In Vino Vita Wine Auction to Toast Fox Chase Research and Patient Care

In Vino Vita

PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 1, 2016) — Fox Chase Cancer Center, in partnership with its Board of Associates, will present its signature fundraising event In Vino Vita Benefit and Wine Auction on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Vie.

The 2015 event was attended by more than 400 prominent regional healthcare, business, and philanthropic leaders — doubling the attendance of the previous year. We hope you’ll join us as we toast to the life-saving work underway at Fox Chase and the patients and families we’re privileged to treat every day.

In keeping with its name, meaning “In Wine, Life,” the event raises money for cutting-edge research and patient care at Fox Chase by offering guests the opportunity to participate in a rousing auction with high-end wine and experiences available to the highest bidders, accompanied by live music, and a multi-course dinner.

Stellar Fundraising Auctions of San Francisco, one of the nation's leaders in philanthropic auctions, will be part of the evening's entertainment and premiere auctioneer Greg Quiroga will lead the event.

In the past two years, In Vino Vita has raised nearly $1 million for Fox Chase funding initiatives, such as 45 state-of-the-art recliners for our busy infusion room, a total renovation and expansion of the surgical family waiting area, two postdoctoral fellowships, and the Cancer Center Director’s Fund — a reserve which helps offset funding gaps for various priority projects.

Tickets are available at vinovita.org.

Fox Chase Cancer Center (Fox Chase), which includes the Institute for Cancer Research and the American Oncologic Hospital and is a part of Temple Health, is one of the leading comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as one of the nation’s first cancer hospitals, Fox Chase was also among the first institutions to be designated a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1974. Fox Chase is also one of just 10 members of the Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers. Fox Chase researchers have won the highest awards in their fields, including two Nobel Prizes. Fox Chase physicians are also routinely recognized in national rankings, and the Center’s nursing program has received the Magnet recognition for excellence six consecutive times. Today, Fox Chase conducts a broad array of nationally competitive basic, translational, and clinical research, with special programs in cancer prevention, detection, survivorship, and community outreach. It is the policy of Fox Chase Cancer Center that there shall be no exclusion from, or participation in, and no one denied the benefits of, the delivery of quality medical care on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, disability, age, ancestry, color, national origin, physical ability, level of education, or source of payment.

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