All Posts: philanthropy

• Tenth Annual Women & Wine Event Marked by Record-Breaking Growth in Community Support

  April 24, 2015 —This year marked a tremendous demonstration of community support for the Women & Wine event, which hosted an unprecedented 600 attendees and raised a record high of nearly $400,000. Now in its 10th year, Women & Wine benefits the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. […]

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: breast cancer, Lombardi Women, philanthropy, Women & Wine

• Georgetown Medical Students Get Buzzed for Childhood Cancer Research

  April 19, 2015 — After classes and before the weekend got underway in earnest, many at Georgetown were already buzzed. Women and men with electric razors and scissors were busy working on the Georgetown University Medical Center faculty, staff and School of Medicine students who volunteered for Georgetown’s 6th Annual St. Baldrick’s Day festivities on […]

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: cancer research, philanthropy, St. Baldrick's Day

• ‘Friends of Colin’ Donates $20,000 Towards Ewing Sarcoma Research at Georgetown Lombardi

  March 20, 2015 — People might be surprised to discover that a $20,000 donation to Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is the work of three teenagers. For the past four years, Friends of Colin, a nonprofit group formed by three Cranford, N.J. neighbors, Ryan McGann, Gary Hoffman and Maggie McKay, has been supporting Ewing sarcoma […]

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: Ewing sarcoma, pediatric oncology, philanthropy

• Annual Lombardi Gala Honors ESPN Anchor, Cancer Fighters

  The 28th Annual Lombardi Gala took place October 18, drawing more than 800 people to the Washington Hilton for an evening of raising funds and awareness for cancer treatment and research.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: Lombardi Gala, philanthropy

• Cancer Researcher Goes in New Direction with St. Baldrick’s Support

  Jeffrey Toretsky, MD, a pediatric oncologist and researcher at Georgetown Lombardi, has received a $100,000 St. Baldrick’s Research Grant with generous support from the Team Clarkie Fund, a St. Baldrick’s Hero Fund.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: Ewing sarcoma, philanthropy, St. Baldrick's Day

• Georgetown Lombardi Fields Top Fundraising Team at Avon Walk

  For Georgetown’s team of 57 walkers, months of training and fundraising culminated at the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, where their efforts distinguished them as the lead fundraising team in the Washington region.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, breast cancer, philanthropy, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention