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Area Restaurants, Beverage Distributors Raise Funds for Breast Cancer Care
February 7, 2013
Contacts:
Jennifer Nachbur
UVM College of Medicine
(802) 656-7875
Michael Carrese
Fletcher Allen Health Care
(802) 847-2886
Burlington, VT – More than a dozen area businesses in the food and beverage industry have joined forces to raise $24,000 for breast cancer care provided at the Vermont Cancer Center. The fundraiser was organized by Bob and Betsy Conlon, owners of Leunig’s Bistro in Burlington. The annual project has collected more than $150,000 since it was started in 2002.
“Every one of us in town has been personally touched by breast cancer,” said Bob Conlon. “When my wife was being treated at the Vermont Cancer Center (VCC) we were very impressed with the quality of care and wanted to do something to say thank you. All of the great partners in this effort do it as a way to give back.”
“We’re so grateful for the continued efforts of the Conlon’s, the many businesses they work with and their customers to support the VCC,” said Claire Verschraegen, M.D., co-director of the Vermont Cancer Center. “We rely on this kind of support to provide the high quality of care that our community needs and deserves.”
The following businesses participated in the breast cancer
care fundraiser:
Farrell Distributing
Long Trail Brewery
Leunig’s Bistro
The Windjammer
The Essex
Shanty on the Shore
Pauline’s Café
Sweetwaters
Arvad’s Grill & Pub
Table 24
Cork Wine Bar & Market
The Common Man Restaurant
Barkeaters
Harrison’s Restaurant
Knotty Shamrock
About the Vermont Cancer Center
The Vermont Cancer Center
is a not-for-profit comprehensive clinical and research cancer center, the only
such organization in the state of Vermont. Founded in 1974, the Vermont Cancer
Center is located within the University of Vermont (UVM) College of Medicine
and enjoys a clinical partnership with Fletcher Allen Health Care, Vermont's
academic medical center with UVM. The organization is comprised of more than
135 scientists and physicians engaged in a full range of basic, translational,
clinical, and outcomes research that seeks to uncover new knowledge and
understanding about cancer and the issues that affect people with the disease. www.vermontcancer.org
