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Cancer Support Community Los Angeles, The
Benjamin Center (CSC) hosted
its annual Gilda Award Gala, Friday, May 12, 2017 at the InterContinental
Los Angeles.
The evening of achievement and celebration honored Ruth and
the late Martin Weil with the Wellness
Award and Dr.
Deane Wolcott with the Harold
H. Benjamin Innovation Award. Comedian, actor and
activist Sandra Valls emceed the Gala, named after the late,
legendary comedian Gilda Radner.
Judy Caruthers chaired the evening. CSC’s mission is to
ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by
knowledge, strengthened by action and sustained by
community. In 2009, The Wellness Community and Gilda’s Club
joined forces to become the Cancer Support Community.
The combined organization provides the highest quality
social and emotional support for people impacted by cancer
through a network of 45 licensed affiliates, more than 120
satellite locations and vibrant online and telephone
communities, touching more than one million people each
year.
Cancer Support Community Benjamin Center was founded in 1982
in Santa Monica, California by Dr. Harold and Harriet
Benjamin. Cancer
Support Community Benjamin Center offers 100% free
invaluable emotional and psychological support and healthy
life-style services, including education and social
activities. For
more information, visit www.cancersupportcommunitybenjamincenter.org
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