Events Large & Small Helping #2PreventCancer!
Living in Washington, DC, one of the most expensive cities for young professionals in the United States, makes it difficult to set aside money for…
Combining Friends, Family & Poker to Fund Cancer Research
It’s Wednesday night in New York. What do you do? If you’re Michele and Drew Figdor, you combine your love of entertaining and poker with…
Jan's 5K Challenge: Pizza and Stress
In my last post I mentioned I was off to Las Vegas for the Bad Beat on Cancer initiative at the World Series of Poker. …
Jan’s 5K Challenge: It Took the Dog
A friend commented that my blog posts about “my challenge” for the Prevent Cancer Foundation 5K seem to be focused on others – and not…
World Series of Good” To Benefit Prevent Cancer Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 12, 2010 CONTACT: Tracey Young (703) 837-3687 tracey.young@preventcancer.org ALEXANDRIA, VA — Professional poker player Andy Bloch and entrepreneur Michael Karnjanaprakorn have…
The Prevent Cancer Foundation Raises 1.3 Million Dollars at Its Annual Spring Gala
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Jim Wood March 16, 2010 (703) – 837 – 3692 jwood@preventcancer.org Funds Raised Support Innovative Cancer Prevention Research and Community…
Top-Rated Poker Players Join Forces to Take the 1% Pledge for the Prevent Cancer Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 13, 2009 MEDIA CONTACT: Scott Truesdale 703-837-3692 scott.truesdale@preventcancer.org Professional Poker Players Lee Childs and Eric “Rizen” Lynch Go “All-In” and Pledge…
Prevent Cancer Foundation to Receive 1% of Big Poker Win
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 11, 2008 CONTACT: Sarah Leon 703-837-3688 Sarah.Leon@preventcancer.org Third place finisher at World Series of Poker, Dennis Phillips, will donate $45,000 to…
The Weekly: Experimental blood test, RBG and more
Feature story Experimental Blood Test Detects Cancer up to Four Years before Symptoms Appear TUESDAY, July 21 (Scientific American)—For years scientists have sought to create…
Sharon Y. Eubanks honored for her leadership in tobacco control
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Hayley Cooke 703-837-3692 Hayley.Cooke@preventcancer.org Alexandria, Va. – The Prevent Cancer Foundation® honored Sharon Y. Eubanks, Of Counsel at The Henderson…