FLHW 2010 - a year in review

A few weeks ago we made our annual donation to the Prostate Cancer Foundation (www.pcf.org). After setting what was certainly an aggressive goal of a $40,000. donation this year, a 25% increase from 2009, I am proud to say that we made it! With this donation our cumulative donation to PCF is now $175,000. In addition, each year we take advantage of a matching program which makes the overall donation $350,000.

I picked this up from the PCF website. From a personal view, the future looks very encouraging!
2010 has been a great year for advances in prostate cancer.

• Two new drugs - Provenge and Cabazitaxel - were approved
• Two more drugs - Denosumab and Abiraterone - are pending approval
• A fifth drug, Ipilimumab, is in Phase III clinical trials
• Researchers at the University of Michigan discovered the 24 types of prostate cancer
• The cell of origin for prostate cancer was also discovered

To the FLHW Board, family, friends, donors, participants and sponsors for each of our events, I express my heart felt thanks. In the midst of the storm that is my battle with this disease, you all provide hope for me and hope for the men that will follow.

I found this story and it reinforces perhaps one of the ways we were able to accomplish this goal. You have to remember before reading this that overall charitable giving in 2009 was down again.

 

Kansas City Business Journal

Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 2:49pm CST

Kansas City ranks No. 3 on a list of the nation’s most charitable cities, according to The Daily Beast.

About 3.5 percent of earnings in the city are donated.  Kansas City’s average household income is $84,923; giving per foundation amounts to $863,859; and there are 470,800 volunteers during the year — nearly 23 percent of the population.

FLHW 2010 – A year in review
(Dollar amounts below are approximate)

Poker for Prostates: February 16^th 
44 Attendees
$1,500

2^nd Annual Friday Night in the Greenhouse: May 7th
$1,400

3^rd Annual FLHW Disc Golf Tournament: May 8th
43 Teams (the most ever!)
$3,000

1^st Annual Warrior Combines: July 24th 
20 Participants
$1,000
Extensive coverage on Fox4 KC

Participated in 'The Summit to End Prostate Cancer' in Washington, DC: September 12th

Morse, Solomon & Ward/Ameriprise Customer Golf Event: September 17^th
48 Players
$4,000

6^th Annual FLHW Golf Tournament: September 24^th 
132 Players
$27,000

Poker for Prostates: December 6^th
33 Players
$2,000
Interview on sportsradiokc.com