The Friends of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote the efforts of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, hosted their annual fundraising event on November 18 at the private Diamond Head home of Priscilla and Jim Growney.
The event, chaired by Priscilla Growney and Mary Worrall, raised nearly $100,000 to benefit research and educational programs at the UH Cancer Center.
More than 100 guests came from across the state to attend the dinner event.
“We are lucky to have such great supporters and people who believe in the work that we do at the UH Cancer Center. We are dedicated to making Hawaiʻi a place where fewer people get cancer and more people survive. Though the generous support of the Friends, they are helping us make that dream a reality,” said Dr. Michele Carbone, director of the UH Cancer Center.
Construction is under way on a new state-of-the-art research center to better serve the people of Hawaii and the Pacific. The new UH Cancer Center will open its doors in 2013.
