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In just seven years, the Inspiration Gala has raised over $9 million for cancer research at the BC Cancer Agency. This year’s Gala took place on Thursday, October 27, at the Rocky Mountaineer Station and raised over $1.5 million to support the Personalized Medicine Project, a critical first step for science, for doctors and most importantly, for cancer patients in BC. The Project will begin by focusing on Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and a number of rare pediatric cancers.
Research into personalized medicine through the BC Cancer Agency has the potential to revolutionize cancer care and make a dramatic impact on the lives of cancer patients and their families here in BC. Funds raised at our Gala are leveraged many times over by contributions from other large national and international granting institutions and a variety of other philanthropic sources. The Personalized Medicine Project is an investment in a new way of thinking about cancer care. It is a rare opportunity that cannot be overlooked.
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The 2012 Inspiration Gala’s goal is to raise $2 million to support the Pancreatic Cancer Research Initiative
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Inspiration Gala
created by bccf on June 14, 2011
Thursday, November 1, 2012
What: The BC Cancer Foundation's 2012 Inspiration Gala is an elegant evening for 450 guests that will include a cocktail reception, gourmet dinner and entertainment.
Key components of the exclusive fundraising event will include a live auction, luxury silent auction, silent auction, mystery boxes and a raffle draw.
Where: The Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, Vancouver, BC
Tickets: $500 per person (last year’s event sold out within three weeks!)
Contact information: Danyael Weintraub, BC Cancer Foundation, tel. 604.675.8242 or dweintraub@bccancer.bc.ca.
Benefiting
Funds raised at the BC Cancer Foundation’s 2012 Inspiration Gala will help scientists and clinicians at the BC Cancer Agency better understand and treat pancreatic cancer, thereby offering hope to patients diagnosed with this devastating disease.
The Pancreatic Cancer Research Initiative is an exciting new project focused on improving outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients. This initiative will combine the forces of genome analysis, clinical trials and cutting-edge nanomedicine technology with a cancer outcomes unit and tumour tissue repository to advance pancreatic cancer research and care.
Nearly 600 British Columbians will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year. The effect of this disease is devastating—75 per cent of patients do not survive a full year post-diagnosis. Across Canada pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death.
The BC Cancer Foundation’s 2012 Inspiration Gala is seeking to change these statistics by raising $2 million for the Pancreatic Cancer Research Initiative.
History
Over the past seven years, the Inspiration Gala has raised over $9.1 million for break-through brain, prostate, ovarian, breast, lymphoid, colorectal cancer research, as well as the Personalized Medicine Project at the BC Cancer Agency.
Inspiration Gala 2012 Committee
Honorary Chair - Fei Wong
Co-Chair - Myriam Glotman
Co-Chair - Jane Hungerford
Past Chair - Monika Deol
Committee
Leslie Carter
Ronnie Claire
Karen Ergas
ShelleyFerris
Karen Fleck
Valerie Jerome
Nancy McCrea
Stéphane Mouttet
Lisa Pullan
Annabel St.John
Margaret Sutcliffe
Jas Uppal
Debbie Wiecke