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Friday, January 10, 2014
Issaquah environmental leader dies
Redmond city council member Hank Myers poses with Dellann Elliott, her family and Chris Elliott Fund members during the ribboncutting ceremony at the new Brain Tumor Patient and Family Support Services Center in Redmond. Dellann Elliott has been supporting brain tumor and brain cancer patients for more than 10 years, free of charge.
Margaret Macleod helped secure grants for land and trails BY LINDA BALL LBALL@ISSAQUAHREPORTER.COM
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Sammamish resident opens brain tumor support center The Chris Elliott Fund had a monumental moment last Friday, Jan. 3, when it opened the doors of the new Brain Tumor Patient and Family Support Services Center in Redmond. The organization was started in 2002 by Sammamish residents Chris and Dellann Elliott three weeks before Chris passed away from the deadliest form of brain tumor. Dellann said that in his last days Chris made the request to do something about the disease. “While going through this disease with my husband, we
responding to Brace’s concerns, and others, averaging approximately 40 inquiries a month. This number eventually grew to about 300 inquiries. “I personally responded to and met with each person who reached out for help from me for 10 years,” she said. Dellann was able to hire a Health Information Concierge for 20 hours a week in order to assist her, and eventually the Christ Elliott Fund acquired six employees to help with support services. “We spent 10 years on the Sammamish Plateau delivering brain tumor patient support services as well as creating educational materials to a local and
“I personally responded to and met with each person who reached out for help from me for 10 years.”
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experienced and realized that it was the norm for brain tumor patients to not be referred to dedicated brain tumor specialists or centers and it was the norm to not encourage clinical trials and advanced treatments as options for the disease,” Dellann said. The non-profit organization focuses on brain cancer and brain tumor patient advocacy, with the ultimate mission of ending the disease. Help is offered free of charge. The first person assisted was John Brace. It was three weeks after Chris’ funeral. Brace had just had his brain tumor removed and wanted to know what to do next. Dellann began
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Margaret Macleod, who received the Ruth Kees award in 2013 for her environmental efforts, died Dec. 26 after a long battle with metastatic lung cancer. She was 61. The award was named after Kees, who set the standard for pursuing the Margaret Macleod vision of a sustainable Issaquah. Macleod moved to the Puget Sound area in 1993 from Santa Barbara. She worked for the city of Issaquah for 20 years as a park planner. During her time with the city, Macleod helped secure a series of grants that set aside hundreds of acres along Issaquah Creek and adjoining upland areas on Squak and Tiger mountains for protection
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