CHEVY CHASE SUPORTS SAMUEL WAXMAN

Donald Fagen Of Steely Dan

Dr. Samuel Waxman And Chevy Chase

At the 11 annual Samuel Waxman Foundation Benefit, “Collaborating for a Cure”, Honorary Chair Chevy Chase opened the live auction with a chance to bid on an evening with him and wife, Jayni, at the Waverly Inn, which sold for $20,000. Auctioneer Hugh Hildesley of Sotheby’s proved guests of the benefit were in the spirit of giving when he enticed six people to donate $50,000 to the foundation without an auction item even in the bidding. A total of $4 million was raised at the benefit, with $1.2 million from the live auction. Steely Dan & the Lost Trailers closed the evening with a bravura concert performance at the benefit. Guests included Dr. Samuel & Marion Waxman, Michael & Ellin Nierenberg, Tamara Tunie of Law & Order: SVU, jazz singer Gregory Generet, CANCER101 founder Monica Knoll and Joey Kramer drummer for Aerosmith.The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization focusing on one of the most promising strategies for developing cures and treatments for many types of cancer. It even offers hope for preventing cancer from developing. Rather than kill cancer cells through the traditional treatments of chemotherapy and radiation, Foundation-supported research aims to reprogram chaotically growing cancer cells to behave normally. This targeted treatment has minimal side effects on patients and enables them to maintain their normal life during treatment. Cancer may one day become a chronic disease, loosely comparable to diabetes, where drugs will enable the patient to live a normal lifespan with a near normal quality of life.
Photos By: Patrick McMullen