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AMM CHARITY SPOTLIGHT - ICRF SCphoatrliitgyhts

ICRF is proud to note that many of its awardees To get more information on the charities Barbara supports,
have been and continue to be involved with major please go to:
cancer research breakthroughs:
• Velcade - a drug used to treat multiple myeloma, https://www.facebook.com/FilmanthropicWorks
http://www.zimmermuseum.org
a cancer of the bone marrow, was developed
based on the research of ICRF Professors and http://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org
Nobel Prize winners, Drs. Avram Hershko and
Aaron Ciechanover, Technion, Israel Institute
of Technology.
• Gleevec - the first drug to directly target cancer
cells, was developed based on the research work of
ICRF awardee, Dr. Eli Canaani, Weizmann
Institute of Science.
• Doxil - the first drug encapsulated in a liposome
(or microscopic fat bubble) for direct delivery to a
Gabizon, Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
For more information or to get involved please visit:
http://www.icrfonline.org/who-we-are

AMM CHARITY SPOTLIGHT - BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS

Big Brothers Big Sisters

For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters
has operated under the belief that inherent in every
child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the
nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported men-
toring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes mean-
ingful, monitored matches between adult volunteers
(“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in
communities across the country. We develop positive
relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on
the lives of young people.
For more information or to get involved please visit:
http://www.bbbs.org

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