The Giving Tree

Cure Breast Cancer Foundation

Carly Abramson of New Jersey was twelve years old when her mom, Lisa, was diagnosed with breast cancer, and it was just a short time after Carly’s grandmother had died of cancer.  To help comfort her mom while she was in the hospital, Carly made her a beaded key ring.  She decided to make and sell more key rings to raise money for breast cancer research.  Now, more than five years and 700 key rings later, Carly has helped donate more than $10,000 to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital.

With the help of family and friends, Carly made and sold key chains through her organization, BCA Creations.  In December 2007, Carly founded Cure Breast Cancer Foundation with the help of her father, Andrew.  All of the funds Cure Breast Cancer Foundation raised go to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the oldest and largest private care center, for research for a cure for breast cancer.  According to the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation Web site, “Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has devoted more than a century to patient care as well as to innovative research, making significant contributions to new and better therapies for the treatment of cancer.”

Recently, Cure Breast Cancer Foundation held a Cure Breast Cancer Golf Classic at Mountain Ridge Country Club in New Jersey.  The all-day event included brunch and a cocktail reception for the guests as well as a $1,000,000 hole-in-one shoot-out.  The event concluded with a presentation by Dr. Larry Norton, M.D., the deputy physician-in-chief and director of Breast Cancer Programs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

To learn more information about Carly’s cause or to donate to Cure Breast Cancer Foundation, you may visit www.curebreastcancerfoundation.org or contact the organization at info@curebreastcancerfoundation.com.  For more facts and information on how you can donate or volunteer with an organization closer to your home, you may visit the American Cancer Society’s Web site at www.cancer.org.