H Foundation
The Goombay Bash
 
Goombay Bash
August 11, 2007
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Bigger Venue, Better Bash, Brighter Hope for a Cure!


  
H Foundation Board Members
 


Honorary Board
Joe Birkett
DuPage County State’s Attorney
 
Steve Cochran
WGN Radio 720AM
 
Dr. Steve Rosen
Director, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive
Cancer Center of Northwestern

Dutchie Caray
Harry Caray's Restaurant

Board Members
Missy Burnett
Hortons Home Lighting
 
Dan Chopp
Chopp Commercial Properties, LLC
 
Tom Cunningham
DeSitter Flooring
 
Steve DeSitter
DeSitter Flooring
 
James Drury
Ride Again Auctions
 
Terry Faloon
Faloon & Kenney, Ltd.
 
Neil Graves
Tri-State Sales & Service
 
Tim Hayes
Hayes & Associates
 
Steve Jasinski
Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest
 
Neil Johnson
Practice Development Partners, LLC
 
Michael LaPidus
Roly Poly Sandwiches
 
Honor Lorenzini
Urban Sole
 
Trey Morris
D & B Marketing
 
Julie Olsowka
Hortons Home Lighting
 
Steve Palmer
Palmer Place Restaurant
 
Rob Pierson
Chicago Trolley
 
David Rizner
Hortons Home Lighting
 
John Rot
Hortons Home Lighting
 
Dean Rouso
Dean Rouso Home Team
 
Caryn Sovereign
Hortons Home Lighting
 
Danny Tischler
Tischler Finer Foods
 
Charlene Vickery
 
John Whalen
Park National Bank

 
   
 Learn more about the Basic Sciences Programs of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University 
   
  
 
Members of the
H Foundation recently attended the
Northwestern University Gala.
 
The H Foundation & Northwestern University
 


NEW! - DONATE ONLINE

The H Foundation, LaGrange, IL, recently presented a $370,000 check to support cancer research being conducted by investigators at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University to Steven Rosen, MD, FACP, Director of the Cancer Center.

The H Foundation and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University will work together, and 100% of the funds raised by the H Foundation will be targeted for the center. These funds will be earmarked for basic research to fight against all forms of cancer.

The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University includes nearly 300 physicians and basic scientists who conduct cancer-related research at the University and at the affiliated teaching hospitals of Northwestern University Medical School. The Cancer Center is one of only 35 institutions in the United States to have earned the coveted "comprehensive" designation from the National Cancer Institute.

 
What is the H Foundation?
 Several years ago, a number of friends from the La Grange (western Chicago suburbs) area were commenting about how many of us were being touched by some form of cancer. Whether it be family, friends or co-workers - all of us have been impacted.

A conversation ensued and thus the formation of a foundation, a charitable organization who's mission is to raise money for cancer research in the Chicago area.

Our primary goal is to raise money through a "grass-roots" effort with the notion that most fund-raising events are directed at wealthy individuals and large corporations.

Secondly, we wanted to keep the money local and support some incredible efforts by researchers at Northwestern University, Loyola and The University of Chicago. Following the inaugural Goombay event in August of 2001, the all-volunteer committee distributed $60,000 to the three research institutions.

Lastly, we wanted to earmark the proceeds for basic research. Why? Some of the most incredible findings originate from a crazy idea. But, most of the large donations do not fund these ideas until they get farther along in the process. Hopefully, these funds will help provide a more robust basic research foundation from which great cancer programs can be built.		 
 


 

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