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BCRF_summer2009Newsletter:Layout 1 6/15/09 7:00 AM Page 1 Founded 1993 The Breast Cancer Research Foundation ® 9 0 0 2 r e m m u ® S ® A MessagePfrom EveIlyn LNauder, 15K Years oPf PuRttin’ OEn ThSe PiS nk Founder and Chairman In these times of economic challenges, stories about good fortune are not told as s often, so here is my story e n i about good fortune. D . E n a l l Almost 20 years ago, even A : o though the women’s equality t o h movement in America had P achieved so much and, even though my friends and I were successful in business in addition to having wonderful family lives, there was an issue of great significance to women that demanded a special focus. That topic was breast cancer. For women of my generation, we had inher - r u z ited from our mothers and grandmothers the stigma a M n i of silence associated with such a disease. We grew v e K up hearing the hushed voices, seeing the worried : o t looks—but not always learning the facts. Over time o h Dr. Larry Norton, Evelyn Lauder, Sir Elton John, Liza Minnelli and Elizabeth Hurley P we heard more about “women’s health,” but speak - ing out about breast cancer, whether you had it or “Puttin’ On The Pink” was the theme for one research project for a year. The audi - knew someone who had it, was rare. Cancer was this year’s Hot Pink Party on April 29th ence rose to the challenge and nearly still “the C-word.”The stigma and the poor progno - sis motivated me to do something meaningful to at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New $300,000 in all was raised by the improve women’s lives. Let’s face it, if a woman dies York City. Thanks to generous underwrit - evening’s auction, thus assuring contin - of breast cancer, it is not only a tragedy for her, but ing from BlackBerry, Verizon Wireless ued funding for a research initiative. for all the people who know, love and depend on and many incredible friends, $4 million her…as a mother, a friend, a spouse, a boss, a sister, was raised to fuel the fight against breast Speaking about how proud she was of a daughter, or a teacher. cancer. BCRF’s great progress, Evelyn Lauder, Somebody needed to do something. In a very short Founder and Chairman continued, “But time, and with the support of my family and friends, The fun-filled evening was full of surprises. make no mistake, our Foundation’s ability in 1993 I had the organization in place to put funds Longtime BCRF supporter and the to continue to fund the projects we have for breast cancer research directly into the hands evening’s emcee, Elizabeth Hurley, kicked underway is in jeopardy without new dol - of scientists and physicians. No bureaucracy. Very off the party by raffling 11 very special lars raised by the end of our fiscal year.” low administrative costs. And with the incredible oversight of a stellar group of scientists led from Swarovski encrusted BlackBerry Pearl the start by Dr. Larry Norton. We have raised over Flip Smartphones designed by Vera The Third Annual Roz and Les $250 million since our humble beginning. My, how Wang exclusively for the event, which Goldstein Unsung Hero Award, awarded we have grown! The acceleration of knowledge were awarded to the guests at one very to an extraordinary friend who served as about the basic science of breast cancer—what it is lucky table. Then, Hugh Hildesley from a constant support system to a woman and how we can fix it, literally opened up a new era of public life and dialogue about breast cancer. Sotheby’s announced an incredible auc - who has or had breast cancer, was pre - Women do not have to hide this disease anymore, tion item: a one-of-a-kind chance to min - sented to Dr. Pat Cayne by Pat and more importantly, so many women can and do gle with Hollywood royalty, including Rosenwald. Mrs. Rosenwald acknowl - survive breast cancer—every day. This is the very access to the famous Vanity Fair Oscar edged how her dear friend “would drop best kind of good fortune. None of this would have Party, two round-trip Business Class seats whatever she was doing to help women been possible without you. to Los Angeles on Delta Air Lines, a two- just get through each day.” Dr. Cayne Please continue to support BCRF as best you can. night stay at the fabulous and very chic explained that she had her own unsung Together we can write the final chapter: a world Sunset Tower Hotel, a $3,000 allowance heroes when she was diagnosed with without breast cancer. at the Donna Karan Collection store to breast cancer 12 years ago, and now she purchase a gown, topped off by an Estée “can do for the newly diagnosed women, Lauder makeover for the night. Hildesley what my unsung heroes did for me.” “It is Evelyn H. Lauder continued the live auction by asking the about the Pat Caynes of the world—sur - audience to sponsor research time, with vivors and inspirations to us all—that the goal of raising enough money to fund fuels our determination for BCRF to be BCRF_summer2009Newsletter:Layout 1 6/15/09 7:00 AM Page 2 puttin’ on the pink h h c c i i R R b b o o R R : : o o t t o o h h P Dan and Cynthia Lufkin P Leonard Lauder and Vera Wang Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer, Michael Kors and Miss USA Kristen Dalton the very best it can be,” said Myra Biblowit, BCRF President. The highlight of the evening was Sir Elton John’s introduc - tion of his devoted friend, singing legend Liza Minnelli, whose fabulous performance was memorable. Liza stopped midway through her act, refusing to perform “New York, New York” until $50,000 was donated. Five very generous donors stood up and pledged $10,000 each so the show could go on. Alongside Elizabeth Hurley and Sir Elton John, several stars came out in support of the Foundation, including stage and screen actors Jane Krakowski, Alan Cumming, Marilu Henner, and Jasika Nicole; 2009 Miss USA Kristen Dalton; fashion designers Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger, Vera Wang, Michael Kors, and Christian Siriano; fashion model h h c c i i R R Hilary Rhoda; and makeup maven Bobbi Brown. b b o o R R : : o o t t o o This year’s amazing event was made possible by the gener - h h P P William and Rachel Lauder Myra Biblowit and Jane Krakowski ous underwriting of BlackBerry, Verizon Wireless, Roz and Les Goldstein, the Hearst Corporation, Gail and Richard Siegal, and Evelyn and Leonard Lauder. The Foundation also thanks co- chairmen Bonnie Roche Bronfman and Charles Bronfman, Marjorie Reed Gordon, Cornelia Guest, Donna Karan, Kinga Lampert, Jane Lauder, Jo Carole and Ronald Lauder, Karen and William Lauder, Cynthia and Dan Lufkin, Jeanne and Herb Siegel, Ingrid Sischy and Sandra Brant, Lizzie and Jon Tisch, Vera Wang and Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer. Jonathan and Lizzie Tisch Christian Siriano and Craig McLennan Karin and Steve Sadove 2 The Breast Cancer Research Foundation BCRF_summer2009Newsletter:Layout 1 6/15/09 7:00 AM Page 3 h h h h c c c c i i i i R R R R b b b b o o o o R R R R : : : : o o o o t t t t Roz Goldstein, founder of the Roz and o o o o h h h h P P P Jasika Nicole P Elizabeth Hurley Marilu Henner and Alan Cumming Les Goldstein Unsung Hero Award t t a r r a k S e i l u J : s o t o h p l l a d e t o n e s h i c i w r R e b h t o o R : s s o t e l Jimmy Cayne and Unsung Hero o n h U Award recipient, Pat Cayne P Grand Ballroom, Waldorf=Astoria Pat and John Rosenwald h h c c i i R R b b o o R R : : o o t t o o h h P P Jeff Zucker and Bobbi Brown Alina Cho and Cornelia Guest Summer Newsletter 2009 3 BCRF_summer2009Newsletter:Layout 1 6/15/09 7:00 AM Page 4 The Boston Hot Pink Party The Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s Boston Hot Pink Party, gen - erously underwritten by BlackBerry and Verizon Wireless, began with an informative Symposium at the Boston Harbor Hotel on May 7th. Scientific Advisory Committee Chairman Clifford Hudis, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, moderated the panel discus - s Breast Cancer is Not One Disease: Now What? e sion entitled Dr. Hudis told n i D . E the packed room that, rather than seeing the complexity of breast can - n a l l cer as a roadblock, the fact that breast cancer is a set of many diseases A : o t o presents an opportunity to develop specifically targeted treatments. Dr. h P Drs. Joshua LaBaer, Nadine Tung, Clifford Hudis; Evelyn Lauder; Joshua LaBaer (Harvard School of Medicine) described his group’s Drs. Nancy Lin and Hyman Muss high-tech efforts, which have resulted in a “library” of over 10,000 genes that are now being explored. Their goal is to develop a simple blood test to detect the many subtypes of breast cancer at its earliest stages.