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Steps
for Breath V kicks off with its first New York City luncheon
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Liz
Smith and Elizabeth Peabody
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Shoshanna
Gruss and Susan Block Casdin
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Joy
Ruane and Dianne Crary
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Nearly
200 guests gathered at New York City's Colony Club for the
first Steps for Breath V kickoff luncheon, raising $50,000
to benefit lung cancer research at MSKCC.
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Dr.
Mark Kris, Laurie Carson, Willaim Pao, and Liz Smith
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This
Sunday, on Pond Lane in front of the Cultural Center in Southampton, the
Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center hosts its
fifth anniversary of the “3 mile fun run/walk” they
call Steps For Breath. People of all ages participate to
raise funds
for lung
cancer research at MSKCC.
Steps for Breath
was founded in 200 as the first event of its kind to raise both
awareness of the disease and much needed
funds for
research. Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of
both men and women in
this country – more victims annually than breast, prostate, and
colon cancers combined. Yet funding for its research lags dramatically
behind that of other cancers. Since its founding, Steps for Breath
has contributed more than $1.2 millioni to the study of lung cancer
at MSKCC. This happens to be the largest amount of money specifically
raised for lung cancer EVER in this country, according to Mark
G. Kris,
chief of MSKCC’s Thoracic Service.
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Alan
Pando, Helene Steele, Diane Rothschild, Armyn Green, Chuck Close,
Leslie Close, Georgia Close, Michael Green, Jim Travis, and Marty
Travis
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So
if you’re out that way this Sunday, give it a go. The event
includes a Health Fair and Children’s activities.
For registration you can call 212-639-7975 or go to www.stepsforbreath.org.
For more information you can call Barbara McLaughlin at 212-639-2165 or email
her
at mclaughb@mskcc.org.
Committee members include Laurie Carson (founder and chairman), Alicia
Bouzan Cordon, Sandra H. Eggers, Eileen Ekstract, Mrs. Charles D. Kelman, Mrs.
Brian McCarthy, Eugenie Niven, Diane Rothschild, Mrs. Carlos J. Routh, Mrs. William
Ruane, Kimberly Kravis Schulhof, Mrs. Michael Tarnopol, Mrs. Andrew S. Thomas,
Mrs. Nicholas Verbitsky.
Corporate and media sponsors are Astra Zeneca, Aventis, Deutsche Bank, Millennium,
OSI Pharmaceuticals, American Legacy Foundaiton, Polo Jeans, Beach Radio, Hampton
Cottages & Gardens, the New York Observer. |
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Kimberly
Kravis Schulhof, Diane Rothschild, Laurie Carson, Alicia
Bouzan Cordon, Joy Ruane, and Bonnie Verbitsky
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Centerpiece
by Ron Wendt
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Barbara
Harbach, Jean Delafield, and Toni DuBrul
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Deanne
Indursky and friend
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