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100% of the sponsorship
monies goes to
The Max Cure Fund at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center (MSKCC), and will be divided between three other non-profits.
Beneficiaries include:
• The Max Cure Fund For Pediatric Cancer
Research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center (MSKCC) is underwriting a Cell
Therapy Laboratory, a project being
spearheaded by Dr. Richard O’Reilly, Chair
of the Department of Pediatrics. This lab is
dedicated to researching pediatric cancers,
improving treatments and finding cures that
will save children’s lives. (60% of net)
• The Max Cure Foundation/Samuel Waxman
Cancer Research Foundation Collaborative
Grant to fund novel research in
pediatric cancer. The goals of this new
grant are to develop minimally toxic
therapies to improve the quality of life for
children with cancer, with the ultimate goal
of finding cures. 30% of net.
• Katy’s Courage Corp., a non-profit
corporation formed by Jim and Brigid
Stewart, of Sag Harbor, in memory of their
daughter, Katy, who lost her heroic battle
with a rare form of cancer on December 30,
2010. The proceeds, in the form of college
scholarships, will be awarded to students at
East End Long Island-area high schools who
exemplify remarkable courage, kindness and
empathy as did Katy during her all too
brief, but exceptional lifetime. The
Stewarts are teachers in the East Hampton
and Montauk school districts. 5% of net.
• Dr. Oren Becher’s Pediatric Brain Tumor
Research Fund; Dr. Becher is a pediatric
oncologist at Duke University Medical Center
who specializes in the treatment of children
with brain tumors. This donation is being
made in memory of Lily Taubin who passed
away in November, 2009 from brain cancer,
towards Dr. Becher’s research to find a cure
for what currently is an incurable brain
cancer striking children. (5% of net) |
