Hope for a Cure Foundation Board of Directors

From left to right: Olga Fisher, Maryjo Highland, Dee Jerge,
Marianne Nakamura, and Eva Borgstrom

In the U.S. it is estimated that cancer will kill 500,000 patients in 2004 and more than 1.3 million will be diagnosed with the disease. The Hope for a Cure Foundation has been set up by the five of us to raise funds for cancer research in San Diego. Two of our board members are breast cancer survivors and have traveled the road from diagnosis through treatment very recently. They know personally how important it is to continue funding the research for a cure.

Well renowned local nonprofit cancer research centers such as Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (a Sharp Affiliate), Scripps, The Burnham Institute, and UCSD have high profile research projects currently underway. The costs to facilitate these research projects are overwhelming and are often not covered by grants and individual donations. Local and national organizations support these institutes but overhead expenses consume much of the money brought in by fundraising and solicitation efforts.

We would like to make a difference. We are all volunteering our time and expertise to keep our overhead at an absolute minimum. The donations will go directly towards equipment and research, not to high overhead costs. The funds we raise will stay in San Diego because we have so MANY advanced research programs in place already. A breakthrough here in San Diego will benefit us all, no matter where we live.