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Volume 2 Number 3
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August 2009
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 RIS Update!
Welcome to our August RIS Newsletter. In this issue you will find information about our Fall Garage sales, our October RIS Gathering. new RIS Tribute and Named Funds, new sarcoma research grants. We are also pleased to present "Pulse, My Sarcoma Journey", as our gift to all RIS Update! readers.
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 RIS GARAGE SALES in RICHFIELD & SHOREVIEW
RIS Garage Sales are expanding to two communities this Fall! Our newest site is in Richfield and will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 11th and 12th.
Our original Garage Sale, now in its 4th year, will be held in Shoreview on Friday and Saturday, September 24th and 25th. Help our RIS by donating your great items to either location and be sure to shop at the loctaion most conveint for you. To learn more, about our Fall Garage Sales, click here.
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 RIS TRIBUTE and MEMORIAL FUNDS ESTABLISHED
In May the RIS Board established RIS Named Tribute and Memorial Funds as a way for significant donors to pay tribute to sarcoma patients, survivors or one who may have been lost to sarcoma. The response has been overwhelming. To date seven funds have been establishing bringing over $70,000 in new gifts to Rein in Sarcoma.
The first Fund was established in May to honor the life of Beverly Osterman and the latest Fund is the Race for Grace Fund established on August 1st honors 14 year old sarcoma patient Grace Nelson (pictured left). To learn more these funds, or learn how you can establish a RIS Named Fund, click here.
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RIS Gatherings are free to sarcoma patients, survivors and
their immediate families as well as for persons who have lost a family
member to sarcoma.
Join us for the 6th RIS in Sarcoma "Gathering" on Sunday afternoon,
October 25 in the beauty of the the Clifton E. French Region al Park
located off of County Road 9 in Plymouth. This Fall "Gathering" for RIS
and will be a wonderful opportunity to meet and learn from others who
are facing sarcomas. It was also a rare opportunity to both gain and
provide support to others.
The Rein in Sarcoma Gathering VI will start at 2:00 pm with live
entertainment. This will be a time to meet others, enjoy the beautiful
scenery sample a fall respite of apple and fall treats including apple
pie. If you bring children, they will also enjoy an amazing playground
located just outside the visitor center. To learn more about this event or to register, click here.
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"It took a village to get me through cancer. My village rose up from
all quarters, embroidered itself together into these crazy beautiful
patterns, and mysteriously provided exactly the grace I needed at just
the right moments. Some threads were slender, or appeared only briefly;
others were richly interwoven at every step. All were appreciated deeply. I write, first, to thank you for being.
I write also to highlight the Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma
Foundation, grown from tragedy transformed, as so often happens into
beauty."
So writes Christin Jaye Eaton Garcia, a poet, mother, wife, lawyer, and sarcoma survivor. In her memoir "Pulse, My Cancer Journey,", Christin presents this memoir as a rare gift to all sarcoma patients and survivors. Part reflections, part poetry, part memoir and part a faith journey, click here to read and learn more.
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In addition to $128,000 in sarcoma grants awarded in February, the KWRISF Board has voted to again participate in the Third Annaul All University Sarcoma Translational Award. This Total award of $50,000 is a collaborative award of RIS,Children's Cancer Research Fund and the Roby Thompson Endowment in Musculoskeletal Oncology. Full information about this new award will be on our website shortly. To read about other Sarcoma research funding done by the Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Fund, click here.
The Board is also pleased to announce that
Daniel A. Mulrooney, M.D.,
M.S., Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Blood and Marrow Transplantation at the University of Minnesota has joined the Board
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The Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Foundation is the primary sarcoma cancer foundation
in the upper Midwest. Our goals are to find a cure for sarcoma cancers through
funding research, education for medical personal and the public and patient
support. As an all volunteer non-profit organization over 98% of all revenue directly support our mission.
Sincerely,
Peter Wyckoff, President
Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Foundation |
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