Board of Associates' Fox Chase Chapter Makes Annual Contribution to Fox Chase Cancer Center

PHILADELPHIA (October 31, 2001) -- Janet Engstrom (right) of Ambler, Pa., a member of the Fox Chase Chapter of Fox Chase Cancer Center's volunteer Board of Associates, presented a check for $25,000 to Sandra Mann, president of the Center's volunteer Board of Associates. The donation represents the chapter's fundraising efforts for the past year. It makes up part of over $651,405 raised this year by the entire Board of Associates and will benefit cancer research and patient care at Fox Chase Cancer Center. The check presentation took place at the Board of Associates' October meeting.

Fox Chase Cancer Center's Board of Associates is a volunteer group with eight member organizations, representing more than 700 volunteers in the five-county Delaware Valley area who conduct fundraising and educational activities in support of the Center. For information about volunteering, please call (215) 728-2441.

Fox Chase Cancer Center, one of the nation's first comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute in 1974, conducts basic and clinical research; programs of prevention, detection and treatment of cancer; and community outreach. For more information about Fox Chase activities, visit the Center's web site at www.fccc.edu.

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