her husband, Bobby W. Griffey, Jr.
Amy Myrick ran in the 2003 Chicago Marathon
in memory of her father, Steve Myrick; and collected $ 11,000
to support the missions of the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation.
Maryann and Bob Wahmann of the Carcinoid
Cancer Awareness Network, Inc.(CCAN) organized a golf
tournaments on Long Island, NY in 2003 and 2005, and coordinated
the CCAN's Dinner Dances in 2004, 2005 and 2006. CCAN, initiated
by the LI-NY carcinoid support group, held their first Annual
Carcinoid Cancer Awareness Dinner Dance on October 23, 2004
in Bellmore, NY to raise funds to help spread awareness of
carcinoid and related NETs disease among the general public
and the medical community.
Some of the proceeds from this fundraising event were applied
to support the development of the first 11C-5-HTP-PET Scan
in the United States. The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation™ gave
matching funds to this project. Many thanks to all involved.
