Miami VictorCancer E. Clarke Institute 2019 – 2020 Foundation Charitable Highlights 2019 IMPACT REPORT
Community Health and Events Approximately 5,900 patients and families participated in educational programs, support groups, expert speaking engagements and exercise programming throughout 2019. Highlights include:
Inspire You Series The Institute’s Inspire You series featured inspirational and celebrity speakers who shared important stories of hope and healing with patients, caregivers and the community. 2019 speakers included: • Olympian track athlete and breast cancer survivor Novlene Williams-Mills • New World Symphony Fellow and pediatric cancer survivor Stephanie Block • Baptist Health and Miami Cancer Institute Board member and Christ Journey Church Senior Pastor Reverend Dr. Bill White
HEAT.HELP.CURE. Miami HEAT fans, cancer survivors, novice and experienced dribblers and others who want to make a difference in the fight against cancer took to the streets of Miami in November 2019 in the first-ever community-wide “Dribble Drive Against Cancer.” The event marked the culmination of the 2019 HEAT.HELP.CURE. initiative, representing “Join the HEAT. You can HELP. Find a CURE.” — a unique philanthropic partnership among the Miami HEAT, Baptist Health South Florida, and Entercom radio to raise critical funds to help Miami Cancer Institute achieve its vision of a world without cancer.
The combined HEAT.HELP.CURE. events raised $576,881
Dribblers raised funds by dribbling a basketball on three different routes. Earlier, five of South Florida’s most popular radio stations participated in HEAT.HELP.CURE. by interviewing HEAT stars, cancer patients and the physicians who provide expert care to those patients.
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