Donor Profiles
New Chapel Hill Restaurant Food Delivery Business Donates to UNC Lineberger
Scott Campbell, co-owner of Hector’s Restaurant, has opened a new way for people to have food from Chapel Hill restaurants delivered to their door: Scootfood
Wesley Davis
New Bern High School senior Wesley Davis’ senior project had special meaning for him. Combining his love of golf and interest in melanoma, he organized a successful golf tournament in memory of his mother, Jan Davis, who died of the disease when Wesley was three months old.
The Laniers
The nourishment room in the UNC pediatric oncology clinic provides food not only for the body, but also for the soul. Jamie and Patrick Lanier have given a gift to name the room in memory of their daughter, Meghan, who died of brain cancer in 2007. The room will be named “Meghan’s Munchies” since, as the Laniers say, “Meghan loved her munchies.”
Leslie and John Silverstein
Leslie and John Silverstein of Raleigh have volunteered for UNC Lineberger since 1988. That year, she and NCSU women’s basketball Coach Kay Yow were diagnosed with breast cancer, and Leslie underwent a mastectomy.
The Elizabeth Dalton Averett Foundation
The Elizabeth Dalton Averett Foundation was started in 1995, shortly after Jay Dalton’s sister, Elizabeth “Libby,” passed away suddenly at the age of 37 from a heart condition.
The Cliftons
After starting at UNC with $100 and a partial baseball scholarship, Benton F. “Sonny” Clifton worked his way through school while playing both baseball and soccer, and graduated in 1955, giving him a solid foundation for an outstanding career in health and physical education and then in business. He and his wife, Shirley, always wanted to give back to UNC, “at the right place, at the right time, with the right people.”
David and Jenny Routh
Like many people, David and Jenny Routh of Chapel Hill don’t know anyone who hasn’t been touched by cancer.
Jimbo and Lorraine Harrell
Jimbo and Lorraine Harrell of Charlotte may be new Board of Visitors members, but they are already actively involved.
Bryan and Rebecca Morris
A sense of family legacy and continuing a tradition of service is what led Bryan and Rebecca Morris of Charlotte to volunteer on the UNC Lineberger Board of Visitors since 2003 and to make a planned gift.
The Henningsens
Lee and Brenda Henningsen both have a personal connection to the work being done at UNC Lineberger.
Laura Dugom
Laura Dugom was on a mission to have her Senior Project make a difference. “When I started thinking about my Senior Project I thought about doing something for children with cancer.”
The Frahms
Tori Frahm has experienced just eight Christmases, but she epitomizes the true spirit of the holiday. She and her family organized collection and delivery of 750 presents for pediatric oncology patients and their siblings at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The gifts helped 125 families have a brighter holiday.
Stephanie Beguelin
Each patient copes with a cancer diagnosis in different ways. Stephanie Beguelin’s strategy was to start a foundation. The 1in9 Foundation, created while she was undergoing chemotherapy at UNC, has two goals: to help breast cancer patients by easing some of the burdens that come along with their cancer diagnosis and to increase awareness of breast cancer in the community.
Carolyn Maddux
Carolyn Maddux of Greensboro and family are emphatic about wanting to find effective treatments for aggressive forms of breast cancer in young women. Her urgency is driven by her daughter’s story: despite an aggressive fight, Neil died at age 29 from HER2 overexpressing metastatic breast cancer.
Corona Cares
The “Corona Cares” program was initiated in 2005 by Crown Imports and local wholesalers to benefit sick kids and their families at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Thanks to the advocacy of Raleigh-based Long Beverage, Inc., the 2010 program raised more than $90,000 in North Carolina for patient and family support programs at the N.C. Cancer Hospital.
Roland Massey
Roland Massey knows the world’s highs and lows. The retired Marine served as one of the helicopter pilots for Presidents George H.W. Bush and Clinton and is now safety and health director for Wake Stone Corporation’s massive quarry in Knightdale.
Maddie’s Lemonade Stand
Six-year-old Maddie Moore launched the Drink the Pink Project as part of Turn the Town Pink.
Tina Shaban
Tina Shaban, BSN, RN, OCN, is the manager of the Patient and Family Resource Center at the N.C. Cancer Hospital. She has a passion for oncology nursing and helping patients and families as they face cancer.
Becky Thompson
Becky Thompson of Raleigh, NC and her children understand the importance of supporting cancer research. “Every year I talk to my children about the things we do and the people we help. I explain to them that we support the people who have made the biggest impact on our lives. For us that person is Dr. Young Whang,” says Thompson.
Bosom Buddies
Bosom Buddies began in 2005 at the Weddington Swim & Racquet Club in Matthews, NC and has been held annually.
Bright Night 5K
After being diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of 23, Emily Bright of Greenville, NC decided to get off the couch and started running.
Dr. Jim Sink
When Dr. Jim Sink of Chapel Hill first walked through the N.C. Cancer Hospital, it did not take him long to zero in on the pediatric oncology clinic as a destination for his philanthropic support.
UNC Field Hockey
UNC’s Women’s Field Hockey team partnered with UNC Lineberger on a year-long project to raise awareness of cancer risk and, in particular, skin cancer.
Bruce Lyon and Triad Golfers Against Cancer
Golfers Against Cancer (GAC) is a national charitable organization that was founded in 1997 by Bobby Jones and a group of Houston golfers who lost several of their close golfing buddies to cancer.
The Beechers
After spending a year working in a school in Mexico City, Russ and Jackie Beecher were in the midst of planning to move back to the United States in time for their son’s wedding when they found themselves in the doctor’s office.
Wren Foundation, Inc.
With the Wren Foundation, Inc.,a 40-year family tradition supports kids with cancer.
Brian and Laura Stabler
Laura and Brian make annual gifts to support UNC Lineberger's Comprehensive Cancer Support program which provides emotional and spiritual tools and support for patients and families.
Gerald and Mary Arney
As health care professionals, Gerald and Mary Arney’s appreciation of UNC Lineberger is multidimensional.
John Norton
John Norton and his family believe a difference can be made.
Coach Sylvia Hatchell
From donating blueberry patch profits to making a $50,000 commitment to the N.C. Cancer Hospital Pediatric Oncology Endowment Fund to hosting the gala “Rebounds and Rhinestones” dinner to benefit the Jessica Breland Comeback Kids Fund, Coach Hatchell shows that teamwork is important both on and off the court.
Pearl Schechter
Pearl Schechter and her late husband, Sol, helped the Seed Grant program grow into one of the Cancer Center’s most successful initiatives.
Jennifer and Michael Hodshon
This sister and brother team is making bookmarks and making a difference.
J.D. Wilson
J.D. Wilson, his mom and dad, and his brother honor the memory of their sister and daughter, Katherine, by supporting lung cancer research at UNC Lineberger.
Bill Whisenant & Kelly Ross
Bill Whisenant and Kelly Ross decided to participate in the Capstone Challenge in honor and memory of Bill’s sister, Gail Whisenant Towne.
Chapel Hill Breast Cancer Foundation
For over ten years, the Chapel Hill Breast Cancer Foundation has raised money for UNC Lineberger through tennis and golf tournaments.
Christina Story
When Christina Story started volunteering with “Get Real and Heel,” she saw a need for funding and approached her mother about recommending a grant from her family’s foundation.
Lawrence J. Goldrich
Lawrence J. Goldrich made a gift to fund a garden at the Cancer Center in memory of his wife, Anita, and in 2007, he included UNC Lineberger in his estate plans.
Rochelle Grubb
In 2000, Rochelle decided to endow a graduate fellowship at UNC Lineberger in memory of her husband, Bob.
Rod and Ruth Ann James
Rod and Ruth Ann James make yearly contributions to support research on the IORT (Intraoperative Radiotherapy) procedure currently in trial.
The Mary Claire Satterly Foundation
The Mary Claire Satterly Foundation has made a pledge to fund the Mary Claire Satterly Pediatric Oncology Playroom in the new N.C. Cancer Hospital.
Sylvia & George Rountree
Sylvia and George Rountree made a gift to support the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the new N.C. Cancer Hospital – one of the private infusion rooms in the new hospital will be named in their honor.
Ulla Blab
Ulla Blab from Elon, NC, volunteers her artistic talent to fashion soft, handcrafted "buddy pillows" in whimsical designs for our children undergoing cancer treatment.
Harriet and Frank Livingston
The Livingstons credit UNC for bringing them together and UNC Lineberger for keeping them together through Harriet's battle with cancer.
Joyce Bell
The Bell family decided to name the Massage Therapy Room in the NC Cancer Hospital in Alan's memory.
Dr. M. Robert Blum
"I love the idea that the funds are invested in endowments that will forever enable clinicians to fund their priorities. That's the best return I've had on an investment in a long time."
Ginger Finley
From committees to holiday teas, Ginger Finley raises money and support for UNC Lineberger.
Doug Guthe
Doug embraced this support and established the Rebecca L. Calderon Endowment Fund for New Ideas in Lung Cancer Research.
Nancy Stegman
Nancy and her husband, Mike, decided they wanted to contribute $120,000 to establish an endowment that will fund new ideas in bile duct cancer.
sanofi-aventis
sanofi-aventis U.S. made a commitment of $2 million toward the N.C. Cancer Hospital Endowment – which helps support the institution’s clinical research and many patient programs
Gerry and Linda Schafer
A N.C. Cancer Hospital Commemorative tile purchased to celebrate Gerry's birthday will help expand services, programs and research in the new hospital.
Liz Winter Cohen
"I never realized how wonderful making a gift like this feels," says Liz Winter Cohen of her seed grant gift in support of stem cell cancer research. She also made UNC Lineberger the beneficiary of an IRA.
Dr. Alice Garrett and her daughter, Chaunte
The Garrett family is working to increase public awareness of cancers of the throat and is supporting related research at UNC Lineberger. "We wanted to do something good to say 'thank you' and to support research for throat cancer."
Rich and Marilyn Preyer
The Preyers have committed $1 million to establish The Richardson and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer Distinguished Professorship for Breast Cancer Research at UNC Lineberger.
Marty and Ann Murphy
The Murphys assert, "You invest in people not in institutions. Lineberger, with science-savvy leaders like Chancellor Thorp, Dr. Earp and Dean Roper create an environment where creativity and innovation flourish."
Susan Hudson
Seeing UNC Lineberger as a "rising star" worthy of investment, Susan and her family gifted a life insurance policy intended to underwrite research by talented investigators at a critical stage in their discovery process.
Nancy Sample
Nancy likes the idea of funding research that is in early stages and might not get the chance to progress without private support. That's why she set up the Murphy and Nancy Sample Seed Grant for Pancreatic Cancer Research.
Barbara Wiedemann
Barbara started a yearly motorcycle tour in memory of her husband Dave, and it has raised over $70,000 to support research to improve the standard of care of patients with cancer of the esophagus.
Mary and Arthur Clark
Over the past 25 years the Clarks have invested in many ways, supporting annual operations, special campaigns and making a planned gift.
Pam Dixon - Giving Back in Any Way She Can
Pam is giving back in any way she can to the programs at UNC Lineberger that gave her life back to her.
Meet Ross Buchman
As a survivor of Wilms tumor, a pediatric kidney cancer, 12-year-old Ross Buchman wants to support pediatric oncology in any way he can.
