Local Charity Give $10,000 to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Robbinsville, NJ (August 26, 2015) – NJ Charity, Thea’s Star of Hope gave a $10,000 donation to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, on August 15, 2015. Eight members from the organization traveled down to Philadelphia to make the presentation, as well as tour the lab and facility that they are helping to fund.

Dr. Adam Resnick and Dr. Jay Storm, along with Dr. Angela Waanders, led the presentation about the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium (CBTTC.) The CBTTC is a collaborative multi-institute research program that provides open access to biospecimens and data on genomic analysis on all types of pediatric brain tumors. By analyzing the mutations in these tumors, therapies can be targeted to those specific mutations. This “precision medicine” is what many cancer researchers are working toward. Sharing the materials data, and results among many institutions helps to accelerate the research.

“Currently, there are six institutions that are participating in this effort, with another to join in 2016,” says Rensick. Alongside CHOP, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Lurie Children’s Hospital, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Meyer Children’s Hospital in Florence, Italy and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals are part of the consortium.

This funding from Thea’s Star of Hope will go directly to support the CBTTC program and research at CHOP. Thea, the daughter of Trisha and Jeff Danze of Robbinsville, was diagnosed with a brain tumor when she was just 4 months old. “Chemotherapy, radiation and surgery are the standards of care for kids with brain tumors. But they can all cause major medical issues for these kids, even long after treatment is over. By fundraising for this critical research, we hope that we can find better ways of helping Thea, as well as all kids with brain tumors,” says Trisha Danze.

Thea’s Star of Hope raises money through direct donations, as well as several events, each year. For more information visit www.theasstarofhope.org

About Thea’s Star of Hope

Trisha Danze founded Thea’s Star of Hope in 2011. Our mission is to improve the treatment experience for kids with brain tumors. We do this by supporting research for improved therapies with fewer side effects.

Thea’s Star of Hope is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a Guidestar Silver-rated volunteer organization that directs more than eighty percent of our funds toward pediatric brain tumor programs and research. Learn more at www.theasstarofhope.org