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VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3
March 2019
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This year, you can accomplish your own fitness and endurance goals – all while making an overall difference in the fight against brain tumors. On foot, on a bike, or in the water, Gray Nation allows you to celebrate a survivor, pay tribute to a family member or friend who battled a brain tumor, or make an overall difference in advancing progress toward discovering a cure and delivering effective treatments for the brain tumor community.
Applications are open to join an existing NBTS Charity Team, OR you can select ANY other endurance event of your choice to join Gray Nation Endurance. It doesn't matter where you are in the world – whether you're a part of an NBTS Charity Team, or in your own community – join today and have an impact.
Apply for an NBTS Charity Team bib:
View all Gray Nation Endurance event options.
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What's New in Brain Tumor Progress
Radiation is one of the few approved treatments for brain tumors patients. Many patients stake their future on radiation's potential to destroy their tumor. Unfortunately, this isn't always the case. But now, new research funded through the NBTS Defeat GBM Research Collaborative shows new treatment strategies may be on the horizon that increases patients' response to radiation.
Read more | More Brain Tumor Progress.
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Registration for Head to the Hill ends next Friday, 4/5. We need you there!
The White House's budget request released this month would reduce funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by more than $4.5 billion dollars, with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) proposed to absorb the largest chunk of that cut. Overall, the NCI – the largest funder of cancer research in the world – would see its funding slashed by 15% from Fiscal Year 2019. This is just one reason why your voice is so important.
This year at Head to the Hill, we'll have an opportunity to have a bigger impact with Congress in full session. Join us this May. Your stories will help policymakers better understand the critical and urgent needs of our community and the policies that are vital to ensuring availability of treatments, increased scientific research, and the discovery of a cure.
Register now for Head to the Hill.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Northwest Brain Freeze SAT, APR 6, 2019
Rhode Island Brain Tumor Walk SUN, APR 14, 2019
Tumor Takedown Tailgate SUN, APR 28, 2019
Race for Hope – DC SUN, MAY 5, 2019
Northwest Brain Tumor Walk SUN, MAY 5, 2019
Go Gray In May 1K Emoji Fun Run SAT, MAY 11, 2019
Race for Hope – Des Moines SAT, MAY 11, 2019
San Diego Brain Tumor Walk SAT, MAY 11, 2019
Central NJ Brain Tumor Walk SAT, MAY 11, 2019
2nd Annual Joggin' 4 the Noggin 5k Run/Walk SAT, MAY 18, 2019
Boston Brain Tumor Ride SUN, MAY 19, 2019
Team Billy Ride & Walk for Research SUN, MAY 19, 2019
Find or start an event >>
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Events & The Field
Splash into Spring at the First-Ever Northwest Brain Freeze
Taking place in Seattle on 4/6, the Northwest Brain Freeze is one of four polar-plunge-style events that offers individuals and teams a chance to honor and remember loved ones. Teams and individuals are encouraged to wear their best costumes and bring all the spirit they have to fuel the discovery of a cure for brain tumors.
Register now. Can't make it? Register for the Northwest Brain Tumor Walk on 5/5.
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NBTS Programs
Tell Congress to Support the Brain Tumor Research in the Peer Review Cancer Research Program
Now you can support the funding and continued inclusion of pediatric brain tumors and brain cancer as eligible research topics through the Department of Defense's Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP). Without it, funding could decrease in research areas including medulloblastoma, glioblastoma, astrocytoma, DIPG, ependymoma.
Contact Your Representative.
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Community Stories
Eighth Annual Shamrock 'N' Run Raises $14k
Started by Marilyn Cassidy in Rutherford, NJ, this 5K race kicked off a St. Patrick's Day celebration on 3/16 with nearly 400 participants including 89-year-old Nathaniel Finestone who finished in 278 place. Inspired by Marilyn's husband, Michael, who passed away in 2011 from glioblastoma, the event has raised almost $130k in the pursuit of curing brain tumors.
Learn more about the Shamrock 'N' Run.
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National Brain Tumor Society unrelentingly invests in, mobilizes, and unites our community to discover a cure, deliver effective treatments, and advocate for patients and care partners. Our vision is to conquer and cure brain tumors – once and for all.
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