August 30, 2015

From the WJAC TV website!
“After pancreatic cancer took Cathy Griffith’s husband Greg, instead of taking to road to ‘why me,’ the Hollidaysburg native decided to choose the ‘believe always’ path. In this week’s Making a Difference, Lindsay Ward found out what she’s done to keep his memory alive, and how the local community stepped in.”
We are pleased to announce that Dr. A. James Moser, Executive Director of the Institute of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center will be attending for the 6th year in a row.
Dr. Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S., will be our special guest speaker at the Casino. Dr. Maitra is the mentor of Jack Andraka and is the only medical professional out of 200 that opened his laboratory to Jack, 2012 Intel Science and Engineer Fair winner. Dr. Maitra was formerly of John Hopkins and is now co-director and scientific director of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas.
Erin Willett was a semi-finalist on the second season of NBC’s The Voice and competed under the guidance of Grammy nominated artist and CMA Entertainer of the Year, Blake Shelton.
The Sideline Cancer basketball team has earned a bid to play in the 2nd “The Basketball Tournament”. The 97 team tournament is single elimination and the winning team will win a $1,000,000 prize.