450 Supporters Attend Benefit
for the Samuel Waxman Cancer
Research
Foundation's "Institute
Without Walls"
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The Fifth Annual
Hamptons Happening at the
home of Marcia and David
Lavipour in East Hampton was a
huge success on Saturday
evening, July 19th raising a
record amount of more than a
quarter of a million dollars for
cancer research.
Events co-chairs Laurie
Schaffran and Marion Waxman and
committee members Meg Axelrod;
Vira Capeci; Dean and Kris
Denninger; Helen Taylor Ginns;
Robyn
and Kenneth Joseph; Marcia
Lavipour; Gale Meisenberg;
Thomas Mikolasko; Lora Reichman;
David Rozenholc; Diane Spilker;
Debra Tanger; Janet Tekworth and
Dena K. Weiner and junior chair
Joanna Steinberg all helped make
the evening
a huge success as well.
The gourmet tasting soiree,
organized by event planner
Harriette Rose Katz and her
company Gourmet Advisory
Services, featured restaurants
from the
Hamptons and the city serving
their signature dishes, ranging
from sushi to BBQ, gazpacho to
madeleines. Entertainment at the
benefit included a live
auction and a casino with a
Chinese raffle and more than 450
guests helped raise $275,000 for
the Samuel Waxman Cancer
Research Foundation.
The Foundation's Institute
Without Walls approach unifies
the most talented scientists
from the finest medical centers
in the world in a collaborative
effort focused on developing new
drugs based on their
ever-increasing understanding of
how cancer cells function at the
molecular level. The Foundation
has supported and trained more
than 160 scientists by awarding
over $70 million in
strategically focused grants.
87% of every dollar donated goes
directly to our outstanding
researchers.
More than 50 generous
individuals and companies
donated items for the auction
and raffle, including Bill
Blass, Café Luxembourg, Celine,
Gucci, Lusardi's, Paul Labrecque
Salon, Sundance Channel, Vera
Wang and Vincente
Wolf Associates.
The goal of SWCRF is to cure
cancer or make it a manageable
chronic disease
in which patients can carry on
their regular lives. They are
developing effective cancer
treatments with minimal side
effects on the patient.
The Foundation funds
cutting-edge work in one of the
most promising fields in cancer
research how genes determine
the behavior of cancer cells.
The
knowledge gained is used to
develop precisely targeted drugs
to reprogram chaotically growing
cancer cells to make them
function normally.