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[edit] PEDIATRIC CANCER TOY DRIVE EVENT
[edit] 2nd Annual Toy Drive Event on Friday July 25, 2008 at 8pm - Crobar
A new unwrapped toy is required to enter. Complimentary drinks and food from Evissa. Large silent auction with items from The Chicago White Sox, Rockit Bar, Excalibur, Redhead Piano Bar, Jonathan Antin, Artist Randsom Keith, Crobar, The Sporting Views, Jim Thome, Magglio Ordonez, Ashkenaz Deli, Hooters, jermaine Dye,Ty Beanie Babies, Zizzle and more.
The Pediatric Cancer toy drive is an event held every year half way to Christmas, to raise toys for Children being treated for cancer in local hospitals. The event was created by Bradley Pogofsky in 2007. The first annual event took place Tuesday July 24, 2007 at Plush on Madison Avenue. Over 200 people attended the event and 2,800 toys were collected. The toy were delivered to Childrens's Memorial Hospital. The event website is www.myspace.com/toydrive. Brad started the event after Mark Staehely, a young boy who died from cancer at 18 years old. Prior to his passing, Mark raised thousands of toys for other less fortunate kids on his oncology floor. Thus the "Treasure Chest" was created. A chest filled with toys all year long for any cancer patient to take one if he/she is having a tough day. All of the toys raised last year were donated to Mark's Treasure Chest at Childrens Memorial Hospital and silent auction proceeds went to The mark Staehely pediatric cancer foundation.
TOY DRIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Bradley Pogofsky - Organizer, Chairman * Joseph Dipiazza - Co-Organizer, Vice-Chairman
Dr. Richard Kaufman, Brad Altman, James A. Gio, Randsom Keith, Edwin Brant
This years event will be even bigger. Brad Pogofsky has acquired a co-organizer to assist in planning the event. Joey DiPiazza is the co-organizer. This years event will be held on Friday July 25, 2008 at 8pm. A new unwrapped toy is required to enter. The event will take place at Crobar. All the toys will benefit Northwestern Memorial and Comer's Childrens Hospitals. All the money raised from the silent auction will benefit Imerman Angels.' Imerman Angels is a “one-on-one cancer support service” that partners a person fighting cancer (“fighter”) with someone who’s beaten the same type of cancer (“survivor”). One-on-one relationships give a fighter the chance to ask personal questions and get support from someone who is uniquely familiar - a survivor. Our free service helps anyone touched by any type of cancer, at any cancer stage level, at any age, living anywhere in the world. PLEASE REFER ANYONE YOU KNOW TOUCHED BY CANCER - we'll get him/her connected. Founded by cancer survivor Jon Imerman
