Triad Dinner for Cancer Research
The Triad Chapter of Golfers Against Cancer (GAC) proudly announces that it has awarded $240,000 to fund promising research projects in 2012.
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2012 Triad Dinner for Cancer Research
On Sunday, September 23, 2012, the Triad Chapter of GAC will host the Eighth Annual Triad Dinner for Cancer Research.  The event will include dinner, a live and silent auction, and special honored guests. 

Sponsors will enjoy a golf outing on Monday, September 24, 2011.

Please Make Plans To Join Us for This Year's Events!

The Triad Chapter of Golfers Against Cancer (GAC) proudly announces that it has awarded $240,000 to fund promising research projects in 2012. The funds, raised at the organization’s Seventh Annual Triad Dinner for Cancer Research (September 18, 2011), will go to the Comprehensive Cancer Research Centers at UNC-CH, Duke and Wake Forest Universities, and to the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Grant recipients were selected based on the viability and scope of their research projects; as well as, their ability to procure matching funds, often doubling the total award received. For specific information about the grants, please visit Research Grants.

$25,000 for Cancer Research at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Dr. Steven Park of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center is awarded a funding check for $25,000 from Triad Dinner-GAC's Gordon Cole and Dr. Bruce Lyon for Dr. Park's new research project; The project is studying the development of nanoparticles as a delivery system for Lymphoma chemotherapy drugs directly into the tumors. A substance or protein that binds to the lymphoma cells would coat the nanoparticles, and once they stick to the cancer cells the chemo is released directly at the cancer. This could, at least in theory, be adaptable to other forms of cancerous tumors, after identifying which substances will adhere to those particular cells. GAC will review progress at the end of the year along with our other proposals to determine additional funding.

Our original fund-a-need project with Dr. Park was presented at ASCO, and he is now in the process of seeking a NIH grant to take it to the next level. We’ve got our fingers crossed on this!!

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Thank you to all of the Triad Dinner for Cancer Research sponsors, friends, and the Golfers Against Cancer family for making our seventh annual event a great one. Butch Mills and Dr. Bruce Lyon celebrate the results; over $300,000 was raised for cancer research in North Carolina!

Check out our News page for updates on where your GAC contributions are going and the research results!

Welcome!

Golfers Against Cancer (GAC) is a national charitable organization that was founded in 1997 by a group of Houston golfers that lost several of their close golfing buddies to cancer. Motivated to raise money to fund cancer research, they created an annual golf tournament and dinner in Houston.  Since then, GAC has expanded to include chapters in Atlanta, Boston, Greensboro, and New York.  The Triad Chapter was founded in 2005 by Dr. Bruce Lyon and friends.

In only fourteen years of existence, Golfers Against Cancer has funded over $20 million in cancer research projects nationally. Since 2005, the Triad Chapter alone has raised over $1,500,000 by hosting the Annual Triad Dinner for Cancer Research. All of the money raised at the Triad dinner goes to fund promising cancer research projects at the major comprehensive cancer centers at Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest University; as well as, the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.

The Triad (Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem) chapter of Golfers Against Cancer has the following philosophy:

  • Raise money from individuals and corporations to fund promising research projects at North Carolina's four comprehensive cancer research centers.
  • Select projects only after a due diligence process that includes on-site visits and thorough analysis by the GAC Grants Commitee, comprised exclusively of Board members
  • Constantly track the progress of the research after funding.
  • Leverage investment dollars, when possible, by obtaining matching funds from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Health, and other sources.
 

_GAC funds ECU researcher Xin-Hua Hu
http://blog.ecu.edu/sites/newblog/blog/2012/01/08/ecu-scientist-receives-250000-grant-to-study-non-invasive-prostate-testing/

http://blog.ecu.edu/sites/newblog/blog/2012/02/04/grant-aids-in-development-of-screening-test/

Bruce Lyon Named 
National Person of the Year!

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Thanks to all our sponsors for 2011, especially Diamond sponsors;
Old Dominion Freight Lines,
Unifi,
and
United Airlines!