{"id":81807,"date":"2022-05-17T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=81807"},"modified":"2022-05-16T18:52:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T22:52:38","slug":"the-pap-corps-donates-3-5-million-to-sylvester-comprehensive-cancer-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/the-pap-corps-donates-3-5-million-to-sylvester-comprehensive-cancer-center\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pap Corps Donates $3.5 Million to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., May 17, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — You can\u2019t keep champions down! Rebounding from COVID-19, The Pap Corps Champions for Cancer Research (www.thepapcorps.org<\/a>) came back full swing with their fundraising for the 2021\/2022 fiscal year. At their May meeting, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit donated $3.5 million to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Almost 300 Pap Corps members, along with leaders from Sylvester, enjoyed a beautiful breakfast at Boca West, where the check was presented to Jayne Sylvester Malfitano on behalf of the center.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO CAPTION: Members from The Pap Corps and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI am so proud of our amazing members,\u201d declared Sally Berenzweig, CEO of The Pap Corps. \u201cYour dedication and passion, especially during these past few years, has been such an inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jayne Sylvester Malfitano, whose parents endowed the center, spoke eloquently about the special partnership between The Pap Corps and Sylvester, and shared several of the numerous scientific advancements that have occurred thanks to research, including the rise of precision medicine, which is an approach to cancer treatment that is targeted at genetic markers in each person\u2019s unique cancer.<\/p>\n

Sylvester is the only NCI-Designated Cancer Center in South Florida, and The Pap Corps has donated over $110 million during the past 70 years to support cancer research. To celebrate these seven decades of giving, Robert Weinroth, Mayor of Palm Beach County presented a proclamation honoring the nonprofit\u2019s service.<\/p>\n

Other event highlights included recognizing top donors in multiple categories, honoring retiring chapter presidents and welcoming new chapter presidents.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with such joy that we gather today to celebrate our members and honor the unique role our organization plays in advancing lifesaving cancer treatments,\u201d said Susan Dinter, Pap Corps Chair of the Board. \u201cWe look forward to creating a world without cancer, but until we achieve that goal, The Pap Corps will be here!\u201d<\/p>\n

About\u00a0The\u00a0Pap\u00a0Corps:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since its founding in 1952,\u00a0The\u00a0Pap\u00a0Corps\u00a0has donated more than $110 million to Sylvester Comprehensive\u00a0Cancer\u00a0Center at\u00a0the\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0Miami Miller School\u00a0of\u00a0Medicine, including\u00a0a historic $50 million pledge in 2016. The\u00a0Pap\u00a0Corps\u00a0derives its name from Dr. George\u00a0Papanicolaou,\u00a0a\u00a0pioneer in cytopathology and early\u00a0cancer\u00a0detection, who introduced\u00a0the\u00a0world to\u00a0the\u00a0revolutionary \u2018Pap\u2019 test.\u00a0A\u00a0small group\u00a0of\u00a0women began\u00a0the\u00a0organization to support his efforts, and over\u00a0the\u00a0decades it has grown into an organization\u00a0of\u00a0over 20,000 men and women, in over 50 chapters, who raise funds to support research for all types\u00a0of\u00a0cancers.<\/p>\n

Learn more: https:\/\/www.thepapcorps.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., May 17, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — You can’t keep champions down! Rebounding from COVID-19, The Pap Corps Champions for Cancer Research came back full swing with their fundraising for the 2021\/2022 fiscal year. At their May meeting, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit donated $3.5 million to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7187,"featured_media":81773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,12804,1,14,61],"tags":[28,10452],"class_list":["post-81807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-profit-news","category-ap","category-business-news","category-florida-news","category-health-medical-news","tag-cancer-research","tag-sylvester-comprehensive-cancer-center","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":4430,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}