All Posts: philanthropy
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Women and Wine Team Honors Georgetown Lombardi Research Champion
Since receiving her diagnosis in July, Susan Miller hasn’t let breast cancer keep her from smiling, and she didn’t let a recent hip replacement surgery keep her from attending Georgetown Lombardi’s Women and Wine fundraiser, where she was honored with the Lombardi Spirit of Life Award.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Yellow Blanket Campaign Brings Warmth and Comfort to Lombardi Patients
Lauren, 11, and Claire, 9, lost their mom, Laura Scott to cancer on March 3, 2015. To honor Laura, her daughters delivered the blankets to patients at the infusion center, where she was treated.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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30th Anniversary Lombardi Gala Raises Record-Breaking Funds for Cancer Research
More than 900 attendees raised more than $2.3 million for Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at the 30th Anniversary Lombardi Gala – the most raised at the event to date.
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Chris Mortensen to Receive the 2016 NFLPA Georgetown Lombardi Award
Award-winning ESPN journalist Chris Mortensen has been named this year’s NFL Players Association Georgetown Lombardi Award honoree. Mortensen and his courageous battle against cancer will be recognized at the 30th Anniversary Lombardi Gala on October 29 in Washington, D.C.
Category: News Release
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Seventeenth Annual Men’s Event
June 22, 2016 — It’s an annual tradition that often attracts more than 200 men with a common interest of raising awareness of and money for Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. This year’s “Men’s Event” was no different. “The goals of prostate cancer research are to treat people with fewer side effects, provide medicine that […]
Category: Lombardi Stories
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PanCAN PurpleStride Commemorates Struggles, Triumphs Toward A Cure
June 17, 2016 — “When we first found out about his diagnosis, I told him I would be with him every step of the way,” said Sarah Saleh, whose husband, Rashid, was a Georgetown Lombardi patient. “He said it gave him strength to have me with him.” Many Georgetown Lombardi families at the annual PanCAN […]
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Breast Cancer Research Championed with Avon Global Scholars, Avon Walk
May 5, 2016 — With a visit from the Avon Foundation Global Scholars Program and a team participating in Avon 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer, supporters of Georgetown Lombardi’s breast cancer progra
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Eleventh Annual Women & Wine Raised Record Funds, Support and Hope
April 29, 2016 — With more than 600 attendees, the 11th Annual Women & Wine fundraiser for the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center took place at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner. The April 20 event began with a luxurious cocktail hour and a silent auction featuring art, […]
Category: Lombardi Stories
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‘Friends of Lombardi’ Group Seeks to Expand Its Impact
(March 1, 2016) — Many young professionals know all too well the challenge of building a network in a big city like Washington, DC. Many researchers know the challenge of securing the necessary money for their lifesaving research. By combining the social with the philanthropic, Friends of Lombardi tackles both of these challenges head on. […]
Category: Lombardi Stories
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Power of Pink Event Raises Money for Capital Breast Care Center
December 9, 2015 — Over 120 women clad in pink filled Redwood restaurant in Bethesda, MD, on Thursday, October 22nd, for the 4th annual Power of Pink — Working out to Stop Breast Cancer event. The lu
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