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News and Upcoming Events
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Annual Arky Pollokoff Memorial Golf Outing - May
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The 6th Annual Arky Pollokoff Memorial
Golf Outing will be held on Monday,
May 14.
This event honors the memory of one of
our founding Directors.
Go and enjoy a great day of golf in
sunny Maryland!
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| BRAIN
TUMOR AWARENESS WEEK - April 29-May 5, 2007 Washington,
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T.H.E. BRAIN TRUST
is proud to be
a supporter of the
International Brain Tumor Awareness Week
(April 29-May 5, 2007) and the Walk Around
the World for Brain Tumors sponsored by
the International
Brain Tumor Alliance.
See our Brain
Tumor Awareness Week page for more information
and important links.
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T.H.E.
BRAIN TRUST
is pleased to serve as host of the
Annual Vigil of Healing,
Remembrance and Advocacy
on Capitol Hill
for Brain Tumor Awareness Week. |
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Tuesday,
May 1, 2007. |
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Reading
of the names of those so precious begins at
4:00 pm. Vigil Service will start at 5:00
pm. |
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Upper
Senate Park near the "Hidden Under Our
Hats" exhibit. |
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Samuel
J. Hassenbusch, III, M.D., Ph.D. Neurosurgeon
at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston,
diagnosed with glioblastoma on May 10, 2005. |
| VIP
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Our VIP reception will follow the Vigil Service
on Tuesday evening, May 1, 2007.
Ticket required - request tickets by sending
an email to: tickets@braintrust.org.
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T.H.E. BRAIN TRUST 10th Birthday Party Weekend
Celebration! March 3-4, 2007
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Join us for two full days of fun activities
to celebrate our 10th birthday! VIEW
INVITATION
Saturday, March 3 at 8:00
pm - David Bailey Concert on the M.I.T.
campus
Wong Auditorium in the Tang Center, Building
E51
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To learn more about
David Bailey, visit http://davidmbailey.com/.
Send email to info@braintrust.org to reserve
tickets and get directions
(put "David Bailey birthday concert"
in subject line). Or call 617-876-2002, extension
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Sunday, March 4 at 11:00 am to
2:00 pm - Breakfast Brunch at the M.I.T. Faculty
Club
Email info@braintrust.org to reserve your place
and get directions. Or call 617 876 2002, extension
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Directions to Wong Auditorium and MIT in general
can be found at http://esd.mit.edu/symposium/wongauditorium.pdf.
On the weekend you may be able to park in the
Hayward Street Lot or the Broadway Lot behind
the Sloan School. See also the MIT Campus Map
- http://Whereis.mit.edu<br>
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BRAIN TUMOR ACTION WEEK, MAY 1 - 7, 2006
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Teresa Reese is helping to organize
this year's Brain Tumor Vigil on Capitol Hill
in Washington D.C. on May 1, 2006, during Brain
Tumor Action Week.
Again this year,we are hosting
the Vigil for Brain Tumor Survivors and Angels:
A Service of Healing and Remembrance on Capitol
Hill on Monday, May 1, in upper Senate Park
near the "Hidden Under Our Hats" exhibit, organized
by our friends at www.Btan.org.
You can still participate in the Vigil remotely
by sending in names of people who have been affected
by brain tumors to: ribbons@braintrust.org. Include:
1) Name; 2) City, State; 3) date of dx; 4) tumor
type if known, and; 5) # of years of survival.
These names will be read at the Vigil/Hats site.
Also request a copy of the Vigil to read at home.
For more info on Brain Tumor
Action Week, visit www.nabraintumor.org.
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2006 FBTA CONFERENCE IN TAMPA, JANUARY 27 &
28
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We're headed to Tampa for "Together
in Hope", the annual Florida Brain Tumor Association/American
Brain Tumor Association regional conference! Join
us on January 27 and 28 at the Quorum Hotel. Get
the conference details at http://www.fbta.info
or at http://www.abta.org/calendar2.php.
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ANNUAL APPEAL UPDATE
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January 23, 2006: We ended our
official "campaign" for donations on a great note.
After counting up all the online donations and
the snail mail gifts, we hit a total of $29,350.
This was outstanding. Now, we are only left to raise
a little over $10k to cover our operating expenses
over the next coming months.
Thank YOU to everyone for your continued help and
support.
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HELP US REACH OUR ANNUAL APPEAL GOAL!
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Help us help others! Make a
donation during our annual appeal. Go to the Donations
page, and help T.H.E. BRAIN TRUST continue to
support people in need.
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MIT Brain Trust takes local members on an "Outdoor
Adventure" in September.
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USE OUR EASY AMAZON.COM LINK!
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An easy way to help T.H.E. BRAINTRUST
any time is by purchasing books, CDs, videos and
other items, like electronics, games, and even
health and beauty items using OUR
LINK TO AMAZON.COM, which donates a portion
of your purchase price to us. Please tell all
your friends!
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