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UrduIn April, TeamTKC Captain Eli Manning, former New York Giants quarterback, launched the virtual race, which took place during the weekend of May 21 to 23. Manning pledged a matching gift up to $100,000 for all of 2021, ensuring that community support will have double the impact. The May event marked the first signature month of his match, followed by Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month in September.
The inception of Eli’s Challenge in 2015 has energized the Tackle Kids Cancer community and continues to motivate hundreds of groups to join the fight against pediatric cancer while funding education, research and discovery in the search for a cure against the life-threatening disease.
This year, Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation trustee, Stephen Martinez, of Ridgewood, NJ, and his team, were the top fundraisers, bringing in more than $25,000 to make an impact. In 2019, Martinez ran in the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon on Team Tackle Kids Cancer. He and his wife, Burgess, are both active runners and racing for Tackle Kids Cancer has been an important motivator and way to energize his friends while giving back to a meaningful cause.
Funds raised by Tackle Kids Cancer support patient care programs at the Children’s Hospitals as well as clinical trials and translational research at Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI), located in Nutley, NJ. The CDI is home to two important labs funded by the initiative that investigates new immunotherapy treatments for pediatric cancer and meets the clinical and research needs of children with rare central nervous system (CNS) tumors.
“We are so proud of our community and how our supporters answered our TeamTKC Captain Eli Manning’s call to get moving and become involved in Tackle Kids Cancer’s inaugural virtual race,” said Alfred Gillio, M.D., director, Children’s Cancer Institute. “Community support is vital to our efforts and together, we can make a positive impact in the fight against pediatric cancer to benefit patients here in our programs, and around the world. We thank every community member, supporter and patient who participated. We cannot do this important work without your dedication and support.”
To learn more about Tackle Kids Cancer, please visit tacklekidscancer.org or contact Amy Glazer, executive director, at [email protected]. To make a gift and support Eli’s Challenge at Tackle Kids Cancer, donate here.
About Tackle Kids Cancer
Tackle Kids Cancer is a philanthropic initiative of Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health to raise money for pediatric cancer research and patient care programs at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital. Donations made to Tackle Kids Cancer directly benefit the essential clinical care, unique support services and groundbreaking cancer research needed to find a cure. Since its launch in September 2015, Tackle Kids Cancer has raised more than $10 million in funds. Visit www.tacklekidscancer.org for more information about Tackle Kids Cancer.
About Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health
Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health provides the most comprehensive and highest level of quality care to young patients in the state of New Jersey. The children’s network is comprised of two children’s hospitals – Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune – and a large network of pediatric subspecialists and pediatricians. Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health hospitals are the only two in New Jersey to be ranked among the top 50 in the nation for pediatric cancer care by U.S. News and World Report. Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital also ranks among the top 50 in the nation for pediatric neurology and neurosurgery. Visit www.hackensackmerdianhealth.org/kids for more information about Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health.
