December 2011 Grants Newsletter

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Making your giving matter more... since 1924 December 2011 Newsletter

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You know that good feeling you get when you help make things better? This newsletter looks at grants that were made possible in large part by generous New Yorkers who wanted to make a difference—and set up endowed funds with us. To find out how you can leave your own legacy, contact our general counsel, Jane Wilton at (212) 686–2563 or janewilton@nyct-cfi.org.

Groundbreaking Procedure to Save Children’s Sight

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ntil 2005, children who were not diagnosed early with retinoblastoma, a rare cancerous eye tumor, lost their eyes to save their lives.

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Retinoblastoma is an “orphan disease,” one that affects only a small number of people, and therefore has not been “adopted” by the pharmaceutical industry because investment in developing treatments would never pay off. “These diseases also don’t get much federal funding,” says Len McNally, program director for health and people with special needs. “The Trust finds places where our money will make the most difference, so when a targeted treatment that

Dr. David H. Abramson, chief of the ophthalmic oncology service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.


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