Children’s Cancer & Blood Foundation
Breakthrough Ball Gala
Honoring Katie Couric, Daryl Hall, and Trent
Tucker
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The Children’s Cancer & Blood Foundation (CCBF) will
host its annual “Breakthrough Ball” benefit gala on
Wednesday evening, October 27, 2010 at the Plaza
Hotel in New York City. Proceeds from this benefit
help to provide much needed medication, chemotherapy
and other life-saving treatments to children who are
patients of the Division of Pediatric Hematology and
Oncology of New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill
Cornell Medical Center.
This year’s “Key To Life” award will be presented to
Katie Couric, Anchor and Managing Editor of CBS
Evening News with Katie Couric and 60 Minutes
Correspondent, who has dedicated time, energy and
resources to supporting children in need as well as
the advancement of cancer research. The prestigious
Breakthrough Spirit Award will be given to legendary
singer/songwriter, Daryl Hall and NBA
Champion/Founder of The Trent Tucker Non Profit
Foundation, Trent Tucker. Past Breakthrough Spirit
Award recipients have included Ted Turner, Toni
Braxton, Tiki Barber, and HRH Princess Ghida Talal
of Jordan. The evening will also include a special
performance by Daryl Hall.
Jamie Niven, Vice Chairman, Sotheby’s will lead a
live auction that will feature an eight night stay
at the luxury Amankora Resorts in the Himalayan
Mountain Kingdom, dinner for eight people at Rao’s,
one of the most sought-after restaurants in all of
Manhattan, a golf package with tee-offs at some of
the most exclusive Hamptons golf courses including
Shinnecock Hills, Atlantic, the Bridge, Maidstone,
and much more. The live auction concludes with a
pledge item that gives guests the opportunity to
support a child’s chemotherapy treatment for a year.
For nearly 60 years, CCBF has been proud to support
the extraordinary team of doctors and researchers of
the Division. CCBF’s support has attracted and
retained a group of world-renowned experts on the
treatment of multiple pediatric blood disorders and
cancers, including hemophilia, sickle-cell anemia
and leukemia. CCBF researchers have received
international recognition for their work and are on
the cusp of breakthroughs predicted to change the
way the medical community treats children with
cancer and blood diseases. Each year, physicians
treat more than 1,000 children through more than
10,000 inpatient and outpatient visits. No child is
ever turned away for services, regardless of his or
her ability to pay.
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www.childrenscbf.org
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