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Your Donations to the Wendy Walk Make A Difference!
Wendy and Robert Landes |
Last year, more than $225,000 was donated to the Wendy Walk. Those donations were used to fund a unique and exciting international cooperative research study on liposarcoma through the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative.
This year, with your help, Wendy's family and friends hope to fund another liposarcoma research grant! Their efforts in Los Angeles, New York and Miami provide an opportunity to make a difference for thousands of people around the world.
How to Donate
Donations to the Wendy Walk can be made via check or credit card. These donations will be used by the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative to fund liposarcoma research.
Check Donations
Check donations incur no processing fees. To donate by check, please make the check out to "FJC/Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative" and mail it to:
Karen Isola
Wendy Walk Foundation
12800 University Drive Suite 400
Fort Myers, FL 33907
Please write the "Wendy Walk Cocktail Night," "Wendy Walk/California," "Wendy Walk/Florida" or "Wendy Walk/New York" on the memo line of the check. FJC will send a letter for IRS tax purposes acknowledging donations of $250 and above. For donations under $250, the IRS will accept a copy of your check as sufficient for tax purposes.
Credit Card Donations for the 2012 Wendy Walks
We accept credit card donations through Paypal. These donations are sent to FJC where our funds are kept. To donate, just click the button to the right and type your donation amount. Then click "update total." You can then continue making a donation without a PayPal account or login to your existing account. PayPal charges a 2.25% fee for this service. You will receive a receipt for your donation in e-mail.
Our Tax-Exempt Status
The Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative is a Collective Giving Fund within FJC, a 501(c)(3) Not-for-Profit Public Charity and a Foundation of Philanthropic Funds. As such, all donations and gifts made to FJC that are designated for the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative are tax-deductible donations to the extent allowed by United States law.
Our Mission
The mission of the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative is to improve the quality of life for people dealing with sarcoma. The Initiative increases public awareness of sarcoma, raises funds to award research grants, and provides support and timely information to sarcoma patients, their families, and medical professionals. These efforts are achieved through collaboration with numerous individuals and organizations that share a similar vision.
The Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative is a small, dedicated organization. We maintain an extremely low overhead of 2-3% per year. Thus, 97-98% of the funds we receive go directly to support sarcoma research.
Our Volunteers
Our distinguished Medical Advisory and Editorial Board contribute expert articles and content for our website. The members of our Sarcoma Advocacy Advisory Committee, who have been affected by sarcoma themselves, share their insights and assist us with our initiatives.
Founders
Bruce Shriver, PhD
Beverly Shriver, RN
Medical Editorial and Advisory Board
Jean-Yves Blay, MD, PhD, Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France
Edwin Choy, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Frederick (Fritz) Eilber, MD, UCLA Medical Center
Charles Forscher, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Mark Gebhardt, MD, Harvard University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Richard Gorlick, MD, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Alessandro Gronchi, MD, Istituto Nazionale Tumori in Milan, Italy
Ian Judson, MD, The Royal Marsden in London, United Kingdom
Mary Louise Keohan, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
David Loeb, MD, PhD, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Crystal Mackall, MD, National Cancer Institute
David Malkin, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada
Paul A. Meyers, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Raphael Pollock, MD, PhD, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
R. Lor Randall, MD, University of Utah, Huntsman Cancer Institute
Piotr Rutkowski, MD, PhD, Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center in Warsaw, Poland
Peter Schlag, MD, PhD, Charité University Hospital in Berlin, Germany
David Thomas, MD, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in East Melbourne, Australia
Margaret von Mehren, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Leonard Wexler, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Jeremy Whelan, MD, University College Hospital in London, United Kingdom
Honorary Medical Advisory and Editorial Board
Laurence Baker, DO, Southwest Oncology Group and SARC
Murray Brennan, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Ole Steen Nielsen, MD, University of Aarhus in Aarhus, Denmark
Sarcoma Advocacy Advisory Committee
Elizabeth Goldstein-Rice
MiMi Olsson
Christian "Bob" Pfeiffer
Our Mailing AddressThe Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative |
Our Phone and FaxPhone: (914) 762-3251 |