| The Joan
Scarangello Foundation to Conquer Lung Cancer is committed
to fight lung cancer by funding innovative research
and increasing awareness of the world’s leading
cancer killer, with a special focus on non-smoking-related
lung cancer.
In only five years of funding, Joan’s Legacy has awarded over $3.6 Million in direct research grants to individual researchers at top cancer centers and raised awareness of lung cancer across the United States. The first nonprofit
in the U.S. to identify and cultivate lung cancer research
with a special focus on non-smoking-related lung cancer,
Joan’s Legacy has quickly become recognized as
the “venture capital” source for
lung cancer research in the U.S.
Joan's Legacy is named for Joan Scarangello
McNeive, a gifted writer, life-long New Yorker and nonsmoker,
who died at age 47 in 2001 after a valiant nine-month
fight with lung cancer. Started by her legion of family
and friends, Joan’s Legacy is now a leading resource
in the search for new treatments and a cure for lung
cancer, and the end to the smoking-related stigma that
plagues victims of the lung cancer diagnosis.
Joan's bravery, her fight for life and
unwavering search for new treatments inspire us.
Today
Joan's Legacy is: |
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Awarding
individual research grants; |
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Promoting
and recognizing excellence in journalism about lung
cancer to increase awareness about the disease; |
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Collaborating
with other not-for-profit organizations that join
us in seeking a cure for lung cancer in all its
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Board Member, Barbara Parisi
1949 - 2004
The Barbara Parisi Lung Cancer
Research Grant has been established in her honor.
We honor the memory of our Board Member
and friend, who inspired us with her valiant fight to
beat lung cancer -- both the disease and the stigma
that haunts the diagnosis. She was tireless in her campaign,
bringing intelligence, hope and a tenacious can-do spirit
to increasing understanding of the disease and the desperate
need for greater research funding. Throughout her illness,
she made time to encourage other patients and also to
celebrate her life and the family she loved so much.
Barbara will forever inspire us.
Joan's Legacy is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
organization. All donations are tax deductible to the
full extent of the law.
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