Become a sponsor for Rhythm Heals, a special evening celebrating the role music plays in treating women’s cancer.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 6:30 PM
East 54, Chapel Hill, NC
They’re six doctors you hope to never meet in a hospital, yet you could have a great time rocking out to their music. By profession, they are oncologists and surgeons from Chapel Hill, New York, Texas and Oregon, charged with guiding women (and their families) through cancer diagnoses and treatment and—hopefully—to a cure. With each case, their greatest hope is to deliver the sweetest words a cancer patient can ever hear: “No evidence of disease.” (Thus, the name of their band: N.E.D.)
This band has a mission: To enhance knowledge about gynecologic cancer, to save lives, as well as to bring hope through music to those undergoing treatment, and to the world at large. These doctors strongly believe that music heals. They are in it to heal themselves, their patients and everyone who will listen.
On Saturday, Feb. 27 and Sunday, Feb. 28, the six band members will come together for a patrons’ dinner and two rock concerts – in Chapel Hill and Raleigh. Their powerful music will raise funds for educating women everywhere and promoting early detection of this disease, which will impact nearly 80,000 women in the U.S. this year. In addition, locally, funds will benefit UNC Hospitals and Rex Cancer Center by creating N.E.D. patient resources and support for women with gynecological cancers. Sadly, more than 28,000 won’t hear the words “No Evidence of Disease” from their doctors.
Benefits of Sponsorship
1. This event will include entertainment in support of N.E.D.’s mission. Sponsors will be given preferred seating at the patron dinner and at the concerts in either Chapel Hill’s Cat’s Cradle or Raleigh’s Lincoln Theater.
2. Current patients and survivors will be invited to attend the party. Your support could help sponsor tickets for some of them.
3. Everyone attending the event will be given a copy of the N.E.D. CD.
4. The CD includes an in-depth educational pamphlet: “What Every Woman Should Know,” which is a valuable, pocket-sized guide to gynecologic cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Your sponsorship can support the distribution of the CDs, and the role they will play in educating women everywhere.
5. Your support will create N.E.D. patient resources and support for women with gynecological cancers at UNC Hospitals and Rex Cancer Center.
Join us in giving voice to illnesses that have for too long been quiet killers.
2 responses so far ↓
1 terp // Feb 13, 2010 at 11:23 am
Thanks, Rama, for posting the concert. In case you don’t know, this band’s lead singer is Lisa’s surgeon, Dr. John Boggess. Lisa is helping Dr. Boggess organize this event by planning, selling sponsorships for the Patrons’ Dinner and concert tickets to either the Cat’s Cradle on Feb. 27 or the Lincoln Theater on Feb. 28. Lisa and I are going to all three events. A portion of the proceeds will create support resources for GYN cancers at Rex and UNC – that don’t exist today. The remaining proceeds will go toward creating awareness of GYN cancers. Should be a fun weekend! I hope you can join us for one of these events.
2 stabu // Feb 16, 2010 at 11:06 am
Wow, what an awesome event! I wish I could go to this – we will be in tampa that weekend. That’s one amazing group to organize something like this.