Entries Tagged as ‘Sam Robb Fund’

July 21, 2009

Caitlin Dopheide: Sacrifing her 13th Birthday

Caitlin Dopheide decided when she was 10 years old that she wanted to do a Charity Birthday party for her 13th party. CURE has a named fund in honor of Sam Robb and his family. Last year Sam Robb’s dad was Caitlin’s basketball coach, and she also goes to school with Sam Robb’s sister. [...]

June 10, 2009

CURE Childhood Cancer’s Named Fund Spotlight: The Sam Robb Fund

The Sam Robb Fund

This post is part of an on-going series that features our Named Funds for CURE Childhood Cancer. To learn more about our Named Funds, or to start one of your own, please click here.

About Sam
On June 25, 2007, Sam Robb succumbed to cancer that had returned with a vengeance. Although he is [...]

November 18, 2008

Checking in with CURE Fellows: Reflections And Goals

Two years ago, we introduced you to Dr. Tanya Watt and Dr. Wes Miller, two young doctors and extraordinary humanitarians who were entering the fellowship training program at the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. CURE Childhood Cancer fully funded this specialty training then, and has continued to [...]

November 6, 2008

The First Sam Robb Fellow – Dr. Tanya Watt

Friends,
Thanks to your support over the past year with the loss of Sam, we have established a Named Fund with CURE Childhood Cancer.  The purpose of the Sam Robb Fund is to support one of two Pediatric Research Fellows at the EMORY/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Saturday evening, June 21st,  we introduced Dr. Tanya Watt as the [...]