2010 St Louis Men’s Group Against Cancer Recipients
The St. Louis Men’s Group Against Cancer recently presented local cancer charities with donations totaling over $200,000 at a luncheon hosted by Tom O’Neal, Fox 2 anchor.
The grant presentation, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Clayton, was the organization’s 38th annual luncheon. To date, St. Louis Men’s Group Against Cancer has raised more than $3 million for local cancer charities. “The St. Louis Men’s Group Against Cancer is proud to be the only organization that brings the St Louis cancer community together,” said Margie Price, executive director. “This luncheon is the highlight of the year for us. It is always exciting to see all of the hard work the organization does culminate with the presenting of donations at this luncheon,” Price continued.
Charities that received funds included:
- Camp Rainbow
- Ronald McDonald House
- The Wellness Community
- Children’s Miracle Network (for St. Louis Children’s and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospitals)
- American Cancer Society Hope Lodge
- Sisters of St. Joseph’s Carondelet
- SSM St. Joseph Health Center Cancer Services
- St. John’s Mercy Medical Center Pediatric Oncology
- BJC Breast Health Center; Siteman Cancer Center – Developmental Therapeutics
- Siteman Cancer Center – Prostate Cancer Risk
- Alvin J Siteman Cancer Center – Prostate Screening
- Missouri Baptist Medical Center – Heartland Cancer Research
- Missouri Baptist – Palliative Care Service
- Missouri Baptist – Cancer Prevention
- St. Anthony’s Medical Center Hospice Program – De Greeff House
- Saint Louis University Cancer Center – Prostate Screening
- Friends of Kids with Cancer, Inc.
- Gateway to Hope (care of uninsured and underinsured women with breast cancer, through the CarcinAid Foundation)
- Hadassah St. Louis (testicular cancer screening program)
The St. Louis Men’s Group Against Cancer is a non-profit, charitable organization that raises money for research, prevention and care for cancer patients and their families. Cancer-related organizations in the St. Louis area receive the net proceeds from the group’s fundraising efforts.
