The Society's Third Spring Ball

The Third Annual Spring Ball of The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was held this past May in New York, at the Pierre Hotel. This year’s co-chairmen were Tory Burch, Shelley Carr, Dee Dee Ricks, and Jamie Tisch, and David Yurman sponsored. Mary J Blige, the Grammy Award Winner, performed beautifully for the guests, who later loosened up with DJ Cassidy.

The ball honored Charles L. Sawyers, M.D., winner or the Laskar Award and chairman of MSKCC’s Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, an organization working tirelessly to discover new cures for cancer. In fact, HOPP’s scientists have created two new drugs which are showing promising results- one for the treatment of prostate cancer, and one for melanoma.

The ball collected more than 1.4 million dollars, 260,000 of which will be supporting Dr. Sawyers and his research.

Night of Fashion in Support of Breast Cancer Research

On Saturday night, September 26th 2010, Hollywood launched its 6th annual Pink Party as a fundraiser for women’s cancer research. The stars dressed all in pink to support women and families who have been impacted by breast cancer.

This is not the only event in which celebrities have openly shown their support. Many celebrities, such as Nicole Kidman, Minnie Driver and Barbara Windsor have publicly supported breast cancer research.

Recently, representatives from the Italian fashion line Gucci met with the Women’s Cancer Research Fund, co-founded by Kelly Chapman Meyer, Marion Laurie, Anne Douglas, Quinn Ezralow and Jamie Tisch, to discuss potential causes of breast cancer and to show their support.

Supporting the WCRF by Supporting philosophy

Certainly, most of us would like to support worthy causes, but we don’t always know how to do so. One great way to support the Women’s Cancer Research Fund, co-founded by Kelly Chapman Meyer, Marion Laurie, Anne Douglas, Quinn Ezralow and Jamie Tisch, is to support their major donors.

One of their major donors is a skin and beauty company called philosophy. Their product lines include results-driven skin care, clean fragrances, bath and body lines and makeup. All of their products use cutting-edge internal research and development, manufacturing and distribution to provide customers with the best products available today. philosophy uses children’s pictures and only lowercase writing on purpose as a way to accentuate the simple pleasures in life.

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Honored at "An Unforgettable Evening"

The Entertainment Industry Foundation and the Women’s Cancer Research Fund work tirelessly to raise funds for cancer research and to raise awareness. The Women’s Cancer Research Fund, which is a program of EIF, was founded by Kelly Chapman Meyer, Anne Douglas, Quinn Ezralow, Marion Laurie and Jamie Tisch.

At their recent annual “An Unforgettable Evening” GRAMMY winners Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were presented with the 2010 Courage Award.

Faith Hill is a longtime supporter of EIF’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund while Tim McGraw serves as the Honorary Chairman of the Tug McGraw Foundation. This foundation was created in honor of Tim’s father, Major League Baseball pitcher Tug McGraw. After being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, Tug McGraw dedicated his life to enhance the lives of others with brain tumors.

About Susan G. Komen for the Cure

EIF’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund, started by Kelly Meyer, Anne Douglas, Quinn Ezralow, Marion Laurie and Jamie Tisch, collaborates at times with other cancer-fighting organizations. One such organization is the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Nancy G. Brinker promised her sister, who was dying of cancer, that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer. In 1982, she turned that promise into the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization.

Today, this is the world’s largest breast cancer organization and the largest source of nonprofit funds that are dedicated to fighting breast cancer. The president and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Hala Moddelmog said, “Susan G. Komen for the Cure collaborates with groups like the Entertainment Industry Foundation to support the EIF/WCRF Biomarker Discovery Project. We’ve invested hundreds of millions of dollars to find a cure. And we won’t stop until we find it. This is another important step.”

Spring Ball Co-Chair Jamie Tisch Helping Fight Cancer

The 3^rd Annual Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was held at The Pierre Hotel on May 18, 2010. Co-chairs of this night to remember included Shelley Carr, Tory Burch, Jamie Tisch, and Dee Dee Ricks. The sponsor this year was David Yurman and the honoree was Dr. Charles L. Sawyers, chair of MSKCC’s Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program.

The Spring Ball raised money for a groundbreaking initiative focusing on human genomes.

Felicity Huffman Joining EIF

In recent news for the Women’s Cancer Research Fund, started by Jamie Tisch, Marion Laurie, Anne Douglas, Kelly Meyer, and Quinn Ezralow, actress Felicity Huffman has joined philosophy and the Entertainment Industry Foundation. She will be staring in a public service announcement that encourages people to visit www.showerforthecure.com and more. The public service announcement will also encourage women to add a line to philosophy’s “unforgettable” poem which is featured on the brand’s charity Shower for the Cure bath gel and to donate to the EIF’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund.

This Shower for the Cure product, created by philosophy, is a 3-in-1 shampoo, shower gel and bubble bath in 2002. 100% of their net proceeds are donated to the EIF’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund.

"A" List Participation at The Unforgettable Evening for the WCRF

See the star-studded list of people who attended the Unforgettable Evening in January 2010. This was a fundraising event benefiting the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund, started by Jamie Tisch, Marion Laurie, Anne Douglas, Kelly Meyer, and Quinn Ezralow. Listen to Tom Hanks discuss biomarkers and learn more about the important of cancer research.