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Continuing a Legacy of Giving Back: Matthew Shuster's Story
Matthew Shuster's passion for giving back was inspired by the passing of his grandfather, Morris Shuster, who was cared for at Penn Medicine.
A Gentle Place to Rest One's Head
Rose Ianiero chose to honor her father by giving back to the team at Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center who cared for him as a patient.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2023/november/gentle-place-to-rest-ones-head
Ayden’s Bracelets
14-year-old Ayden Kavanagh participates in his school’s Pay It Forward Campaign to help the cancer community.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2023/october/aydens-bracelets
2023 Fall Events
Our fall community events will LEAF you feeling great!
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2023/august/2023-fall-events
2023 Spring Events
Our community organizers continue to inspire us every single day - everyone working together to raise important funding for cancer research and care. From the Shamrock Shuffle to Ice, Ice Philly,...
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2023/march/2023-spring-events
2022 Holiday Events
This holiday blog highlights 3rd party organizers who hosted a holiday themed event this year. We would like to post on the giving blog to highlight their generosity and hopefully encourage other...
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2022/december/2022-holiday-events
Fight Like a Legend, Live Like Brent
Brent Evans was everyone’s best friend. He possessed an innate talent for making people feel valued. His legacy lives on through the Live Like Brent Foundation (LLBF).
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2022/september/brent-evans
September Events
Members of the Abramson Cancer Center community used this hot and steamy summer to do some serious planning for a busy fall of meaningful events for all to be part of.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2022/august/2022-september-events
Craigs Story
Penn gave Craig Super more time with his family. Because of that he's giving back to the teams that helped restore his SUPER powers.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2022/june/craigs-story
Learning to Let Others Help You
Monique Morris is a social worker, nurse and mother. After being diagnosed with breast cancer, she allowed herself to experience first-hand what it felt like to receive the level of care and supp...
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2022/june/learning-to-let-others-help-you
Spring Events
Spring is in the air, and springing to action is our generous community creating opportunities for people to support hope and healing at Penn's Abramson Cancer Center.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2022/march/2022-spring-events
Ava’s Story: Never Too Young To Make a Difference
When she's not busy with soccer, basketball, track, dance, or her favorite subject in school, Language Arts, Ava Aita is hard at work raising money for Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center (ACC...
October and November Events
There are many ways to participate, support, engage, and fundraise for a cause this fall.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2021/october/october-and-november-events
Fall Events
Autumn is in the air and the Abramson Cancer Center community is active, as always.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2021/august/fall-events
Spring Events
Although we’re still a social distance away, there are plenty of ways to get involved with community events.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2021/april/spring-events
November Events 2020
Upcoming events happening in November 2020.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2020/november/november-events
Rising of the Pavilion: Ethel and Walter Hofman’s Story
Read about Ethel and Walter Hofman’s experience with and contribution to Penn Medicine.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2020/october/rising-of-the-pavilion
Summer 2020
It's more important than ever to connect and support the Abramson Cancer Center! We're partnering up and finding new ways to bring the community together all summer.
March Events: Taking on Cancer as Community
Join your community and have some fun with these March events that support the Abramson Cancer Center! From walks and runs to tennis tournaments - there is something for the whole family.
Living Fearlessly: Fred Loomis' Story
For Fred, every day he is given is a gift. He wakes up every morning grateful for his loving and supportive family and the caring community at the Abramson Cancer Center.
Hope at All Stages: Sarah Sedlak's Story
Embodying Penn’s Pancreatic Cancer Research Center motto “Hope at All Stages,” Sarah Sedlak’s strength has never wavered throughout her treatments. Read about her pancreatic cancer journe...
November Events: It takes a Community to Fight Cancer
Don’t miss out on these November events that support the Abramson Cancer Center! It’s getting cold outside but you can still warm up with these family friendly walk/runs happening right here ...
October Events: Taking on Cancer Together
Join your community and have some Fun with these October events that support the Abramson Cancer Center! From walks and runs to zumbathons - there is something for the whole family.
Breast Cancer Can’t Stop Cindy DelGiorno
When Cindy DelGiorno was diagnosed with breast cancer six weeks before her wedding she was determined not to let it ruin her happily ever after – including starting a family. Thanks to Penn’s...
Impact | Giving | Penn Medicine
Don’t miss out on these September events that support the Abramson Cancer Center! From walks and runs to beer fests and concerts - there is something for the whole family happening right here i...
Tee Off Against Cancer
Don't miss out on these unique opportunities at playing at some of the regions most renowned courses all while supporting a great cause!
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2019/september/tee-off-against-cancer
The Future is Coming: Clinical Trials Spur Hope
When Byron was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in June of 2013, he had never heard of CAR-T cell immunotherapy. Now more than six years later, he credits it with restoring his quality of life.
Creatively Combating Cancer
Meet ToniAnn Eisman, a recent art therapy intern in the Department of Radiation Oncology, and learn more about Integrative Oncology Services offered at the ACC.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2019/july/creatively-combating-cancer
Patient Engagement Intern Peri Niskey
Learn more about Peri Niskey, a current intern for the Patient Engagement team in the Radiation Oncology department.
Red Coats to the Rescue Louis Mello
Meet Louis Mello, a Patient and Guest Services Ambassador
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2019/july/red-coats-to-the-rescue-louis-mello
Momma Bears Band Together
"I know what it’s like to be a mom going through this. There's nothing quite like it. I also instantly knew I could be Lisa's 'Battle Buddy.'"
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2019/may/momma-bears-band-together
Generosity Illuminates Hope and Innovation
Philanthropy inspires surgical innovation for people facing cancer. Read more about one family's inspiration to give back.
Sue Axler - A Story of Love and Dedication
Susan Axler's incredible passion for helping others impacted everything she did, and everyone she met.
An Inspired Life Sparks Generosity, Innovation and Hope
When cancer struck the Krupnick family, David Krupnick wanted to honor his family and give to others the way his parents had always given to him.
The Jay Sigel Invitational
The Jay Sigel Invitational is celebrating its 26th anniversary as a charity golf tournament in support of cancer research at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute (AFCRI) at Penn’s Abra...
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2018/september/jay-sigel-invitational
Impact | Giving | Penn Medicine
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Read a story of one woman's brave battle and her inspiration to leave a lasting impact for future patients.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2018/september/shooting-for-a-cure
Odds on Favorite: Giving Back to Patients in Need
Nancy Barnabei is a numbers person. As a consulting chief financial officer in the biopharmaceutical industry, she’s used to quantifying data. So when at age 40, Nancy was diagnosed with metast...
A Little Bit Goes a Long Way
“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2018/may/a-little-bit-goes-a-long-way
You Have to Continue to Live Your Life
Blue Bell native James Bozzelli describes himself as “a person who does not get discouraged easily.” In talking to this 86-year old and learning his story, it doesn’t take long at all to ap...
Breaking the Rules for Good
Sometimes breaking the rules isn’t a bad thing. Most police departments have policies prohibiting officers from sporting facial hair, so when the Harvey Cedars Police Department on Long Beach I...
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2018/march/breaking-the-rules-for-good
The World is Not Enough
Walk into one of the treatment rooms at Penn Medicine's Roberts Proton Therapy Center, and the first thing you’ll notice is the massive machine in the middle: the focal point of the world’s m...
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2018/february/the-world-is-not-enough
Reaching New Heights
"Climbing forces you to think about your mortality and where you are in the big picture. We can't choose the things that happen to us, but we can choose how we respond, and that's why I chose the...
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2018/february/reaching-new-heights
Modern Science Meets Modern Love, Philly Style
Drs. Katherine (Kate) Nathanson and Andrew Ochroch’s meet cute is likely familiar to many of those who grew up and attended school in the Philadelphia area, as they did
Broken: One Womans Journey to Renewal
Lynne Goldstein is a photographer, long-time Philadelphian, and seven time cancer survivor. She has faced many battles both physically and emotionally, often finding herself “living life betwee...
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2017/december/one-womans-journey-to-renewal
Staying Positive
"When you decide where to undergo treatment, you have to trust the people who are treating you. As soon as we met our doctors at the Abramson Cancer Center, they had our full confidence." — Pat...
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2017/december/staying-positive
Focusing on the Fight
In 2010, Anne Marie Hughes had pain in her lower abdomen so severe it took her to the emergency room. There she was diagnosed with diverticulitis.
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2017/november/focusing-on-the-fight
Running Towards a Cure
Marge Aitken was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2006, at a time when treatment options were limited. Since then, scientists have made great strides in blood cancer research that is bringing hope to p...
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2017/november/running-towards-a-cure
Penn Continues to Make History: Join the ImmunoRevolution
Marc Garnick, MD, '72, an international leader in oncology, Penn alumni and Penn Medicine advocate, shares his congratulations on the FDA's historic approval of CAR T cell therapy.
Dancing for a Cure
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, Carol learned to focus on what she was truly passionate about in life: Zumba. Now Carol is sharing her passion with other breast cancer survivors...
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2017/september/dancing-for-a-cure
Chemo Avenger
Dr. Mato told Louis he'd survive, and Louis not only believed him, but made it his mission to become a non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor. Through the inspiration of his brother, Louis became the "Che...
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/giving-blog/2017/september/chemo-avenger