As one of those pediatric oncologists whose temples are rubbed raw thinking about CureSearch (and has spent several hours trying to get them to honor their commitments)...
I think the international outreach project would be perfect, considering the international nature of the PDML. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 2/18/11, Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> wrote: > Work continues apace on the 2011 book > (and I'm bracing myself for the > inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). > What I'd like > to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the > charity > the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch > in the past > two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far > as I'm > concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball > regarding the > exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to > their major > donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And > they > completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a > lot of > oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with > NCCF/CureSearch and > whenever I mention the organization I get the same > reaction: a sigh > and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar > headache is coming > back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned > but more > than a little feckless. > > In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a > different cause > every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more > advantageous to > try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) > gets better > and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort > similar to > CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I > really wanted > to find something with international scope, given the > international > nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I > think is a good > candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston > (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the > field and > their "Jimmy Fund" pediatric cancer clinic is one of the > best around. > They are starting a new program to be called "Pediatric > Oncology > Global Outreach" intended to expand and improve pediatric > cancer > treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. > > This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. > Carlos > Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this > program. He > described their plans and where they stand now. He's very > interested > in getting our support because they're really just getting > started - > we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. > That has some > disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that > being under > the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a > significant > degree. > > Another advantage is that this organization is > headquartered here in > Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able > to ignore > emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be > right there > in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with > Dana-Farber also > gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be > beneficial > when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in > a few > weeks. > > Any thoughts? > > > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
