UCI Tri-Delts support cancer research

B.W. COOK

During the holidays, and all year long, the Pediatric Cancer Research

Foundation makes some of the most important charitable and medical

efforts in the community.

The lives of innocent children are at risk every day. Progress has

been made, in large part because of the unfailing efforts of people

who care in conjunction with the remarkable strides made by the

medical and scientific communities. Money is a major factor, funding

the machine that searches for answers.

Forty-five local women, all alumnae of the sorority Delta Delta

Delta, joined other alumni affiliated with UC Irvine in folding

thousands of holiday cards on behalf of the foundation.

“The cards will be distributed to chain stores, social event

organizers and local businesses, who in turn, sell the cards to

customers all for the benefit of cancer research,” said Dawn Tetrault

of the Tri-Delta women.

The folding center was the Newport home of Thia Cochran, where the

ladies assembled cards designed by a local 13-year-old cancer patient

named John Mash.

The afternoon of card-folding also included a bit of Tri-Delta

business, as the group elected Wendy Schiff Woman of the Year, an

annual award of recognition coming from the Southern California

Alumni Council. Schiff was honored with the award at a holiday

luncheon, praised for her volunteer service “above and beyond the

call of duty.”

If you haven’t sent your holiday cards, call the foundation office

at (949) 859-6312. There’s still time to make a difference.

Organizers are now hard at work planning next year’s Rainbow of Hope

Fashion Show and Luncheon, to be held in Newport in support of the

Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation. Underwriting support is needed.

Call Dawn Sather at (949) 721-3316.

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