VUMC Giving Archive — Page 23 of 27
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July 30, 2015
Singer’s selfless gift benefits lung cancer program
In a town full of amazing singers, Nashville songstress Dawn Sears’ voice was something special. -
July 23, 2015
Young professionals bolster cancer research efforts
With a basketball tucked under his arm, 7-year-old Roger Waynick climbed on top of his dad’s black Tahoe SUV with the intention of sailing upward through the air toward the basketball goal. He was poised to make the most epic dunk ever. -
June 25, 2015
Benefit concert for organ donation exceeds fundraising goals
In only its second year, Songs for Life, a benefit concert to raise awareness and celebrate organ donation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has far exceeded fundraising goals. -
June 11, 2015
Former heart patient inspired to create Discovery Science Fund
Two vastly different causes of heart failure, both of which can devastate a patient’s life, are being studied at Vanderbilt University Medical Center thanks, in part, to the generosity of a grateful patient whose own damaged heart was repaired at Vanderbilt more than five years ago. -
May 28, 2015
Dietitian and friends donate chemo care bags to VICC patients
A Nashville-based dietitian who lost her mother to cancer is using the power of social media to raise funds for chemo care bags for cancer patients. -
May 21, 2015
Coleman’s telethon work a longtime labor of love
Not long after Tuwanda Coleman started her career as a TV producer at WTVF-NewsChannel 5 more than 30 years ago, she was given an assignment that was different from the typical minutes-long news segment. -
April 23, 2015
Brooks, Spalding tune up music industry support
Donating your own money, time and energy to a charitable cause is one thing. Asking friends and colleagues to join you in pursuit of a fundraising goal is something altogether different.