Dear Friends:
First and foremost, I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well. At Lazarex we have learned so much both as a team and as individuals, sheltering in place through this pandemic experience. As you will see in the content of this newsletter, we have continued to provide assistance to our patients without interruption. This year, through April 30, 2020, we have assisted 667 patients with trial navigation and financial reimbursements. We have accepted 175 new patients!
Covid-19 is definitely changing the landscape of clinical trials. Some patients are now able to stay home and get treated locally while others have had to do 14 days of quarantine near their trial location before they can receive a treatment. As a result, some have opted to stay near the trial sites to avoid additional travel and repetitive quarantine experiences. Many new trials are on hold and new patient enrollment in trials has been paused for the time being. Lazarex has been tapped several times for interviews about this and you can watch or read them from our
News & Events
page.
We are helping to promote the
1 Habit Global Online Summit
. It is for anyone who has been touched by cancer and offers over 35 sessions of inspiration, motivation and practices from well known speakers and cancer thrivers to help support folks through their cancer journey. Registration is free. Check it out! And
Save the Date
for our 3rd annual but 1st virtual
Disrupting the System
conference on June 10th. More info is coming soon.
Our Lazarex 5.44K on April 25th was converted to a virtual only event and raised $33K! It was great! See the recap below.
If you have United Airlines miles to spare - now is the time to share! See below to learn how you can donate miles that will be matched! This is time limited so act now.
Lastly, I cannot stress enough how much we appreciate you and your support. You make
it possible to help the patients we serve. You are giving the gifts of hope and time. God Bless you. We love you. Stay safe and well.
With Deepest Gratitude,
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Karen Ambrogi, Communications Manager
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A Gift for You and Anyone Touched by Cancer
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May 25 – June 3, 2020
: We all know stress is not good for you and having cancer is stressful.
1 Habit to Beat Cancer
Free
Online Summit
offers Interviews, Inspirational Stories, and Healing Strategies for Feeling Better and Overcoming Stress on your Cancer Journey. This program is tailored for anyone who has been touched by cancer or works with people who have, but all who are interested may attend.
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A Message of Gratitude and Thanks
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A message of gratitude and thanks from Dana Dornsife, founder and CEO of Lazarex Cancer Foundation, for over 14 years of support by individuals, corporations, grantors, fundraisers and volunteers. This support has allowed us to assist over 5,500 patients with participation in cancer clinical trials.
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Recently we learned that Jackie H, one of the patients we’ve been assisting, passed away. I will say she gave it her all and got many years to be with her family and grand kids. Heaven gains a feisty and beautiful soul. We were lucky to have her here while we did.
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Lazarex Virtual 5.44K Recap
Thank you and deep gratitude to all who participated in the the 3rd annual Lazarex 5.44K held on April 25, 2020.
Due to the prevailing circumstances with Covid-19, this 5.44K was held as a virtual event only - a quick pivot we had to make once shelter in place was enacted in March. Even so, the event raised $33K including registrations & donations! Special thanks to the team captains who really stepped up and helped make this a successful event. A special shout out goes to Team Baker, Team Francisco, and Team Genvivo - our top 3 fundraisers.
Please check out the photos we received from our hearty participants from 13 states (including Alaska!) who got out there wearing masks and doing their thing to help support our patients.
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It is with heartfelt appreciation that we acknowledge our 5.44K sponsors:
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Updates while we
Shelter in Place
The Lazarex staff is in it's 9th week of sheltering in place. We feel very fortunate to say that despite Covid-19 we have been able to provide uninterrupted assistance through our programs.
We continue to send reimbursements to our cancer patients in clinical trials, help identify clinical trials options, and process new patient applications while still raising funds to continue to do what we do. We've had to adjust quickly so you will see that our fundraisers for 2020 are now virtual.
With your help, from January 1 - April 30, 2020 we've financially assisted a total of 633 patients and provided clinical trial navigation for 34. We currently have 535 active patients.
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Donate your United Miles through May 31st!
Each mile you donate can generate
3 additional miles!
Your United Mileage Plus miles can help fly patients to their cancer clinical trial treatments. For each mile you donate, we have a donor
and
United Airlines who will match your miles - and turn 1 mile into 4!!! BUT we only have 18 days until the end of the month. AND United will match until they run out of the matching miles allotted for this giving period.
So if you've got miles to spare, share them now! Thank you.
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Get Involved - "Tips for Change Take Out" event
Monday, June 8, 2020
4:30 - 7:30 pm
If you live in the CA East Bay Area you can share a little love with Lazarex by ordering dinner for pick up or delivery from our friends at
Gianni's Italian Bistro
in San Ramon.
It's a win win! You get delicious food, help support a beloved local restaurant, while proceeds benefit Lazarex Cancer Foundation and the patients we serve.
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Virtual Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Could Change Study of Other Diseases
Lazarex has been in the news a lot lately. There are several articles featuring LCF Founder & CEO Dana Dornsife and LCF patients talking about the impact of Covid-19 on cancer clinical trials how they might change in the patient's favor.
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About Lazarex Cancer Foundation
We improve the outcome of cancer care, giving hope, dignity and life to advanced stage cancer patients and the medically underserved by providing assistance with costs for FDA clinical trial participation, navigation through clinical trial options, community outreach and engagement. To learn more, please contact us at 925.820.4517, toll-free at 877.866.9523, or visit us at
www.lazarex.org
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