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ULTRA Act of 2012

The GIST Cancer Awareness Foundation is one of over 100 patient advocacy groups that have signed a letter of support for the “Unlocking Lifesaving Treatments for Rare Diseases Act” of 2012. ultra_act_house_sign_on_14_ [...more]

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GCAF Now Accepting Research Grant Proposals

GCAF will be accepting proposals from researchers for consideration for our 2012 Grant Award. The deadline for submitting a proposal is January 31st, 2012. Please follow the instructions “How to Apply for a Grant” on our website. [...more]

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The Family Charity Fund selects GCAF for 2011

The Family Charity Fund has selected GCAF as their 2011 charity and have provided us with a very generous donation. We truly appreciate this gift and are honored that the Family Charity Fund selected us for their program. A special thanks to Darlene Krouse for making this possible. [...more]

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Coleman Tech Charter High School adopts GCAF

Coleman Tech Charter High School has adopted the GIST Cancer Awareness Foundation as their community service project. GCAF is extremely honored to have been selected by the Coleman faculty and students for their program. We would like to thank Prinicipal Wahab, Mrs. McKinney, Ms. Lowenstein and all of the students for this privilege. Following is a press [...] [...more]

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Memorial Donation for Richard Palmer

GCAF has received a memorial donation for Richard Palmer from Darlene Krouse. Darlene is a GISTer from California and GCAF thanks her for the donation. [...more]

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2nd Annual “A Taste of Italy” Event a huge success!!

The second annual “A Taste of Italy comes to Ramona” event held on September 10th was a huge success raising over $13,000!! Barbara Livermore and her support team did a great job this year and we are looking forward to next year’s event. Congrats to Barbara and the Livermore family for a wonderful event. [...more]

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Pheo Paratroopers Newsletter

Attached is the latest newsletter compiled by the Pheo Paratroopers. [...more]

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Trucking for Sarcoma - 2011 - Drivers cover 184,000 miles!!!

The second annual Trucking for Sarcoma event was held during the week of July 31st. Our transportation partner, Marine Transport of Mountainside, New Jersey had 123 of their drivers involved and 50 admin people from the various dispatch centers. The drivers covered 184,000 miles of driving with placards on their trucks with our website and handed [...] [...more]

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Tricia Hayes Memorial Grant Award – Dr. Maureen O’Sullivan

GCAF has offered inaugural research award to Dr. Maureen O' Sullivan. [...more]

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St. John Villa Academy Key Club Raised $825 for GCAF

On May 11th, the Key Club of St John Villa Academy on Staten Island held their 2nd Annual Fashion Show and raised $825 for GIST research. We are honored that the Key Club has selected GIST as one of the cancers to support this year and thank them for their support. [...more]

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