NEWS ABOUT THE CURE

Help CSN hit a homerun

May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month. The Cure Starts Now Foundation is looking for your support to spread the word about brain tumor awareness to increase funding for research initiatives to find the "homerun cure” for cancer. Originally started in 2007 in tribute to a local 6-year-old girl named Elena Desserich and her fight against brain cancer, The Cure Starts Now has funded over $2,000,000 in research, awareness and programs in just seven short years. With its focus on a “homerun cure” for al

The Cure Starts Now Funds Over $2.2 Million in Cancer Research

International cancer research foundation, The Cure Starts Now Foundation (CSN), along with the partnership of the DIPG Collaborative, has reached an unparalleled cycle of grant funding in 2013. In November, representatives handed out upwards of $850,000 to nine researchers around the world. To date, The Cure Starts Now has raised over $2.2 million in revolutionary cancer research since 2007. These nine grants were a result of the revolutionary DIPG Collaborative Symposium in May 2013 at Cincinna

Glendale Fesitval Raises $20k for Cancer Research

On Friday, November 22, members of The Glendale Beer, Wine and Food Festival planning committee presented The Cure Starts Now Foundation with $20,000 for being the beneficiary of the 2013 festival held back in September. This generous donation will help fund pediatric brain cancer research in search of the “homerun” cure for cancer.  Pictured from left to right: Jen Gault of The Cure Starts Now Foundation, Robin Feltner of Cock and Bull Public House and Scott Stacey of Cock and Bull Public House

First Annual Sugarloaf Race Raises Over $15k for Cancer Research

Sugarloaf, PA recently hosted the 2013 Pennsylvania Race Against the Odds in memory of Michael Balliet. The event, presented by Falvello Dental, raised over $15,500 for The Cure Starts Now Foundation, one of the first worldwide charities dedicated to finding a “homerun” cure for all forms of cancer, starting first with pediatric brain cancer. A premier 5k walk and run, the Race Against the Odds race series focuses on raising money in the pursuit of brain cancer research.  The first annual Sugarl

Children Battling Cancer to Dance with Ballerinas

The Cure Starts Now, along with the Cincinnati Ballet, will be hosting a “Ballerina for a Day” event this Sunday, October 6 from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, for children affected by pediatric cancer. This unique event will give children the chance to get out and have a fun-filled day at the ballet. These children are invited to bring along their families for the day. The children will see a Swan Lake preview piece, a performance by Principal Dancer, Sarah Hairston, and they will even take a ballet class

Key Regulatory Genes Often Amplified in Aggressive Childhood Tumor of the Brainstem

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2011) ­ The largest study ever of a rare childhood brain tumor found morre than half the tumors carried extra copies of specific genes linked to cancer growth, according to research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators.The findings identify possible new targets for treatment of a tumor in the brainstem known as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). Current survival rates for children with this cancer are low. Fewer than 10 percent of DIPG patients

The Cure Starts Now Donates $100,000 to Children's Cancer Institute Australia

After tragically losing his nine-year-old daughter, Amy, to a brain tumour, father Ren Pedersen raised $100,000 for Children’s Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA), which will go towards critical brain cancer research being carried out by Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick paediatric oncologist and CCIA scientist, Dr David Ziegler. The Cure Starts Now (CSN) is an international organisation dedicated to raising vital funds for brain cancer research. The Australian branch of CSN was created by Ren

The Cure Starts Now Receives Donation of Event Trailer From Coit Services!

The Cure Starts Now Foundation Receives a Donation of an Event Trailer from Coit Carpet CleaningJune 1, 2011 - The Cure Starts Now Foundation has received a donation of an event trailer from Coit Carpet Cleaning.  Complete with full signage and a multi-media presentation system, this trailer will be used for various events throughout the U.S.  "It will be particularly helpful for use in our Race Against the Odds and school outreach programs," says Executive Director Brooke Desserich.  "This allo

Rich Graeter Talks About Supporting CSN in the Chamber of Commerce's Cincy Chat

Richard Graeter of Graeter's Ice Cream talks about his company's winning model and their support of The Cure Starts Now Foundation through the creation and marketing of Elena's Blueberry Pie Ice Cream at HYPE and The Chamber of Commerce's weekly session, Cincy Chat.

Notes Left Behind Released as Paperback

“The book was always for Gracie,” Keith and Brooke Desserich remind everyone when asked. Started as a remembrance of their oldest daughter Elena to their youngest daughter Gracie, today it has become so much more. Initially self-published (Keith didn’t think anyone was interested so he only printed a few copies), “Notes Left Behind” quickly broke self-publishing records and was soon republished by HarperCollins Publishers in an audio and hardbound version in November, 2009. Quickly thereafter it