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Pages in category "Non-profit organizations based in Tennessee" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Through LLS's nationwide grassroots network of more than 30,000 volunteers, LLS advocates for blood cancer patients at the state and federal level. [31] These efforts help to increase federal and state research funds for blood cancer; expedite the review and approval for new blood cancer new therapies, and ensure that patients are able to ...
The Tennessee Tech defensive back said the annual event raised $50,000 last year for cancer research. This year, they’re supporting two kids in the community, Liam and Jason, who are battling ...
Gilda's Club was founded by Joanna Bull, Radner's cancer psychotherapist and co-founded with Radner's widower, Gene Wilder (himself a cancer survivor) and broadcaster Joel Siegel (who would himself fight colon cancer until his death in 2007). [1] Joanna Bull started the project with just $10,000 and networked in the New York cancer support ...
Gabby Salinas, a cancer survivor and scientist, won a seat in the Tennessee General Assembly and her chief priority is expanding health care access.
Inspired by the potential of the web and the success of NetDay, VolunteerMatch.org was launched on April 25, 1998, as a merger between Impact Online, Inc. (a California nonprofit organization started by MBAs Mark Benning, Joanne Ernst, Steve Glikbarg, and Cindy Shove) and Volunteer America (a project co-founded by Jay Backstrand and Craig Jacoby).
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network was founded in February 1999 by a group of survivors and caregivers including Pamela Acosta Marquardt, Paula Kim and Terry Lierman. [8] Their first advocacy event, called "Inaugural One Voice Against Cancer", took place in Washington, D.C., in 2000. [9]
Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, right, talks with CNN's Al Hunt near the Tennessee delegates during the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pa. July 31, 2000. Thompson was constantly ...