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Fox Chase Cancer Center's Tree of Life Ceremony Brightens the Holiday Season

PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 19, 2008) — Fox Chase Cancer Center invites members of the community to its annual Tree of Life ceremony on Wednesday, December 3 at 5:00 p.m. in the Fox Chase Cafeteria (333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia).  The ceremony will honor all who have personally fought cancer in the past or present and will celebrate caregivers and survivors.  The Tree of Life ceremony brings together Fox Chase patients, caregivers, researchers, donors, and medical staff in a moving tribute to those who have been touched by cancer.  The event is FREE and open to the public.

The Tree of Life ceremony and campaign is sponsored by the Friends of the Hospital, a volunteer member organization of Fox Chase's Board of Associates, and helps raise funds for patient care at Fox Chase.  All contributors and the names of those they honor or memorialize are inscribed in the Friends’ Book of Honor, which has a permanent place in the Durant Family Lounge in Fox Chase’s main lobby.

If you are unable to attend the Tree of Life ceremony, you can still honor loved ones by logging onto http://www.fccc.edu/helpingFoxChase/boardOfAssociates/friends.html and making a donation in their memory.

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Fox Chase Cancer Center is one of the leading cancer research and treatments centers in the United States. Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as one of the nation's first cancer hospitals, Fox Chase was also among the first institutions to be designated a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1974. Fox Chase researchers have won the highest awards in their fields, including two Nobel Prizes. Fox Chase physicians are also routinely recognized in national rankings, and the Center's nursing program has received the Magnet status for excellence three consecutive times. Today, Fox Chase conducts a broad array of nationally competitive basic, translational, and clinical research, with special programs in cancer prevention, detection, survivorship, and community outreach. For more information, call 1-888-FOX-CHASE or 1-888-369-2427.
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