Check Presentation Saturday Night to Dr. Giselle Sholler – chair of the NMTRC We kicked off our event on Saturday night – just before the guests arrived – by presenting Dr. Sholler with $100,000 of YOUR money so that she can continue to helps save KIDS with cancer! The NMTRC continues to open ground breaking studies and your are truly …
Bring a Friend – Tell your Friend #CUREME
In just five days we’ll once again be hosting “Cure Me I’m Irish” our largest annual fundraiser. This is our SIXTH annual event and I once again find myself in the final wrap up period as we prepare for 1,000 folks to come out and Celebrate with a Purpose! Every year I continue to be amazed at the extraordinary group …
Guest Post: 9 year old Ashley
Hello! My name is Ashley Burnette. I am 9 years old and I live in Raleigh, NC. I live with my mom, Nicole Burnette, my dad, Hunter Burnette and my older sister, Olivia Burnette. I play two sports right now…..I run with Girls on The Run and I’m learning how to play basketball. Some things I like are reading and …
CURE ME I’M IRISH
2016 Event Here The 6th annual CURE ME I’M IRISH event will soon be upon us! We wanted to take this opportunity to update you on the event line up. Beer Tastings After last year when we had 10 brewers on hand it became apparent that FIVE is our magic number. This year Backlash will again come back to pour …
Any improvement would be better
When my toddler was undergoing the most intense doses of chemotherapy you can give a human being – and hopefully NOT kill them – we used to have our dog stay with my parents until the worst of the vomiting went away. Why? Because as dogs are prone to eat everything my fear was that our dog would attempt to ‘clean up’ …
40 days ’till Cure Me – Ticket price increase soon
We are now just 40 days away from our 6th annual CURE ME I’M IRISH event! Have you gotten your tickets yet? The tickets are currently being sold for the discounted price of just $75 and will jump to $90 once the sale is over. Your event ticket grants you admission the event and includes complimentary food, beer and wine …
“Survival”
When my first child was born I was 30 years and 9 months of age. If my son can somehow managed to live the impossibly long time of THIRTY YEARS – after being diagnosed with cancer – he would be 30 years and 7 months of age. Survival stats for cancer are based on 5 years worth of survival. Can …
Your money at work
As you can read in yesterday’s post we sent $20,000 of your money to help fund some extraordinarily exciting research. The goal is to get that work further down the line so that it can one day be in need of funding to get it into the clinic. What I wanted to do today is provide you with an …
A cancer vaccine derived from your own NB cells
Before the NMTRC moved it’s headquarters to Grand Rapids Michigan it started out in Burlington Vermont. While Dr. Sholler had her lab based in UVM she started many long lasting collaborations with clinicians and researchers across the country. However one of these lasting collaborations took place in Vermont and is very unique. Why? Because this extraordinary surgeon and researcher …
Your support
We are working in memory of the 25,000 infants, toddlers and children that have been killed by cancer in the United Sates in the past 10 years alone. We are working on behalf of the 150,000 kids that have been diagnosed with cancer in this country over that same decade. And most importantly we are working on behalf of all …