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The Annual Appeal is The Society’s longest-running fundraising initiative.
Each year, The Society’s Administrative Board raises approximately $1 million for a specific project at the Center by participating in the Annual Appeal letter-writing campaign. Various projects in need of significant support are presented for consideration by MSKCC's Physician-in-Chief and one is selected by The Society for its Appeal. The Annual Appeal Committee hosts a kickoff event in early Fall, which is designed to educate Administrative Board members and potential donors about the nature of the chosen project. The Annual Appeal is a hands-on initiative and all members of The Society support it by writing personal letters to friends, family, and work colleagues. Administrative Board members also make their own contributions to the Appeal. In recent years, Annual Appeals have supported Nursing and Quality of Care Initiatives; furthering the work of the Center’s Brain Tumor Center; MSKCC's Cancer Survivorship Initiative; and projects aimed at the screening, early detection, prevention, and treatment of ovarian cancer. The Society’s 2009 Annual Appeal will support the Center for Image-Guided Interventions (CIGI): a facility which unites physicians, scientists and engineers to develop and perform groundbreaking minimally-invasive cancer treatments. MSKCC is the first comprehensive cancer center to establish a collaborative image-guided therapy facility and The Society is proud to support CIGI as it revolutionizes the standard of cancer care for patients worldwide. We invite you to join us in our support of this important Appeal. Together, we can help CIGI realize the full potential of these groundbreaking diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and build on MSKCC’s long tradition of excellence in cancer care. Please click here to make an online donation. If you would like additional information or to make a donation by phone, please contact Lauren Robinson at 212-639-7892 or robinsl2@mskcc.org. Recent Annual Appeal Topics 2009: Center for Image-Guided Intervention 2008: Department of Nursing: Research and Education 2007: Quality of Care Initiative 2006: Establishing the MSKCC Brain Tumor Center 2005: Pioneering New Ways of Seeing Ovarian Cancer 2004: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (clinical and research programs) 2003: The Survivorship Initiative 2002: Melanoma 2001: Lung Cancer 2000: Society Endowment for Patient Care 1999: Integrative Oncology 1998: Pain and Palliative Care 1997: Comprehensive Neuro-Oncology Program 1996: Children’s Clinical Trials 1995: Clinical Genetics Service 1994: Colon Cancer Prevention Project 1993: The Urgent Care Center, The Pediatric ICU and The Thoracic ICU 1992: Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Center 1991: Breaking Ground for Clinical Investigations Laboratory |
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