La Cassa Magica Raises Funds to Support Clinical Trials at Yale Cancer Center
For Immediate Release
Date: 5/5/06
Contact: Renee Gaudette, (203) 785-2143
New Haven, Conn. — Yale Cancer Center's seventh annual gala, La Cassa Magica, was held on Saturday, April 29th at the Belle Haven Club in Greenwich, CT. The gala raised over $550,000 in support the development of translational research and the initiation of clinical trials at Yale Cancer Center.
Dr. Jennifer A.K. Patterson and Sir Howard Stringer were the Vice Chairs for the evening, which was hosted by CNN television news anchor and Yale Cancer Center Board member Paula Zahn. Kathryn Anderson Adams of Greenwich Chaired the event. Corporate Chairs for La Cassa Magica include, Louis Chênevert, Paul Kelly, Nicholas Makes, Joseph Perella, and Dr. Richard Sackler.
Jeff Keith, founder of Swim Across America, Bike Across America, and The Connecticut Challenge, a fundraising event to support the Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic at Yale Cancer Center, was honored for his lifelong commitment to raising funds for cancer research and support services. Keith, a cancer survivor, is a resident of Fairfield, CT.
Yale Cancer Center would like to thank the generous underwriters for the evening: Duke Brodsky, CuraGen Corporation, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans - R.S. Evans Foundation, Inc., Dr. Jennifer A.K. Patterson and Sir Howard Stringer, Amy and Joseph Perella, Pratt & Whitney, Purdue Pharma L.P., Sony Corporation of America, Turner Construction Company, and Paula Zahn and Richard Cohen.
The evening included performances by Tony Award winner, James Naughton, who will be appearing at Feinstein's at the Regency in New York beginning in May in Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night. Opening for Mr. Naughton, Elizabeth Hainen, principal harpist for the Philadelphia Orchestra, and her husband, percussionist Dave DePeters, performed together. In addition, K.T. Sullivan, a regular headliner at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel, sang cabaret selections.
Yale Cancer Center is one of a select network of 39 comprehensive cancer centers in the country designated by the National Cancer Institute and the only one in Southern New England. Bringing together the resources of Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Yale University School of Medicine, its mission encompasses patient care, research, cancer prevention and control, community outreach, and education.