HONOLULU – The University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center recently celebrated CoolingCancer.org’s $45,000 gift raised with proceeds from a golf tournament that took place over the Labor Day weekend.
“Over the last three years, this energetic, determined group has donated a total of $100,000 to support cancer research at the UH Cancer Center,” said Jerris Hedges, interim UH Cancer Center director. Hedges continued, “Their support is making a difference for our researchers who are working hard to find ways to prevent and cure cancer, a devastating diagnosis that affects so many in our community. We are most grateful.”
Andrew Santos, president, CoolingCancer.org shared, “In one year I watched my father and my co-worker’s mother die of cancer. At the same time, another employee was fighting brain cancer while another’s wife in her early forties battled breast cancer.” Santos continued, “I realized that cancer was all around me and it was cutting the lives of people I love short. I had to do something.” Santos continued, “I chose to support the UH Cancer Center after learning that it is a world class facility with outstanding researchers right here in Hawai‘i.” Santos added, “What better way to help than to raise money from Hawai‘i residents and companies and then keep it in Hawai‘i and support the local fight against cancer.”
CoolingCancer.org is a non-profit organization established in October 2013 to raise money for cancer research and patients in Hawai‘i. It was created by Admor HVAC Products, Inc. Admor HVAC is one of Hawai‘i's largest distributors of air conditioning equipment and accessories, hence the "Cooling Cancer" name.
The UH Cancer Center has many dedicated funds for specific cancer-related research projects, such as those focusing on liver, breast, pancreatic and ovarian cancers.
If you have a specific area of interest you would like to support, please contact Elaine Evans at [email protected] or T 808-692-0991. You can also make a gift at www.uhfoundation.org/givetocancercenter
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The University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated center in Hawai‘i and the Pacific. Affiliated with the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the center is dedicated to eliminating cancer through research, education and improved patient care. Learn more at www.uhcancercenter.org. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UHCancerCenter. Follow us on Twitter @UHCancerCenter.
The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation, a nonprofit organization, raises private funds to support the University of Hawaiʻi System. The mission of the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is to unite donors' passions with the University of Hawaiʻi’s aspirations by raising philanthropic support and managing private investments to benefit UH, the people of Hawaiʻi and our future generations www.uhfoundation.org.
