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.php?605-5-70-s-Rock-The-Sarcoma-Cup Pressure Drop Video: http://www.pressure-drop.us/forums/content.php?615-Sarcoma-Cup-Gets-Downright-Sexy Pressure Drop Writeup (from a participant): http://pressure-drop.us/forums/content.php?619-Sarcoma-Cup-2010-Saturday-Buoy-Racing Thanks to all of our corporate and private sponsors who made it possible for us to increase our fundraising through raffle, and online and silent auctions, as well as to our dedicated volunteers, who donated their time coordinating the event, manning registration and shirt tables, decorating, cooking, doing water taxi, among other fun duties! Posted by heidy at 11:13 PM No comments: Tuesday, July 6, 2010 Sarcoma International Awareness Week - July 17-20 For July Sarcoma Awareness Week - please wear a BeatSarcoma shirt or swag or simply put a sticker on an existing shirt. Take a picture with the caption ’Team Sarcoma Initiative’ and email it to info at beatsarcoma.org. We want to help beat last year’s records in terms of participants!!! We’ll create an album that can be linked from the Team Sarcoma page Online store Find out more about what is happening in your neighborhood or elsewhere in the world during that week, check http://www.team-sarcoma.net/ Posted by Nathalie Criou Racing at 10:53 AM No comments: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 BeatSarcoma Makes a $5,000 Research Gift to UCSF BeatSarcoma extended its support of Sarcoma Research to UCSF - as it exceeded its fundraising goals in 2009 and had more funds available than what it had already committed. UCSF has long been treating patients with sarcoma and recently decided to form a sarcoma research group. ’We have been discussing sarcoma research since our inception with UCSF and we are extremely pleased to see this development and honored to lend our support to this world-class institution’ says Criou, BeatSarcoma President. ’UCSF offers sarcoma research projects that are very much in line with BeatSarcoma’s funding philosophy.’ Dr . Eric Nakakura of UCSF, Nathalie Criou and Nathan Bossett of BeatSarcoma Dr. Nakakura is a cancer surgeon who treats patients with soft tissue sarcoma. He also runs a translational research laboratory dedicated to understanding basic mechanisms of cancer growth that might be exploited to better treat patients. With the help of funding from BeatSarcoma, Dr. Nakakura and his laboratory will investigate the role of a critical growth and signaling pathway in human sarcomathe mTOR pathway. His group will determine the expression and activity of mTOR pathway components in a diverse collection of human soft tissue sarcoma samples. They would then investigate the efficacy of mTOR inhibition on sarcoma growth in vitro and in vivo. Dr. Nakakura supported BeatSarcoma’s 2010 Fun Run on April 25 noting ’it means a lot to me to hear first hand the motivation for sarcoma research.’ Posted by Nathalie Criou Racing at 6:55 PM No comments: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Submit an entry to the ’Everyday Sarcoma Hero’ project Submit an entry to the Everyday Sarcoma Heroes project ? Everyone who has dealt with sarcoma knows a hero or two. Heroes support, encourage and inspire us in extraordinary ways. Just when we need them most, they are there. They challenge us, comfort us, and give us hope. Team Sarcoma Initiative » The Team Sarcoma Everyday Heroes Competition bit.ly Everyday Heroes is an effort to honor sarcoma patients and those who have touched the lives of sarcoma patients, and to inspire kindness and supportive action for everyone dealing with sarcoma. Posted by Nathalie Criou Racing at 10:23 PM 1 comment: BeatSarcoma 2010 Fun Run James - 2nd place - pet category Thank you everyone for coming to our third annual Fun Run! It looks like we have raised more money than in the first two years combined We will triple-check next time we book the venue to avoid buses driving through the course...print a map of the park for our volunteer massage therapist to save him from being lost...put a volunteer with a sign translated into 18 languages at the turnaround point and double up with signs at the beach saying ’if you read this, you have gone too far’... The great news is that people came to run and they did plenty of running, some even ran around for a little while. People came to walk and they walked. Any extra distance did not cost any extra money...Dog came, ate treats, wore cool t-shirts and won prizes. Kids ran with a smile on their face and the sun was out to greet team Millie, team Lauren, team Paul and team Dave. Posted by Nathalie Criou Racing at 8:45 PM 1 comment: Sunday, April 25, 2010 Article about BeatSarcoma’s Founder from Pressure Drop http://www.pressure-drop.us/forums/showthread.php?247-People-Making-A-Difference-This-time-Natalie-Criou-Beat-Sarcoma-Founder Posted by Nathalie Criou Racing at 7:07 PM No comments: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Berkeley Yacht Club will be hosting the 2010 Sarcoma Cup Howdy Sailors – In our continuing efforts to provide you with the best possible regatta experience, and after months of top secret meetings with deep-pocketed sponsors, interviewing prospective host yacht clubs, carefully reviewing their extensive application forms, and performing thorough background checks, we have finally reached a decision. Our complex application scoring process heavily weighted kick-ass sailing, parties that would be illegal in most states, and dedication to this charity cause. One applicant towered above the rest… …those wild and crazy folks at the Berkeley Yacht Club will be hosting the 2010 Sarcoma Cup !!! Congratulations BYC !! Unfortunately, we are still sworn to secrecy on some of the event’s details. You may have heard rumors about special appearances by some of the SI swimsuit models at this year’s Sarcoma Cup. At this time I can neither confirm or deny these rumors. As soon as we can declassify the rest of the event details we will be making further announcements. Stay tuned. So, far the following fleets have committed to the event and have it on their calendar: J105 Express 27 Wabbit Alerion 28 Viper 640 Open 5.70 Santana 22s (Sunday) So, if your fleet is not on this list, now’s the time to fix that J . Do your sailing friends a favor and pass this email on. We will also be posting updates at http://www.sarcomacup.org/ Cheers, Mark Lowry 2010 Sarcoma Cup Regatta Co-chair Express 27, #68, Xena” RYC On behalf of your 2010 Sarcoma Cup organizing committee Posted by Nathalie Criou Racing at 6:14 PM No comments: Monday, March 1, 2010 BeatSarcoma 2010 Fun Run - Registration Opens! Registration for the 2010 BeatSarcoma Fun Run/Walk is open!!! We are introducing a ’Fun/Themed/Costumed’ category, a 1K and a ’Pet’ category! Come join us! - if you are interested in volunteering, email funrun@beatsarcoma.org Come join us in Golden Gate Park - http://www.beatsarcoma.org/BeatSarcoma_F un_Run_2010.html BeatSarcoma Fun Run 2010 www.beatsarcoma.org Fun Run to raise funds to fight sarcoma. The sarcoma is a cancer that primarily affects children and young adults. Posted by Nathalie Criou Racing at 10:58 PM 1 comment: Thursday, February 11, 2010 Sarcoma International Awareness Week - bring your ideas for a BeatSarcoma Team! The International Sarcoma Awareness week (ISAW) is also known as the Team Sarcoma Initiative (TSI). It is an internationally coordinated set of events to raise awareness of sarcoma and raise funds to support sarcoma research, clinical trials, and patient and family services. This annual effort consists of a wide variety of events that are held worldwide during the same week. Over 16,800 people participating in 2009, doubling last year’s participation and far surpassing our goal of 10,000 participants. 30 medical centers and 25 sarcoma advocacy groups were among the groups that hosted the 90 events that were held globally. Over $450,000 was raised by teams to support various cancer centers and advocacy groups. The mantra of the Initiative is Sarcoma Knows No Borders.” We use this phrase because...