By Laura & Halee Sage | Co-Founders
Dear Lynn Sage Foundation Supporters,
Happy New Year! The beginning of a new year is always a time of reflection, planning, and goal-setting. As The Lynn Sage Foundation works on our goals for 2016, we are reminded to keep our mission at the core of everything we do. In our first report of 2016, we want to share our very simple mission with you. We exist to end breast cancer, and we believe we will get there fastest by funding researchers directly – and we can only do that with your help.
We believe in funding research because it is the most direct route to finding a cure for breast cancer. While progress has been made, breast cancer is still the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in women and the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women. We also believe in making our grants personal by choosing to fund researchers that we know, trust, and have carefully selected with the help of one of the most trusted institutions in the country. Your donations are directly contributing to real research projects that are making big advances in ending this disease.
In 2015 The Lynn Sage Foundation has accomplished some big goals – we raised almost $400,000 for research, partnered with 161 restaurant partners for October’s Chicago’s In Good Taste, sent out 334 Cards for a Cure, worked with 12 unique fitness studios to host classes benefiting our cause, and hired a new team member.
After reflecting on 2015 and careful planning, we have decided to expand The Lynn Sage Scholars Program in 2016 by funding a second scholar. With your help, we will be able to continue funding Dr. Vassilopoulos as well as a new Scholar that is yet to be named. 2016 is an important milestone in The Lynn Sage Scholars Program, as we will reach and exceed $1,000,000 given in grants over the lifetime of the program.
Additionally, we are proud to continue funding our 2015/2016 Lynn Sage Scholar, Dr. Athanassios Vassilopoulos. Dr. Vassilopoulos’ research focuses on the study of the genetic and biochemical connection between sirtuin genes and carcinogenesis as well as tumor cell resistance. Dr. Vassilopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. To read more about Dr. Vassilopoulos’ research, click here.
Thank you for your commitment to breast cancer research and your support. Please remember to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay up to date on our events and ways you can get involved. We cannot do this important work without your help.
Warm regards,
Laura & Halee Sage
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