{"id":168144,"date":"2022-10-27T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=168144"},"modified":"2022-10-26T16:09:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T02:09:26","slug":"coolingcancer-donates-100k-to-uh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/27\/coolingcancer-donates-100k-to-uh\/","title":{"rendered":"CoolingCancer.org donates $100K<\/abbr> to UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Drew and Shirley Santos and Loic Le Marchand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CoolingCancer.org<\/a> has expanded its support of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a> with a gift of $100,000 to aid in cancer research. Since 2013, the nonprofit organization has given a total of $445,000 to support cancer research at UH<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Drew Santos, president of CoolingCancer and president of Admor HVAC<\/abbr> Products, and his wife, Shirley Santos, presented the gift on October 12 to Loic Le Marchand<\/strong>, interim director at the UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center.<\/p>\n

“The UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center is doing world-class research right here in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,” Santos said. “We\u2019re proud to be able to raise money from local residents and businesses and keep it in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> to support the fight against cancer.”<\/p>\n

Support has personal roots<\/h2>\n

Fighting cancer is personal for Santos—in one year he lost his father and a co-worker lost their mother to cancer, while another employee was fighting cancer and yet another employee\u2019s wife was battling breast cancer. He started CoolingCancer.org in 2013 with the goal of raising money for the UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center through an annual golf tournament.<\/p>\n

“We are very grateful for this generous donation which builds on many years of support from the CoolingCancer Foundation,” said Le Marchand. “These funds have made a tremendous difference in our effort to reduce the burden of cancer in the state.”<\/p>\n

Tim Dolan<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> vice president of advancement and CEO<\/abbr> of the UH<\/abbr> Foundation<\/a> added, “We are so grateful for CoolingCancer\u2019s incredible generosity and their intentional focus on funding research to fight cancer. It\u2019s truly inspiring to see how much they have done and how their support has grown each year.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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