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Accomplishments of the Foundation

•  In 2007 the Jays World Childhood Cancer Scholarship Program awarded $50,000 in scholarship money to seven graduating high school seniors from all over the greater New York area. In December 2007 the Foundation donated $50,000 to fund the rooms at Winthrop University Hospital.

•  Since 1997 the Foundation has received numerous citations from the Town of Oyster Bay for all the work that has been done for children with cancer.

•  Governor George E. Pataki and the New York State Assembly designated one week in the year as �Childhood Cancer Awareness Week in the State of New York .�

•  St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital has received $100,000 from the Foundation in hopes of finding a cure for cancer.

•  The North Shore Pediatric Cancer Treatment Center was supported with approximately $350,000 in contributions.

•  Since June of 1998 the Foundation has awarded over 60 cancer survivors with scholarships to help with the cost of their college tuition. Total funds awarded to date is over $400,000.

•  Because of the radiation treatment children receive, the Foundation has assisted patients in banking their sperm and or eggs to allow them to have a family in the future.

•  In 2001, $50,000 was donated to the Cancer Center for KIDS at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola , New York , for a �State of the Art Blood Lab Machine.�

•  In 2002, $100,000 was donated to Winthrop-University Hospital for the funding of a room for children with cancer on the new pediatric floor which opened in 2004.

•  In 2003, $10,000 was donated to the Cancer Center for KIDS at Winthrop-University Hospital for a new microscope which will be used when checking children's blood results.

•  In 2004, an additional $200,000 was donated to the pediatric floor at Winthrop-University Hospital to ensure a safe place for pediatric cancer patients.

• In 2005 the Jays World Childhood Cancer Scholarship Program awarded $55,000 in scholarship money to eight graduating high school seniors from all over the greater New York area. In December 2005 the Foundation donated $100,000 to fund the rooms at Winthrop University Hospital.

• To date, the Foundation has assisted twelve young adults in banking their reproduction fluids before they underwent radiation.

• In 2006 the Scholarship Program awarded $68,000 to deserving high school seniors through out New York State.

 

 


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