The Cancer Monument announces official start of fundraising
The Cancer Monument, Inc., announced today the beginning of their five-year, $7 million fundraising drive. The money will be used to build The Cancer Monument, a national recognition of the heroes of the war on cancer. The monument will be constructed on park land contributed by the City of Allen.
Allen, Texas (PRWEB) October 9, 2003 -- The Cancer Monument, Inc., announced today the beginning of their five-year, $7 million fundraising drive. The money will be used to build The Cancer Monument, a national recognition of the heroes of the war on cancer. The monument will be constructed on park land contributed by the City of Allen.
This is an extraordinary grassroots opportunity that will greatly benefit not only Allen and Dallas-Ft. Worth, but the entire American community," said Mike Hathaway, National Communications Director for the organization. This monument will finally honor the heroes of the war on cancer in a way never before imagined. Besides recognizing everyone who has fought this disease (and those are the heroes of this war), the monument will also serve as a place of education, meditation and reflection."
The monument will be constructed of black Texas granite and contain the names of 60,000 people who have battled the disease to represent the cancer community as a whole.
Bronze plaques inscribed with messages of cancer prevention, awareness and statistics will provide the educational focus of the site. The 70-ft diameter of the site will also contain meditation gardens and fountains. The monument will be donated back to the city upon completion.
To raise the funds which will allow construction to begin, The Cancer Monument, Inc., will host many events throughout the coming year. Monthly happy hours held in various Metroplex locations, a golf tournament in April, 2004, a Harley-Davidson Poker Run and benefit concerts are but a few of the efforts quickly filling the calendar for the Monument staff and supporters.
Our main source of funds will come from individual contributions of adding honoree names to the walls of the monument," said Michelle Miller, the president and founder of the group. For a small fee, individuals, families and business can add names to be engraved on the structure and honor their own heroes of the war."
Miller, who has Hodgkins Lymphoma, a rare but curable form of cancer, is pleased with the progress so far.
We have 2000 names on the list and 58,000 to go. We have the land, the support of the Allen community and now we have a focused deadline. If we cant meet that deadline, the land will revert back to the city, said Miller.
But Miller isnt worried about that happening.
I have a great volunteer staff behind me now bringing new energies and ideas to the table. I have no doubt that this dream of ours is going to become reality!"
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