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The Young Professionals Work Yearround to Find a Cure for Cancer

How to be a CR&T Young Professional
Youth and enthusiasm plus a sincere desire to make an impact on the search for a cure for cancer are requirements. Fundraising and organizational skills help but are not required. Young people with diverse backgrounds from a variety of businesses and industries who have been touched by cancer are a vital part of the mix. A highly developed social sense and a desire to meet and be with like-minded folks complete the profile. Can you fill this job description?


Who are the Young Professionals?

    • 25 to 40 years old
    • careers across every industry including:
    Advertising Finance Publishing
    Marketing Sales Internet
    Brokerage Medicine Legal
    Education Media PR
    • male/female balance
    • 90%+ have college education
    • predominately New York Metro/Manhattan/Northern New Jersey residents
    • young, upwardly mobile professionals
    • 75% single, 25% couples
    • executives in training
    • salary range: $25K - 200K

Some Past Activities

Club Cream on Manhattan's Upper West Side was the site for Swing into Summer. It began as a cocktail mixer - open bar and hors d'oeuvres - but continued to a disco beat long after its 8 PM announced closing.

The group gathered for a theater party Downtown at the Ohio Theater. There were new faces - theater lovers? - which are always welcome. The evening began in the spacious lobby area with drinks and catered canapÈs and ended when the cast mixed with the Young Professionals after the final curtain call.

The famous Le Bar Bat on West 57th Street hosted the big crowd of young people that attended The Early Autumn Bash. There was music by Funk Philharmonic. Dancing and disco followed an open bar and buffet.

The year ends with the annual visit from Santa Claus and company, starring Todd J. Shaw, the group's chairman. Carolers and a magic act entertain the children in the pediatrics ward of New York Presbyterian Hospital. Santa hands out many presents to the children. The Young Professionals gather these gifts - new toys and games - wrap them beautifully and code them according to age and gender. The hospital's Child Life Department coordinates the visit.

Mardi Gras Masquerade 2000, 2001 and 2002 were held downtown at the historic Puck Building. Food stations, cocktails, live music and disc jockeys from major NYC stations, provided a backdrop for an evening of fun and fund raising. A raffle and silent auction highlighted the night of fun, merriment and celebration.

COMING SOON - Fall Festival, Santa's Visit in December, Spontaneous Get Togethers

A Get Together

Young Professionals Cocktail Gathering
Wed. May 22, 2002

Guest Speaker: Dr. Scott Wadler, Richard T. Silver Professor of Oncology and Hematology, Weill Cornell Medical College
In a setting reminiscent of an advanced college seminar, Dr. Wadler discussed the current trends in cancer research with Young Professionals Members and their guests. The exchange was lively, informative and topical.
Synopsis

There are slightly fewer people dying from cancer now than in the past decade. This trend is attributed to improved early detection and improved treatment regimens. This is big news.
With the introduction of sonograms, CAT scans, and now MRI's and PET scans. the chances of detecting cancers in their many forms early enough for treatments to be useful has improved. Hodgkin's disease, some forms of leukemia, stomach cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer have been treated successfully and patients have recovered.
We know more about the process of cancer growth than we have in the past. Cancer cells, like all other cells, contain genes that produce proteins that may or may not be activated, resulting in the presence of cancer or lack of it. Mapping the human genome has provided a major breakthrough.
Cancer cells have the ability to find a blood source to provide their nutrition, even to the point of starving surrounding tissue in order to redirect blood vessels for their own needs (angeogenesis). Treatments of radiation, interferon and various chemotherapies are now being directed to targeted drugs as a result of gene mapping and our ability to identify cancer-causing genes and attack their ability to produce proteins.
Prevention? Cancer is caused by environmental, genetic and nutritional factors. By isolating the cause, separately or in combination, we understand more about how to prevent certain kinds of cancer, i.e., skin cancer - use skin protection if you go into the sun; breast and prostate cancer - frequent screening if there is a family history of this kind of cancer for early detection. Fatty foods probably contribute as cause for cancerÖdon't eat fatty foods. Caution: Diet awareness does produce a healthier body but may have little to do with cancer preventionÖtesting is difficult to sustain over the years needed to produce valid results.
Dr. Wadler thanked us for our support (CR&T and Young Professionals) in this work.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENING NOT TO BE MISSED!!! WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR THE NEXT EVENT.

I WANT TO BE ON THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS' MAILING LIST!

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