Annual Holiday Rock & Roll Bash Raises More Than $1 Million for the Lustgarten Foundation
04 Dicembre 2019 - 6:45PM
On Tuesday, Dec. 3, The Madison Square Garden Company (NYSE: MSG)
and AMC Networks (NASDAQ: AMCX) hosted the 19th Annual Holiday Rock
& Roll Bash benefitting the Lustgarten Foundation, the world’s
largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research. The
Foundation’s premier fundraising event, the Bash raised more than
$1 million this year. Thanks to separate funding to support
administrative expenses, 100 percent of every dollar raised goes
directly to pancreatic cancer research. Entertainment for the
event, held at Tao Downtown in New York City, included a set from
world-renowned deejay and producer, DJ Cassidy, who has been
at the nexus of music, fashion and nightlife for over half his life
as the go-to deejay for music impresarios, entertainment moguls,
fashion icons, cultural trendsetters, and even world leaders.
Cassidy has performed at high-profile events all over the
world including the 50th birthday party and both
inaugurations of President Barack Obama;
Beyoncé and Jay-Z's wedding; and Oprah Winfrey's school
opening in South Africa. Additionally, the iconic Radio City
Rockettes performed their finale number, “Christmas Lights,” from
the beloved holiday production, the Christmas Spectacular Starring
the Radio City Rockettes. “The Bash is part of our holiday
tradition,” said Kerri Kaplan, president and chief executive
officer of the Lustgarten Foundation. “Each year, we look forward
to connecting with our friends and supporters, as well as
celebrating our achievements over the past year. The Bash also
serves a critical purpose for the Foundation as our largest annual
fundraiser that continues to help us make progress toward finding
new treatments and earlier detection methods for pancreatic cancer.
We are so grateful to MSG and AMC Networks for supporting our
mission to end pancreatic cancer and for hosting this exciting
annual fundraising event.”
As the world’s largest private funder of pancreatic cancer
research, the Foundation has been the leader in advancing the
understanding and treatment of pancreatic cancer and earlier this
year opened its fourth dedicated pancreatic cancer research
laboratory at Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns
Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. The laboratory at Johns Hopkins
joins three existing Lustgarten Foundation dedicated pancreatic
cancer research laboratories at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
The Foundation also named Elizabeth M. Jaffee, M.D., the
immediate past president of the American Association for Cancer
Research (AACR), as its new Chief Medical Advisor. Dr. Jaffee is an
internationally recognized expert in cancer immunology, with
specific expertise in preclinical and early clinical development of
immunotherapies for pancreatic cancer. And, because of long-time
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek’s openness about his personal pancreatic
cancer experience and through the support of several competitors in
the annual Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions (ToC), the Foundation
was able to reach millions of Americans with vital information
about the disease. The ToC’s play-along challenge raised more than
$67,000.
“Though pancreatic cancer five-year survival rates remain around
nine percent, there is cause for optimism and hope,” Kaplan added.
“We still have a lot of work ahead of us; fortunately, the
Lustgarten Foundation is among the very few organizations that are
poised to fund high-risk, breakthrough work that may dramatically
impact patients’ lives in a short period of time.”
The Lustgarten Foundation was established in 1998 to honor Marc
Lustgarten, who served as the former vice chairman of Cablevision
Systems Corporation and chairman of Madison Square Garden, before
he died from pancreatic cancer. James Dolan, executive chairman and
chief executive officer of The Madison Square Garden Company and
former chief executive officer of Cablevision; and Charles Dolan,
executive chairman of AMC Networks and former chairman of
Cablevision, helped establish the Foundation, and have been closely
involved in supporting its mission to advance pancreatic cancer
research and paying homage to Mr. Lustgarten’s legacy.
About Lustgarten Foundation Lustgarten
Foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer
research in the world. Based in Woodbury, N.Y., the Foundation’s
mission is to cure pancreatic cancer by funding scientific and
clinical research related to the diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention of pancreatic cancer; providing research information and
clinical support services to patients, caregivers and individuals
at high risk; and increasing public awareness and hope for those
dealing with this disease. Since its inception, Lustgarten
Foundation has directed $188 million to research and has assembled
the best scientific minds with the hope that one day, a cure can be
found. Thanks to separate funding to support administrative
expenses, 100% of your donation goes directly to pancreatic cancer
research. For more information, visit www.lustgarten.org.
CONTACT:Vanessa
Steil516-737-1566vsteil@lustgarten.org
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