DERBY – This year’s 5K Walk/Run to Benefit the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital on Oct. 24 raised more than $65,000 thanks to the support of sponsors and over 250 participants. This recent fundraising amount brings the event’s 18-year total to nearly $1 million!
Proceeds from the 5K Walk-Run will support Griffin’s Radiation Therapy Project which will bring new, advanced technology powered by sophisticated computer processing and artificial intelligence for greater precision, helping protect healthy tissue while targeting cancer. It will also help patients begin treatment sooner and allow Griffin to treat a wider range of cancers.
“This project is a major step forward in the care we can provide right here in our community and will give us the most advanced radiation therapy technology of any hospital in the state,” Griffin Health President and CEO Patrick Charmel said at the 5K. “Every dollar raised, every person who participates, and every act of generosity today brings us closer to making this exciting advancement a reality for our patients and their families.”
The event featured awards for the top individual fundraiser and top team fundraiser. The winner of the William C. Powanda Memorial Award for the top fundraiser was Barbara Scarpa who raised more than $5,800.Scarpa’s team, Scoop’s Troop, which participates in the event in memory of her parents, won the Team Synergy Award as the top fundraising team, raising more than $6,800. JoBeth Foley was the winner of the Make It Happen Spirit Award, which recognizes an individual who exhibits tireless effort and support for the event.
The sponsors for the 5K Walk-Run were In-Home Angels, CED Technologies, Jefferson Radiology, The Edge Fitness, Subway, MagView, Ansonia Rod & Gun Club, Forest Construction, Telix, Smilow Cancer Hospital, Dermatology Physicians of CT, Stelray, KeyBank, Drs. Sudipta & Bindu Dey, Crista Building, Teamsters Local 1150, and CeraVe and La Roche Posay, Star 99.9, Robeks and Akumin.
Donations are still being accepted at griffinhealth.org/5k or via mail to The Griffin Hospital Development Fund, 130 Division St., Derby, CT 06418.