 Dedicated supporters of the WVU Cancer Institute contributed over $750,000 to support cancer care, research, outreach, and more as this year’s Spring Gala celebrated nearly 40 years of history.
More than 375 people attended the signature fundraising event, held April 28-29 at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. This year’s theme, “Then and Now,” paid tribute to the event’s past and looked toward exciting future opportunities for the WVU Cancer Institute.
Proceeds from the event support the WVU Cancer Institute’s treatment, research, education, and service programs.
(From left to right) John Trembly, LUCAS driver; Jenny Ostien, director of the WVU Cancer Institute Mobile Cancer Screening Program; Lauren Hixenbaugh, LUCAS program manager; Lonnie Hughes, LUCAS driver; and Anna Baker, LUCAS CT technician pose for a photo with the White Ribbon inside LUCAS.
The WVU Cancer Institute Mobile Cancer Screening Program recently received a White Ribbon from Breathe BioMedical for LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit.
Breathe BioMedical is a supporter of The White Ribbon Project and its mission. Each ribbon is handmade and distributed to promote awareness about lung cancer and act as a conversation starter and platform to educate. The White Ribbon was built by the Breathe BioMedical team in Eastern Canada and presented to the LUCAS team as a way to show appreciation and recognize the work LUCAS is doing to reduce the impact of lung cancer in West Virginia. The White Ribbon will be displayed inside LUCAS.
“We are so honored that our friends at Breathe BioMedical chose to recognize us with a White Ribbon for our efforts to reduce the lung cancer burden in West Virginia,” Jenny Ostien, director of the Mobile Screening Program, said. “We are grateful for our ongoing partnership with them and look forward to helping more patients with lung cancer become lung cancer survivors.”
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