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This year's PamJam will be held on
November 13, 2010
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On Saturday, November 13, 2010, please join us at the "PamJam" -- the
eighth annual benefit party to raise money for the Pamela B. Katten
Memorial Leukemia Research Foundation Pamela
B. Katten Memorial Leukemia Research Foundation. Proceeds
from the PamJam will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society,
to be directed towards selected
research projects. Pam
Katten passed away in September 2002 at the age of 41 from
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML). The PamJam is intended to honor
Pam's courageous battle against Leukemia by raising money to cure
cancer and provide patient assistance. Since its first event in
November 2003, the PamJam has raised over $1 million for blood
cancer research.
The 2010 PamJam will be held on Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 6:30pm
at the Exmoor Country Club.
Exmoor Country Club
700 Vine Ave
Highland Park, IL 60035-2098
www.exmoorcountryclub.org
--Directions to the Club
COMING FROM 294 Exit on Route 22 (Half Day Road) and head East, towards
Lake Michigan Go to Green Bay Road and turn right, South, to Vine
Avenue (there is a traffic light there) Turn right, West, on Vine
Avenue Vine Avenue will lead you directly to the Club
COMING FROM 94 (The Edens Expressway)
Exit on Route 41 and head to Park Avenue
Go east on Park Avenue to Midlothian
Turn left, North, to Vine Avenue
Turn left, West, on Vine Avenue
Vine Avenue will lead you directly to the Club
The Pam Jam will include an open bar, buffet dinner, live music and
silent and live auctions.
If you have any questions, please contact the Pamela B. Katten Memorial
Leukemia Research Foundation at info@pamjam.org.
We hope you'll join us for some fun while supporting a great cause!
The blood cancers affect a growing number of Americans each year. Last year, more than 110,000 new cases of leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma were diagnosed in the United States. An estimated 913,000 Americans are presently living with one of these cancers and over 60,000 people will die this year from one of these diseases. Leukemia is the number one cancer killer of children under the age of 14. In Illinois, an estimated 5,000 new patients will be diagnosed this year with a blood cancer.
About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
(LLS):
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world's largest
voluntary health organization dedicated to curing leukemia, lymphoma
Hodgkin's disease and myeloma and improving the quality of life of
patients and their families. LLS was founded in 1949 by the de Villiers
family of New York after they lost their only child, Robert, to
leukemia at the age of 16. Over the past 60 years, LLS has invested
more than $680 million in promising scientists conducting cutting edge
research aimed at discovering a sure for leukemia, lymphoma and related
blood cancers. In addition to research, the Society provides a wide
range of patient services programs including financial aid, family
support groups, peer to peer counseling, pediatric support programs,
information and referral services and advocacy.
Since its founding, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has impacted the scientific community with discoveries in cancer genetics, immunology and cell biology. LLS helped to fund the discovery of chemotherapy, sequential chemo-radiation, antibody therapeutics, and bone marrow and stem cell transplantation. These new treatments, pioneered in blood cancer research, are now used for treating many other malignancies including breast, skin, lung, colon and pancreatic cancers. An investment in blood cancer research today will impact the greater cancer community.