"A NIGHT IN HAVANA"
THE JDCF'S 8th ANNUAL GALA
On Sunday, October 24, 2010, the Jennifer Diamond Cancer Foundation held our 8th annual Gala Dinner at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The evening’s theme was “A Night In Havana,” and was hosted by Lucy & Ricky, as impersonated by the wonderfu
The funds raised on that lovely evening will be allocated to funding cancer support groups and programs, as well as the building of cancer information libraries throughout the United States.
These learning and healing centers are equipped with hundreds of the latest books and videos on cancer; and computers are available for research with trained librarians there to help. We now have seven volunteer-staffed libraries operating in California with more to come. These libraries are currently located within hospitals and cancer support centers throughout California.
The purpose of the evening (Gala Dinner) was to honor Dr. Raul Mena with the Triumph Award. Dr. Mena is Medical Director of the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. Here he plays a key role in expanding clinical research and monitoring clinical trials to ensure that the latest treatments are available to the community.
As one of the Pedro Pan Children of Cuba, his life is an inspiration. Dr. Mena has overcome so many difficult obstacles, creating a new life without his family, struggling with a new language and tremendous change, and making the best of all that is available to those who work hard, with tremendous drive and focus.
Because of his great compassion and strong commitment to the community, the Foundation was proud and honored to present him with this much-deserved award this evening in public recognition of his life and career.
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OUR NEW HEADQUARTERS
In 2009, we had been given a very large and beautiful 15,000 square foot facility to use for our headquarters. It is a tremendously generous gift from Mr. Sudesh Arora, President of Natel Engineering, and a long time supporter of the foundation.
Presently, we are developing our headquarters into a cancer education and support center. This space has become the Jennifer Diamond Cancer Support Center.
Our new headquarters is home to various programs for people with cancer and their family members. Some of these wonderful programs include support groups, water color art, yoga, quilting,relaxation and guided imagery,line dancing,massage thearapy,qigong,lectures and much more.
These programs not only give these people important information, they also get these people out of their house to mingle and socialize with other cancer survivors in a loving environment. It gives them strength and most important, HOPE!
Working on learning a new skill gives them something positive to focus on while going through their treatments. They’ve told us that their groups are more about the relationships that form, then the quilts that they make. And they thank us for bringing them all together.
This new facility also houses a full video production and broadcast studio that we have been using to create the “Cancer Health Show.” We are committed to making each episode of this inspiring program to be informative, entertaining, and most importantly, tremendously uplifting. We will be making all of these programs available not only on our website, but also through Apple’s iTunes to potentially millions of users.
When we moved in to our new headquarters, it was our dream to turn part of this space into a broadcast studio. To provide this tremendously important information to as many people as possible as efficiently and as cost-effectively as possible. And we believe we’ve come up with a great way.
Now the dream has started to become a reality. There is nothing like it of it’s kind. And we are tremendously proud of what we’ve accomplished. But our studio is only half-finished and we need your help to make this a full reality.
This information is so important to so many people. It gives them hope. And it makes their lives better.
We welcome all of you to visit our new facility to see where your money is going.
The Jennifer Diamond Cancer Foundation wants
to thank you for taking the time to be here with us tonight and support our efforts to continue to Empower the Mind and Encourage the Spirit.
OUR 7th CANCER INFORMATION LIBRARY
LOCATED AT THE PROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER'S ROY & PATRICIA DISNEY FAMILY CANCER CENTER.
In 2010, our 7th Cancer Information Library was opened at the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California. Located at that hospital’s new Roy & Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center, this signature cancer center has been designed to focus on human touch and human interaction; to promote healing through nurturing spaces inside and out; and to empower patients through information and education.
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