The Connecticut Brain Tumor Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to our mission of raising awareness of the disease, to provide hope and support for others living with brain tumors in Connecticut and to raise money that will support and advocate the cutting-edge research we all know someday will find that cure. http://www.ctbta.org Siblings from Minnesota Raise Over $500 for CTBTA http://www.ctbta.org/laceylars.php Bid on a Once-in-a-Lifetime opportunity to play golf with UCONN Basketball Coach Jim Calhoun. Jim will play with you and 2 friends at the Connecticut Brain Tumor Alliance's 4th Annual Golf Tournament on September 27th at Tumble Brook Country Club, in West Hartford, Connecticut. The Auction will begin at 8:00 a.m. on August 8th and the highest bidder will be closed at 10:00 p.m. on August 23rd. Get your 2 friends together the three of you should bid generously! The opening bid will start at $1500 and bids will go up in $100 increments. http://www.biddingforgood.com/ctbta http://www.ctbta.org/pdf/ccmc.pdf The CT Brain Tumor Alliance has made a special gift to Saint Francis, the second such donation in as many years, and it brings a smile to Dr. Michael Twohig's face. Read how this gift will improve the patient experience. http://www.saintfranciscare.com/CT_BTA_Story.aspx Saint Francis and the Connecticut Brain Tumor Alliance cordially invite you to attend a reception to celebrate their partnership and the purchase of the Cinema Vision system for the Department of Radiology. http://www.ctbta.org/stfrancis.php We work every year to raise awareness about Brain Tumor patients and their caregivers and this year is no different. Even in this difficult time, the need never goes away. You can help by joining us this year at Tumble Brook and continuing our success. http://www.ctbta.org/pdf/2010_brochure.pdf They may be small in stature but their generosity is enormous. Siblings Lacey and Lars from Monticello, MN have been raising money for the CTBTA by selling homemade ribbons and soda. http://www.ctbta.org/butler.php It's not a vaccine in the traditional sense: It doesn't prevent disease. But like any vaccine, it triggers the immune system to attack an intruder, in this case, the cancerous cells. http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/04/vaccine.brain.cancer/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn Read the Thank You letter from the Yale Brain Tumor Center http://www.ctbta.org/pdf/ybtc_letter_0210.pdf NBTS's "Living With a Brain Tumor" conference is for patients and families in Washington, DC on March 20, 2010. http://www.braintumor.org/event/?p_EventId=159300 AJHKIDS helped raise nearly $25,000 for the Center for Missing and Exploited Children several years ago with their delicious Peppermint Pies. Now the girls and the pies are back! AJHKIDS wants to start raising money and awareness for the Kids with Brain Tumors. Every penny we raise will go the research and treatment for the eradication of this awful disease. http://www.ajhkids.org/ This informative symposium is presenting the latest breakthroughs in treating brain cancer. http://www.ctbta.org/pdf/acgt.pdf Hartford Hospital Helen and Harry Gray Cancer Center is hosting the 3rd annual Fred Cohen symposium for brain tumor patients and their families at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. http://www.ctbta.org/schedule.php Supporting The Connecticut Brain Tumor Alliance at the Avon Valley Show Stables, 595 Waterville Rd, Avon, CT. http://www.ctbta.org/schedule.php The Connecticut Brain Tumor Alliance donated $30,000 to the Yale Brain Tumor Center. We are proud to share in the vision and mission of the new Smilow Cancer Hospital and the novel research efforts. http://www.ctbta.org