Giving Issue 1 2011

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Feature Articles

Eight Siblings Fight for a World without Melanoma
In honor of their "super mom," the Schellhardts started Our M.O.M., Inc. to fund melanoma research at Siteman Cancer Center.

Gold Standard Treatment: Perfect at the Siteman Cancer Center
Meet three head and neck cancer patients whose lives--and quality of life--were saved thanks to a doctor "with a twinkle in his eye."

Alumni Scholars Bring Health Literacy to the Goldfarb Classroom
See the Khurik sisters bring their lessons as "patient educators" in the field to students at Goldfarb School of Nursing.

The Gift of a Lifetime
Meet Sylvia Rotskoff, who honors her cancer survival by making a difference for families with inherited colon cancer syndromes.

2011 illumination Gala Lights the Way to Hope for Patients Fighting Cancer
The year's biggest sell-out event raises $1.5 million, and celebrates hope with Emmy- and Tony Award-winning star Kristin Chenoweth.

2011 Cancer Frontier Fund Grants
Learn about the innovative cancer research projects that are being funded by your gifts from 2010.

Pedal the Cause: Save the Date!
Save the date for Pedal the Cause bike  ride--a fund rising challenge to support research at Siteman--on Oct. 2.

Serving Our Patients and Our Community
Learn how Barnes-Jewish Hospital strives to provide the best care to all patients and caregivers, including meeting the transportation and cultural needs of patients.

Giving Time: A Scar Illness, a Special Doctor and the Chance to Help Save Lives ignite a Family's Passion
Meet Wendi Gordon Shelist, who beat a disease that results in lost limbs and death for more than half of those who are affected.

The Foundation Reintroduced
The Foundation will look a little different as of June 1. Be the first to find out more.

The Giving Back Page
Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation donor Ed Koslin asks you to join him in thinking about life as "envelopes."