North Carolina Lung Cancer Advocacy Summit August 28, 2010
UNC Lineberger Cancer Center More information coming soon!
Save the Date! 2010 Spring Gala & Silent Auction
April 17, 2010 - Bay 7 in Durham
If you or a friend has an item or service you would like to donate, please contact Heather Gill at HGill@NationalLungCancerPartnership.org or our auction chair Denice Denzin at denzin430@yahoo.com for more information and donation forms. Donations are tax deductible.
NC Lung Cancer Partnership Night at Texas Roadhouse March 2, 2010
4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Texas Roadhouse (336) 584-1205
1651 Glidewell Drive
Alamance Crossing
Burlington, NC
Print this flyer OR mention the North Carolina Lung Cancer Partnership, and Texas Roadhouse will donate 10% of your total purchase to the Partnership!
Past Lung Cancer Awareness Events
Great 108 Yogathon December 21, 2009
Durham, NC
The Great 108 Yogathon offered participants a way to burn off holiday calories and benefit a good cause. Our family friendly and festive event included hors d’oeuvres, waters, chair massage, community spirit and lung cancer education for participants and volunteers.
About the Winter Solstice: The number 108 has been considered auspicious for thousands of years. Yogis often celebrate the change of seasons by doing 108 sun salutations on the solstices and equinoxes.
2009 Free to Breathe® Series The 2009 North Carolina Free to Breathe® event series raised more than $210,000 for lung cancer research, education and awareness programs!
Saturday, October 31
Boone Free to Breathe®
Sunday, November 1
City of Oaks Free to Breathe® / Team Hansen
Saturday, November 7
Raleigh Free to Breathe®
Saturday, November 14
Triad Free to Breathe®
Monday, December 21 Free to Breathe® Great 108 Yogathon
October 2009 - Raleigh, NC - The Hurricanes Fight Cancer During the Month of October, the North Carolina Lung Cancer Partnership participated in “The Hurricanes Fights Cancer” Night.
Gift Presentation
August 2009 - Durham, NC- Lung Cancer Awareness Night at the Durham Bulls Game
April 2009 - Dallas, TX - Lung Cancer Advocacy Summit
Members of the North Carolina chapter attended the second annual Lung Cancer Advocacy Summit in Dallas, TX in April to share knowledge and learn more about advocating for lung cancer awareness and funding. North Carolina participants called it an incredible and inspiring experience. Thank you to the National Lung Cancer Partnership for making it possible!
April 2009 - Durham, NC - An Evening of Hope at Duke University Nasher Museum of Art More than 100 people attended the chapter's second annual spring gala for lung cancer, an "Evening of Hope" at the Duke Nasher Musuem of Art. The elegant evening brought together advocates, health professionals and survivors to raise awareness and funding of lung cancer.
The Evening of Hope Spring Gala was generously sponsored by:
Title Sponsor:
Gold Sponsor:
Silver Sponsor:
Silver Sponsor:
Silver Sponsor:
Friends of North Carolina
Lung Cancer Partnership:
Nancy Zeleniak
Steen & Annett Kanter
Gabriel & Amy Cipau
Robert & Australia Clay
Dr. Geoffrey Ginsburg & Pamela Douglas
Dr. & Mrs. Doug Hammer
Amy Cipau, President of the North
Carolina chapter,
welcomes
guests
to "An Evening of Hope"
Anil Potti, M.D., Assistant Professor in the Duke Department of Medicine and Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, was among the guest speakers
at the lung cancer awareness event. Potti studies genomes with the goal of personalizing treatments to improve the effectiveness of lung cancer therapies.
Jane Pederson of Cary, NC, (left) won a hotel stay in the raffle, but generously
decided to donate her winnings to lung cancer survivor Joseph Odum of Morehead,
NC. Odum, a Duke patient. Odum
shared his experiences during the "Evening of
Hope"
event. Odum's wife, Joni is also pictured.
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NC Stories of Strength
Chris Psarros passed away in October 2009 after a five-month battle with lung cancer, but his memory lives on in his family's fight against the disease. Click here to read Psarros family's story and other Stories of Strength.
