Contributing to a Cure
Thank You
“Sometimes, when I’m reading the news, I see the
We are grateful to our many supporters, both individual and
world as it is, a world full of greed and malice
corporate, who help us give hope for children with cancer. and corruption, darkness, and I fi nd it hard to
Thank you to all those who have made gifts to CureSearch
see the light. But then I see these children fi ghting
this year. The Honor Roll on the following pages makes
their hearts out, never blinking in the face of the
special note of those who have made contributions at the
highest levels.
blinding blackness of their deadly, private wars. I
see these children and I remember how to dream.
CureSearch is striving to give each child diagnosed with
And in my dreams, I see every last one of them
cancer a whole lifetime of dreams and milestones to winning their battles and I ask, ‘why not?’”
celebrate. Together, we can reach the day when every child
with cancer is guaranteed a cure.
– Sebastian Gillen
Raising Funds to Cure Ewing’s Sarcoma
Nancy and Ralph Currey of Ridgewood, NJ, have This fund has been established with CureSearch through the
established the Nick Currey Fund, in memory of their son encouragement of CureSearch Board of Trustees member
who passed away in 2005 after a 14-month battle with Michael Harris, M.D., Head of Pediatric Hematology and
cancer. Nick was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma in August Oncology at Hackensack University Medical Center and
2004, on the eve of his departure for college. Nick’s oncologist. Currently, under the leadership of Stephen
Lessnick, M.D. of the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt
Ewing’s sarcoma, a cancer Lake City, Utah, funds raised in memory of Nick are at work
of the bone (and at times investigating the impact of mutations in certain cell proteins
soft tissue), strikes children, on the success of treatments for Ewing’s Sarcoma.
adolescents and young
adults like Nick. The Currey The Currey Family’s initial goal for the Nick Currey Fund is to
Family hopes that research raise at least $1 million to fi nance research to fi nd a cure for
supported by the Nick Currey Ewing’s sarcoma. To date, they have raised or given nearly
Fund will hasten the arrival $500,000 toward their goal.
of the day when no young
person’s life ends prematurely
because of Ewing’s sarcoma.
CureSearch Annual Report 2009
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