In Loving Memory
Heather & TEN & Walter & All
This is the 26th Los Angeles Cancer Challenge and this is our 26th as well. We have been at this since day one and our team has funded entire seed grants.
It's been 25 years since Liz's sister and mom were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and 20 years since team namesake Heather was diagnosed. The incidence of pancreatic cancer has more than doubled in that time, from 29,000 new cases in 1998 to more than 64,000 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 76% over the same period. Pancreatic cancer deaths surpassed breast cancer deaths in the US in 2016 and the gap has already widened to 20%. It's on the verge of overtaking colon cancer!
A dozen team members have lost family members to pancreatic cancer and dozens more of us have lost dear friends, capped by Lisa Knight four 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. Research is the only thing that 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 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
$66,100
$45
$105
$95
$45
$45
$350
$351
$45
$45
$1,220
$105
$45
$145
$45
$105
$995
$45
$45
$175
$71
$45
$145
$45
Team Gifts
$0
Achievements
No Badges Have Been Earned
Team Progress
of Goal
$71,207
Raised
$75,000.00
Team Honor Roll
Bobby R. Burchfield
$25,000
Michael Dreyer
$10,000
Jay Lavely
$5,000
Anonymous
$5,000
Grant Winthrop
$5,000
Steffany and Michael Canty MG
$2,000
Steffany and Michael Canty
$1,000
Weiss Family
Weiss Family
Facebook Fundraiser - October
$785
Harry Schneider, in honor of Missoula Mayor John Engen
$750
Susan A. Nickle
$600
Koch family
$500
Doug Atkin
$500
Jon Rager
$500
Corri and Brad Scott
$500
Robert and Annie Mackay
$500
Marc Cohen
Doug Atkin
$500
Stubbs Family in Memory of Dixie Necochea
$300
In Memory of Mark Kuller
Robert E Gentino
$250
In Memory of Heather Stevens
$250
Mr. John Raleigh
$250
Geoff and Gretchen Sheldon
$250
Ms. Elizabeth Ferris
$250
Dave M Atkin
$250
Scott Woods
$250
Brian Ashe
$250
Louis Lynn
$250
Robert W Barnes
$250
In Memory of Etta Mendelhall
$200
Skip Collector
$200
Connie
$200
Anonymous
$200
Greg & Laura Blomstrand
$200
Ms. Donna Sanford
$200
Mrs. Mary Ann Zalinski
$200
Dr. William Price
$175
Bob Doukas
$150
Mr. Steve Schatz
$145
Mrs. Rosalinda Larner
$145
Ms. Sandra Brackert
$105
Dr. Abby Kavner
$105
Mr. Tom McBride
$105
MA
$100
In Memory of Juanita Cadorna
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
Sarah Koch
$100
Mimi Cohen
$100
ROBERT MILLER
$100
In Memory of Lisa Knight
$100
Doug Kasunich
$100
Anonymous
Sue Wilkinson
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
Deb Atkin
$100
Pamela Itkin-Ansari
$100
Nancy Brown
$100
Ms. Katherine Koch
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
Judith Haskins
Lauren Katunich
$100
Anita and Michael Kline
$100
Anonymous
Jim Dew
Maysie Hoy
Inge Mueller
$100
Juanita Cadorna
$100
In memory of Juanita Cadorna
$100
Rory Hunter
$100
Meg Kaufman
Patricia McCloy-Ross
$100
Gloria Otten
Ms. Jessica Centeno
$95
Wetlands Running Friends
$80
Peg Regan Rainey
$71
Ms. Stephanie Harris
$71
Moira Kelly
Pam Itkin-Ansari
$60
Scott Barton
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
Charlotte Lipsky
$50
Shig Alert
$50
john hunter
$50
Karen Clakeley
$50
Karen Shahan
$50
Jim Humphrey
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
jane allison
$50
Mr. Christopher Bradley
$50
Gretchen Barth
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
Anonymous
$50
KL
$50
Jamie and Jonah Schnel
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
Facebook Fundraiser
Dona Mcbride
$45
Lizzie Heuer
$45
Top Donors
Bobby R. Burchfield
Michael Dreyer
Jay Lavely
Grant Winthrop
Anonymous