In Loving Memory
Heather & TEN & Walter & All
This is the 25th Los Angeles Cancer Challenge and this is our 25th as well. We have been at this since day one and our team has funded entire seed grants.
It's been 24 years since Liz's sister and mom were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer -- team namesake Heather was diagnosed five years later -- and the incidence of pancreatic cancer has more than doubled from 29,000 new cases in 1998 to more than 62,000 new cases this year. We have made progress in fighting the disease but survival rates remain dismally poor and the steady growth of the disease has outstripped those gains such that pancreatic deaths are up 72% over the same period. Pancreatic cancer deaths surpassed breast cancer deaths in the US in 2016 and the gap has already widened to 14%.
A dozen team members have lost family members to pancreatic cancer and dozens more of us have lost dear friends, capped by Lisa Knight three years ago and Walter Koch a year later.
Pancreatic cancer is a vicious and unforgiving disease and we need to marshal everything we can to combat it. Only research will change the needle on pancreatic cancer and we parcel the proceeds of this event into seed grants that go directly to pancreatic cancer researchers, sowing their seeds of innovation, so please join us in memory of those we have lost and in honor of those we have yet to meet.
Team Roster
Raised
$60,750
$3,000
$105
$45
$70
$100
$105
$45
$445
$120
$45
$1,600
$150
$45
$45
$105
$45
$900
$70
$45
$175
$45
$40
$145
$545
$100
$45
Team Gifts
$0
Achievements
No Badges Have Been Earned
Team Progress
of Goal
$69,665
Raised
$50,000.00
Team Honor Roll
Bobby R. Burchfield
$25,000
Michael 'Mike' Dreyer
$15,000
Mr. Grant G. Winthrop
$5,000
Jay Lavely
$2,000
Karen Tallman
$2,000
Westminster Capital
$1,000
Richard Weiss
$1,000
Rich Weiss
$1,000
Steffany and Michael Canty
$1,000
Jane Gorman
$500
Dave Atkin
$500
Annie and Robert Mackay
$500
Kenneth & Teresa Shapiro
$500
Greg and Laura Blomstrand
$400
Susan A. Nickle
$400
Nick and Olga Tavernakis
$300
Facebook Fundraiser
$300
Facebook Fundraiser
$285
Robert Barnes
$250
Vicky and Van
$250
Doug Atkin
$250
Brian Ashe
$250
Louis Lynn
$250
Jackie & Greg Callas
Hayden Miller
$250
Lyle Larner
$250
Scott C. Woods
$250
Deb Atkin
$250
Diane Lapa
$250
Facebook Fundraiser
$250
Dave Atkin
$250
Ronald E Altman
$250
Twenty-Twenty Wine Company
$250
Anonymous
Fred, David and Polly Lavine
$200
Inge Mueller
$200
Kathy and Peter Manolopoulos
$200
Mrs. Mary Ann Zalinski
$200
Pauline Freshman
$200
Patricia McCloy-Ross
$200
Vance Orand
$200
Vannie and Dan Karavas
$200
Tina and Steve Callas
$200
Dave Mendenhall in honor of Etta
$200
Vanessa & Terry Thanos
$200
Facebook Fundraiser
$200
Anonymous
Patti and Tony Giapapas
$200
Ms. Catherine L. Des Lauriers
$195
Ms. Elizabeth Ferris
$195
William Price
$175
Mary Fox
Mr. Steve Schatz
$145
Facebook Fundraiser
$130
Ms. Dona McBride
$105
Ms. Nancy Brown
$105
Ms. Meg Kaufman
$105
Mr. Jim Dew
$105
Anonymous
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
C&J Wenger
$100
Vassie Kyritsis
Mr. Tom Moberly
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Amy Ambatielos Pappas
Lauren
$100
Bob & Mimi Cohen in memory of my sweet momma Donna Cohen🦋
$100
Andrea and Peter Ballas
Alfredo & Zen Annino
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Pam and Rosh Ansari
$100
Walter Koch
$100
Skip Collector
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Connie and many others
$100
Geoff Sheldon and Gretchen Carpenter
Doukas
$100
Ms. Kathy McCloy
$100
Doug Atkin
$100
Lourdes Fukushima
$100
Mr. John Raleigh
$100
Gloria and Howard Resin in memory of Donna Cohen
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$90
Facebook Fundraiser
$85
Margaret 'Peg' (Regan) Rainey
$75
Jason Merkel
$70
Ms. Stephanie Harris
$70
Ms. Jessica Centeno
$70
In Memory of the great Heather Stevens
$55
Stella Schiewe
$50
ChrisDevlin
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
$50
Jackie
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
$50
Cathy Day
$50
Top Donors
Bobby R. Burchfield
Michael 'Mike' Dreyer
Mr. Grant G. Winthrop
Karen Tallman
Jay Lavely