Joan’s Legacy: Uniting Against Lung Cancer
“Strolling Supper”
Announces $1.35 Million Raised for Lung
Cancer Research
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Benefit For Lung Cancer Research Celebrates
11th Straight Success
With NBC’s Brian Williams as Host and Delbert
McClinton
Rocking the House
(New York, NY – November 18, 2013)
–Joan’s Legacy: Uniting Against Lung Cancer (UALC)
startedits second decade of funding innovative lung cancer
research by raisingover $1.35 million at its annual
“Strolling Supper with Blues & News” on Wednesday, November
13th. More than 700 guests gathered at Gotham Hall in
Manhattan to celebrate the gala’s 11th year and
support the efforts of the partners and doctors who have
tirelesslyraised awareness and pursued a cure for the
nation’s deadliest cancer.
The Strolling Supper is the largest event marking Lung
Cancer Awareness month in New York, highlighting the need
for research, funding, and awareness to combat the nation’s
number one cancer killer. Lung cancer is severely
underfunded, lagging behind all other cancers. Over the past
ten years, the Strolling Supper has helped Uniting Against
Lung Cancer fund more than $10 million in research grants at
49 different institutions across the United States –nearly
$1.5 million in 2012 alone.
“We’re delighted to see support for Joan’s Legacy grow, and
to see the audience for our Strolling Supper enjoy the best
party in town while contributing to UALC’s scientific
research program,” said Mary Ann Tighe, CEO of CBRE’s
Tri-State Region and the president of theUALC board. “We’re
dedicated to shining a spotlight on the desperate need for
lung cancer research and raising funds to support it. We are
grateful for the support of our friends and partners across
the country.”
Throughout the evening, guests enjoyed a silent auction
packed with luxury items and once-in-a-lifetime experiences,
a rousing performance by Grammy award winning blues artist
Delbert McClinton, and savory food and cocktails.
NBC’s Brian Williams, a long-time supporter of the Joan’s
Legacy: Strolling Supper remembered his late friend and
colleague, Joan Scarangello, a talented news writer in whose
memory the foundation was established. Joan, a never smoker,
lost her battle with lung cancer at the age of 47 in 2001.
Williams conducted a spirited live auction and urged the
crowd to donate to Research by the Hour.
WABC-TV News Anchor Bill Ritter returned this year as the
gala’s emcee.He honored his mother, whom he lost to lung
cancer. Ritter presentedthe foundation’s annual Caine
Halter Hope Now Award, recognizing the efforts of
research labs developing novel treatment options for lung
cancer patients and survivors.
This year’s recipient, Dr. John D. Minna, is the Director of
the Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research at the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas,
and is considered to be one of the founders of modern lung
cancer research. Dr. Minna’s research focuses on
understanding the molecular pathogenesis of lung cancer and
developing personalized medicine for lung cancer patients.
“We would like to thank all of those who made the success of
this year’s Strolling Supper a reality,” said Linda Wenger,
executive director of Uniting Against Lung Cancer.“With the
help of our partners and medical advisors, the foundationhas
made significant strides since our inception, and we look
forward to achieving even greater milestones in the years to
come.”
Uniting Against Lung Cancer, a 501 (c)(3) organization
headquartered in New York was founded in 2001 in memory of
Joan Scarangello, a never-smoker who lost her battle with
lung cancer at age 47. Uniting Against Lung Cancer is
dedicated to finding a cure for lung cancer by providing
funding for innovative research, and raising awareness of
the nation’s deadliest cancer. For more information, please
visit
www.UnitingAgainstLungCancer.org.
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