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Organization Number: 20-2872778 Organization Name: Voices Against Brain Cancer Address: 2 Rector Street, 16th Fl Address: City: New York State / Province: NY Zip / Post Code: 10006 Country: United States Phone: 1-212-897-7305 Ext: Fax: 1-1 Organization Email: info@voicesagainstbraincancer.org Website Address: http://www.voicesagainstbraincancer.org Detailed Description: At this time, brain tumor research is under funded and the public remains unaware of the magnitude of this disease. The cure rate for most brain tumors is significantly lower than it is for many other types of cancers. Our Foundation is driven by these facts and committed to finding a cure. It is the goal of our Foundation and its supporters to fund the research that will directly impact those affected with brain tumors. Voices Against Brain Cancer was started in loving memory of Gary Lichtenstein who lost his valiant battle with brain cancer on October 1, 2003. Gary was living in Chicago and working as an options trader at Wolverine Trading when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor in March of 2003. He was 24 years old at the time. After three months of radiation, Gary slipped into a coma from which he did not recover. Soon after his passing, Gary’s family started the Gary Lichtenstein Chaim Foundation to raise money and awareness for the fight against this illness. In 2005, the family decided to broaden the scope of the Foundation and hired a professional fundraising firm named Powered by Professionals. The result of this collaboration was the creation of Voices Against Brain Cancer. This partnership yielded a stronger mission, vision, marketing materials as well as the creation of the fundraiser named Sounding Off For A Cure. We feel that this new identity and broadening of the scope speaks not only to Gary’s strong voice throughout his life, but to the other voices across the world struggling with brain cancer. Although we could not save Gary from cancer, perhaps his Foundation can save the lives of some of the thousands that will be diagnosed this year as well as save their families the extreme pain and sadness that we have endured since first learning of Gary’s diagnosis. It is our hope that the work of this Foundation can continue the legacy of courage, persistence, and determination begun by its namesake. | |
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