Rein in Sarcoma has received a $100,000 gift to establish the Hallie Anne Brown Sarcoma Educational Initiative. The gift was given by the Barbara Bradley Baekgaard Family Foundation through Todd and Kathy Brown, parents of Hallie Anne Brown, who died from Osteosarcoma at the age of 16. Because of this new initiative, RIS plans to work with medical…
Pack the folding chairs and enjoy community time! We welcome you to this year’s Party in the Park (ing) Lot on Saturday, July 24 at the Mann Theaters Champlin Cinema 14 in Champlin MN. This year, we determined a drive-in movie was the best option for our community to gather safely this year. Space is…
Time to pause and celebrate In 2020, COVID-19 brought unique challenges to Rein in Sarcoma and our community. Even so, the team came together to ensure our community felt supported and had the resources needed to continue the mission. Between the Sarcoma Cancer Research Golf Classic, Party in the Park Virtual Event, the Fall Fundraiser Virtual…
We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to Kraig for his leadership over the past several years as the Chair of the Patient and Family Support Committee. Kraig will be stepping down from this role, but will continue to be an active member of the Rein in Sarcoma community.
Saturday, April 17, 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. University of Minnesota 2021 Cancer Survivorship Virtual Conference The 15th Annual Cancer Survivorship Conference will be a virtual event with no in person elements. The event is a collaboration between Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota and M Health Fairview, and is an excellent opportunity for survivors,…
The following new members were elected to the Rein in Sarcoma Board of Directors at the January 25 2021 Annual Meeting: Dr. John Charlson Dr. Charlson is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Division of Hematology and Oncology, specializing in sarcoma. He graduated from the University of Iowa, College of Medicine in…
We are highlighting a very timely article written by two talented Rein in Sarcoma volunteers. Congratulations to Elsa Keeler, MD, MPH, and Yatharth Sharma for being published in the Jan-Feb 2021 issue of Minnesota Medicine Magazine. We are lucky to have such amazing community members working with Rein in Sarcoma! Yatharth Sharma is a student…
Rein in Sarcoma has awarded $40,000 in new sarcoma research grants to Children’s Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic. The grants were announced during the recent virtual Fall Fundraiser. The RIS Research Committee reviews the top proposals brought forward by each institution’s evaluation committee, and in turn recommends final awards to the RIS Board of Directors…
Rein in Sarcoma proudly announces a $150,000 research grant approved by the Rein in Sarcoma Board on January 27, 2020. This brings the cumulative research funding by Rein in Sarcoma to $2 million since the organization’s founding in 2001. This grant will fund the following three exciting University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center projects: “eBAT…
Funding sarcoma research is one prong of Rein in Sarcoma’s three-pronged mission. With the great support of donors including a significant gift through the Hallie Anne Brown Named Fund, physicians, researchers, and board members RIS expanded research funding in 2017. This expansion not only grew our commitment to the University of Minnesota, but provided research…
