8th Annual Fighting for a Cure campaign raises funds and awareness
Our thanks to everyone who bought Fighting for a Cure shirts and united in wearing them Oct. 16 to raise awareness and funds for K-State cancer research! More than $10,000 was raised!
Thanks also to our retail partners 1419 Mercantile, G. Thomas Jewelers and Yee Haw Country Outfitters, all in Manhattan, and to the K-State Cancer Fighters, for helping sell shirts.
Many friends helped raise awareness ahead of the big day and celebrated with us on Fighting for a Cure Day Oct. 16!
See more photos of supporters like Coach Bill Snyder, K-State athletes and coaches, Band Director Dr. Frank Tracz, and more in our Facebook photo album.
Quarterback Skylar Thompson rallies support for K-State cancer research
K-State Wildcats Quarterback Skylar Thompson and his family are committed to being “part of the cure.” In October, they established the Thompson Family Cancer Research Fund for our center. The fund honors Skylar’s mom, Teresa Lynn Thompson, and grandfather, John Walter Thompson, who both died of cancer when he was young.
In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Skylar donated proceeds from his “Stronger Together” apparel sales. He also invited K-State supporters to join his efforts and donate to the fund.
By January, the extraordinary support of the Thompson and K-State families totaled $21,590! In April, the Teresa Thompson Cancer Research Award will be presented to an undergraduate student doing breast cancer research in chemistry.
“Cancer effects all of us in some way, and my family wants to be a part of the cure, so others don’t have to go through losing their loved ones like we did,” Skylar said.
We are so grateful to the Thompson family for leaving this legacy that will impact so many lives, and to the donors who supported their efforts!
Donate to the Thompson Family Cancer Research Fund
23rd Annual Rob Regier Memorial Golf Tournament raises nearly $18,000
The Regier family, of Overland Park, hosted the 23rd annual Rob Regier Memorial Golf Tournament Sept. 17 at Colbert Hills in Manhattan. Thanks to the Regiers and many other supporters, it raised $17,872! It was great to see old and new friends and get a visit from the K-State Marching Band! Mark your calendars for Sept. 16, 2022!
Junction City and Clifton-Clyde schools make honorary gifts to JCRC
Students, staff and friends of Sheridan Elementary in Junction City raised $1,250 in honor of a teacher’s mom, who is fighting breast cancer. The classes competed and kids emptied piggy banks to show support for Mr. Manning and his mom and family. We visited the school to thank them for the gift and tell the kids about our center and research.
In return for his presentation to Clifton-Clyde’s 6th- through 12th-graders, the Clifton-Clyde Eagles for Excellence in Education parent group donated $200 in honor of former K-State Head Football Coach Bill Snyder! Coach Snyder is a member of our advisory council.