{"id":86044,"date":"2022-10-20T07:05:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T11:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=86044"},"modified":"2022-10-19T17:26:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T21:26:35","slug":"the-pap-corps-celebrates-70-years-of-funding-research-for-all-types-of-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/the-pap-corps-celebrates-70-years-of-funding-research-for-all-types-of-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pap Corps Celebrates 70 Years of Funding Research for All Types of Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., Oct. 20, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The Pap Corps Champions for Cancer Research will celebrate its 70th anniversary with a beautiful luncheon event at the Polo Club in Boca Raton on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. During the past seven decades, the nonprofit has grown from a small group of women supporting the pioneering work of Dr. George Papanicolaou to a dynamic organization with over 20,000 members, who fund research for all types of cancer at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-1020-s2p-pap-corps-70th-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Pap Corps&#039; 70th Anniversary Committee\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-1020-s2p-pap-corps-70th-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-1020-s2p-pap-corps-70th-800x600-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-1020-s2p-pap-corps-70th-800x600-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/><em>PHOTO CAPTION: The Pap Corps&#8217; 70th Anniversary Committee.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The event, hosted by Michael Williams of WPTV, will pay tribute to the organization\u2019s impressive history and will honor two special guests, major donor Gerald Yass and Stephen D. Nimer, M.D., director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepapcorps.org\/\">https:\/\/www.thepapcorps.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pap Corps has made an incredible impact on the lives of countless people during these seven decades,\u201d said Sally Berenzweig, CEO. \u201cWithout funding for cancer research, we wouldn\u2019t have the groundbreaking, life-saving treatments that have allowed so many to make the journey from patient to survivor. As a community, we owe a tremendous gratitude to all The Pap Corps members who devoted their time and money to supporting the mission of a world without cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the event, The Pap Corps will showcase many of these dedicated members in video collage and will honor the past presidents who shaped and guided the organization\u2019s tremendous growth during the past 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to our past presidents, incredible directors, and dedicated members, we have many triumphs to celebrate,\u201d said Chair Susan Dinter. \u201cAnd so many of the cherished memories we\u2019ve created transcend the big check moments and go directly to the heart of our organization. The Pap Corps is special not only because of what we do, but who we are. The enduring friendships within the Corps have created a bond that makes our organization the force it is today. And that is something we are all very proud of!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pap Corps is thankful for the many sponsors who are supporting this event including The Harcourt M. and Virginia W. Sylvester Foundation; Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System; the Wrobel Family Foundation, L&#8217;Or\u00e9al\u00a0Paris; Susan&amp; Ed Dinter, Linda &amp; Joel Moses, Judith Harold; the Wechsler Foundation; Sharon Goodhart Travel Agency; Alan Joyce of Raymond James; Heidi S. Schaeffer, M.D. Charitable Trust; GL Homes; PNC; Bauman Medical; Opal Grand Oceanfront Resort &amp; Spa; Nothing Bundt Cakes; Searcy Law; Daszkal Bolton; AmFund; Hotwire Communications; Madeline Wolfson; Southern Glazer\u2019s Wine &amp; Spirits, and media sponsor Boca Magazine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About\u00a0The\u00a0Pap\u00a0Corps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since its founding in 1952,\u00a0The\u00a0Pap\u00a0Corps, a 501(c)(3),\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., Oct. 20, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The Pap Corps Champions for Cancer Research will celebrate its 70th anniversary with a beautiful luncheon event at the Polo Club in Boca Raton on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. During the past seven decades, the nonprofit has grown from a small group of women supporting the pioneering work of Dr. George Papanicolaou to a dynamic organization with over 20,000 members, who fund research for all types of cancer at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7187,"featured_media":86037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[499,12804,1,14,61,56],"tags":[28,10452],"class_list":["post-86044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medical-research-news","category-ap","category-business-news","category-florida-news","category-health-medical-news","category-non-profit-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":3597,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86044","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=86044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}