A Note from Anne and Ann:
| |  With the holiday season upon us, we enter a time where there is joy in celebration, and we'd like to pause to remember the people who have touched our lives. It is difficult to adequately express our appreciation to all of our volunteers, donors, event hosts, memorial donors, and our board of directors for all of their generosity. All of you are crucial to the success of Ann's Hope, and we send you our heartfelt gratitude and thanks.
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Hosting an Ann's Hope Event
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Bridget and Bob Grasch held a wine tasting event in honor of Bridget who is a melanoma survivor, Taste 4 Melanoma that raised $5,000.
Terri Makos and her family held a community educational event, Melanoma Awareness Night in memory of her husband/father Bob Makos at a high school basketball game that raised $4,700.
The John Gehl family held a gala evening in memory of their wife/mother, Faye Gehl that raised $240,000.
We will support you and do whatever we can to help you have a successful event! Contact us at info@annshope.org or 262-305-1370 for more information.
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As 2010 draws to a close, we are once again humbled, grateful and overwhelmed by the generosity of those who contribute to Ann's Hope Foundation. Ann's Hope Foundation is truly a unique organization. It began 5 years ago as way for Anne Frentzel and Ann Harrington to honor Anne's father, Richard Cibula, and Ann's brother, Craig Harasha, who both lost their lives to melanoma. It has grown into a family of people who have had their lives changed because of melanoma. In the five years since the inception of Ann's Hope Foundation, the organization has become a support system; a place to grieve, a place to honor, a place to remember the lives of loved ones who lost their battle to melanoma. But, it has also become a place of hope...a place of opportunity, a place to cheer on those who are beating this disease or working each day to find a cure, and a place to work together to find a CURE for melanoma.
This organization started with a small desire, to increase awareness, raise funds for research and to educate people on the dangers of melanoma. This desire has inspired others who have the same goal to work together to make change! Because of each and every one of you, we can proudly report that we have given away $700,000 in research and education grants. Together, we are making a difference...with hope comes funds, with funds come research, and with research comes a CURE. Each dollar we raise brings hope to those with melanoma. Please help us reach our goal of giving away $1,000,000 in research grants by the end of 2011!
Thank you for all you have given to Ann's Hope Foundation, your time, your resources, your donations! We wish you and yours a blessed holiday season, health, hope and happiness in the coming year.
Co-Founders Ann Harrington & Anne Frentzel and the entire Ann's Hope Foundation Board of Directors
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in honor or memory of a loved one,
click "Donate Now" | Donate Now
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7th Annual Ann's Hope Run
| | Sunday, May 15, 2011
Milwaukee County Zoo
Sign up today and begin fundraising for the 7th Annual Block Melanoma 5k Run and 3k Walk, May 15th at the Milwaukee County Zoo.
Register online now at http://blockmelanoma.kintera.org
This year's event is being held in memory of Sam Recht and Cathy Stephan Gravelle.
For more information on this event, please visit the Ann's Hope web site at www.annshope.org
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2010 Ann's Hope Foundation Grants
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| Grants Awarded for Melanoma Research
Ann's Hope is excited to announce that they have awarded $270,000 in grants in 2010 for melanoma research. These grants include the following: - $70,000 St. Luke's Medical Center, YTIL Clinical Trial Study - Dr. Treisman
- $125,000 University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clinical Trial Study - Dr. Mark Albertini
- $75,000 Medical College of Wisconsin, Immunotherapy Clinical Trial Study - Dr. Samuel Hwang
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