Since its inception, Dani’s Foundation has been successful via:
2000 - Dani’s Foundation awarded $18,000 to the Denver Cancer Center at The Children’s Hospital in Denver for research aimed at Ewing’s Sarcoma and other pediatric cancers.
2001 – Dani’s Foundation awarded $20,000 to Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky, at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, providing pilot funding to extend his research on Ewing’s Sarcoma; $10,000 to the new Teen Clinic at The Children’s Hospital in Denver; $5,000 to Dr. Edythe Albano’s research at The Children’s Hospital in Denver; $1,000 to the Marchello Fund, a scholarship fund for young cancer survivors.
2002 – Dani’s Foundation awarded $5,000 to Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky to extend his research on Ewing’s Sarcoma; $5,000 to Dr. Edythe Albano’s research at The Children’s Hospital in Denver; $1,000 to the Marchello Fund.
2003 – Dani’s Foundation awarded $5,000 for the continuation of the Teen Clinic at The Children’s Hospital in Denver; $5,000 to Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky to continue his research on Ewing’s Sarcoma; $2,000 to the Marchello Fund.
2004 – Thanks to funding support from Dani’s Foundation, Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky’s lab discovered a key combination of two proteins in Ewing’s Sarcoma. By preventing these two proteins from interacting, the research scientists believe the effect could be similar to removing the spark plug wires from the spark plugs in a car: without spark plugs, a car cannot run. Similarly, without this protein interaction, Ewing’s Sarcoma cells cannot survive. Dani’s Foundation has provided funding for Dr. Toretsky’s lab to create novel peptides to prevent this interaction.
2004 – Dani’s Foundation awarded $10,000 to Dr. Larry Wiese, at Therapherisis Inc., for research into new treatments for cancer patients; $5,000 for the continuation of the Teen Clinic at The Children’s Hospital in Denver.
2005 – Dani’s Foundation awarded $5,000 to Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky to continue his research on Ewing’s Sarcoma.
2006 – Dani’s Foundation awarded $2,500 in funding to The Children’s Hospital in Denver for the purchase of new DVD players for all patient rooms in the oncology ward; $5,000 to Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky to continue his research on Ewing’s Sarcoma; $5,000 for the continuation of the Teen Clinic at The Children’s Hospital in Denver; $1,000 to the Marchello Fund.
2007 – Dani’s Foundation awarded $10,000 to Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky to continue his research on Ewing’s Sarcoma; $5,000 for the continuation of the Teen Clinic at The Children’s Hospital in Denver; $1,000 to the Marchello Fund.
2008 - Dani’s Foundation awarded $10,000 to Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky to continue his research on Ewing’s Sarcoma. In addition, Dani’s Foundation hired its first full-time Executive Director and hosted the first annual EWS Medical Forum in Denver. This meeting brought together medical and professional advisors, from throughout the nation, to address immediate and long-term research needs that will lead to the eradication of Ewing’s Sarcoma and the Ewing’s Family of Tumors.
2009—Dani’s Foundation awarded $10,000 to Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky to continue his research on novel treatments for Ewing’s Sarcoma. Dani’s Foundation was instrumental in organizing the Ewing’s Sarcoma Alliance, a national Ewing’s Sarcoma organization that would bring together specific organizations, foundations, medical practitioners and advocates under an umbrella organization with the goal of working to advocate, educate and collaborate in the campaign to find the cause and the cure for this rare form of cancer. The initial meeting was held in November in Miami and over 40 participants attended and many others enrolled with the hope of working together – as one entity – in the days ahead!
2010 – Thanks to the generosity of many during FY 2010, Dani’s Foundation was successful in raising the funding to award two major research grants:
