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Leaving a Legacy
November 6, 2009
| Eight years ago, Joan Scarangello McNeive, a non-smoker, died after a valiant nine-month battle with lung cancer, the same disease her mother died of 20 years prior. Her sisters—CBRE's Mary Ann Tighe and Great Ink Communications’ Roxanne Donovan—say it's still stigmatized as a smokers’ disease, and they were dismayed to learn there’d been virtually no advancement in lung cancer research. |
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| They started the Joan’s Legacy: Uniting Against Lung Cancer foundation, and in only a few years, the first US non-profit to cultivate this research has become the go-to venture capital source, awarding over $6M in 61 direct research grants—and those were followed up by 500% more funding. On Nov. 18th, it'll hold its eighth annual Strolling Supper with Blues & News, a gala to benefit lung cancer research and commemorate Lung Cancer Awareness Month in NYC. Lung cancer is the #1 killer of men and women, and this year, it will kill more women than breast, uterine, and ovarian cancers combined. |
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| Hosted by honorary chairmen Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams(Joan, above, was a head writer for “NBC Nightly News”), Delbert McClinton will perform and a silent auction including one year of rent-free living at 95 Wall Street, donated by The Moinian Group; immortalization as a character in the next Michael Connolly best-seller; a visit to a rarely open “Meet The Press” taping; having the NFL’s Levon Kirkland coach your child at the Jets Training Center; and more. You can also sponsor and name a grant for $50k or more. Tickets and sponsorships start at $300; register here. |
