Baking Volunteers Needed for Cancer Fund
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING! As I read this email from a new reader last night, it reminded me that I am so thankful for our health. Today as I sit home with my father-in-law, sick with cancer, I think about how hard it is to watch someone being physically and emotionally ravaged by this horrible disease. What would it be like to see your child go through this? Horrific. This reader (Shirley) is looking to help children with neurblastoma. And, we can help….here is her request.
Hello, I live in Park Slope and am the parent of a 14 year old who was treated for stage iv neuroblastoma (a deadly cancer with a 30% survival rate) at Sloan-Kettering 1998-2001, and who is now in remission. There is another child in Park Slope currently in treatment for this cancer. To raise money for the development of a desperately needed new treatment, the Sloan-Kettering neuroblastoma families are selling gourmet holiday cookies (recipe from the new cookbook Cookies by Sally Sampson). Exciting new research indicates this promising treatment, if available, could help save the 70% of children who do not survive. ( I know — very hard to believe NO funds available for this and that these parents feel they have to sell cookies to help save their children.)
Volunteers — especially those with culinary expertise — are needed (age 15 and over) in Brooklyn during the week of December 1-9 to help bake and package 96,000 cookies!! All will be done in a commercial kitchen on Washington Ave., 3 blocks from the Brooklyn Museum. Volunteers from the culinary world (Food Network, French Culinary Inst., ICE, etc) will be on hand to direct the baking. Indeed, virtually everything, including ingredients and culinary expertise, has been donated, so nearly 100% of proceeds will go to Sloan to develop the new treatment!!
At this point we have just half the volunteers needed, and the biggest need is for the weekdays. Is there any chance you could post the attached Volunteer Flyer on the child grows in brooklyn website?? I just learned about this site from another Slope mom this weekend (although I have 2 children and have lived here since 1981!), and I am wondering if it could help get more volunteers for this great bake-off.
best, Shirley
Volunteers should e-mail Shirley Staples at [email protected]. Indicate the available day (or days!) between December 1 and 9; your available time slot; and your contact info. Shirley will confirm all with you by e-mail or phone. Please indicate if you have culinary experience when e-mailing Shirley. (Please note that due to safety and liability issues, no volunteers under the age of 15.)
