THANK YOU Dear Carol and Chuck, On behalf of the University of Colorado Cancer Center and those we serve, thank you immensely for your generosity and belief in our mission. We are grateful that you have made such thoughtful and visionary gifts, and we are humbled by your continued partnership. We recognize that close family connections to cancer have made our work especially important to you. Your establishment of the Helen Sobas and Kristina Day Endowed Cancer Summer Fellowship honors your loved ones and opens doors for future generations of bright young minds who hold the potential to become tomorrow's leaders in cancer research. In this report, you will meet Alex Nguyen, the most recent summer fellowship recipient who has benefited from your support. This past summer, he worked closely with Sana Karam, MD, PhD, in the Karam Lab at the CU Cancer Center. Because of you, students like Alex can help pioneer leading-edge discoveries and spur innovation right here on our campus. Benefactors like you help advance our vision at the CU Cancer Center in many ways. When I took the helm in 2018, I set some ambitious goals for the future. We are preventing cancer where possible, detecting it early when the disease is inevitable, and then treating it with the most innovative therapies available. Our physician-researchers are making great strides to help the CU Cancer Center rise to a top 10 cancer center in the country. You will help us get there faster, impacting many lives along the way. Thank you for your forethought and vision in your current giving as well as your generosity in including the CU Cancer Center as a part of your estate plan. It is inspiring to know that, even beyond our lifetimes, your gift will ensure continued progress toward a future in which cancer is a disease of the past.
With warm regards,
Richard D. Schulick, MD, MBA, FACS Director, CU Cancer Center and Chair, Department of Surgery Aragón/Gonzalez-Gíustí Chair Endowed Chair in Surgery