My personal choice for a medical-related charity would be Médecins Sans Frontières, so... but wait, my personal choice *is* MSF, so something different is good.
Mark, we trust your judgment. Well, except in the matter of lenses. Lenses are too personal a thing to admit trusting the judgment of others. -T On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:04 AM, 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.
