Black and Red Nation | Cancer Benefit

Why

Who

Kentucky is the nation’s “Cancer Capital” and has the highest rate of cancer diagnosis and mortality. Roughly 10,000 Kentuckians will die from cancer this year alone. UofL’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center is on Ground Zero and serves Kentucky’s largest urban population.

All donations will go to the M. Krista Loyd Resource Center at the UofL James Graham Brown Cancer Center.

Gifts to the Resource Center help provide patients and their families with transportation, lodging, prosthetics, wigs, holistic and art therapies, additional supplies, and education. Transportation and lodging are major barriers to treatment for low-income and working patients and their families; for some, it is literally a matter of life and death. For many cancer patients, health

Details

Event

Date

Monday Dec. 9^th

Time

6:00pm-8:00pm

Location

The Ainsworth Midtown

45 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
212.201.1228

https://theainsworth.com/midtown

Dress

Black and Red

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Your ticket of $50 includes southern bites and one drink ticket.

Marcelo and Barbara

About Us

We are two fans who love basketball and sports. We are taking this opportunity when our two schools will play each other for the first time to raise money and awareness for Cancer.

Marcelo

A graduate of the University of Louisville who fell in love with all things Louisville; the people, the school, the city, the State of Kentucky and the culture. He is a practicing social worker and consultant and the father of two children. Marcelo agreed to marry Barbara in part because her school colors are the same as the University of Louisville, Black and Red.

Barbara

Began attending Texas Tech sporting events as a child. Her father was a Texas Tech graduate and her godparents lived in Lubbock. All supported Texas Tech at every opportunity. When it came time for college, there was no thought of attending another school. After receiving a BBA in Marketing, Barbara relocated to the Dallas area and has been an ardent follower of Texas Tech ever since. She is very proud to be an adopted supporter of the University of Louisville and over the years, she and Marcelo (Mitch) have developed wonderful friendships based on their involvement at both Universities.

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Our Goals

Raise 50K for M. Krista Loyd Resource Center at the UofL James Graham Brown Cancer Center. Learn More

Increase Awareness of Cancer Education, Research and Support

Celebrate Life

Remember and Honor Loved Ones

and family

Friends

Our friends and family who have helped us along the way and joined our fight.

2019 Cancer Facts

606,880

Cancer deaths in 2019

268,600

New cases of invasive breast cancer

11,060

New cancer cases will be diagnosed among children ages 0 to 14 years in the US

61,780

New cases of leukemia

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Lost Parents

Loved Ones

Our Parents, each of whom lost their hard fought fight with cancer.

Marcellino “Chino” Matamoros

FOUGHT IN THREE WARS, SERVED WITH ARMY RANGERS, The 101st AIRBORNE AND THE GREEN BERETS. BUT BELIEVED HIS TOUGHEST AND PROUDEST ASSIGNMENT WAS DRIVING A SCHOOL BUS FOR DISABLED CHILDREN. HE NEVER TALKED ABOUT HIS SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY, BUT HE DID TALK A LOT ABOUT HIS 3 HOLES IN ONE IN 3 MONTHS AND IN 3 DIFFERENT TOURNAMENTS AT THE AGE OF 83. DIED OF PROSTATE CANCER IN 2013.

Gloria Matamoros

Great mom, grandmother and devoted spouse. Assigned above soldier to his toughest assignment, while she managed the school kitchen for disabled children. Died of breast cancer in 2001.

Merle Denny

Drafted into the Korean War and attended Texas Tech on the GI Bill. Received a BBA in Industrial Management. Merle owned and operated an oil field equipment business for over 50 years. He never met a stranger and worked up into 2 weeks before his death due to Colon Cancer in 2012. He embodied an incredibly strong work ethic with West Texas humor.

Pat Denny

Worked as a registered nurse until she retired to be a stay at home mother to Barbara. Pat taught herself how to sew and developed a talent for designing and tailoring of women’s business suits. An excellent golfer who won countless city- wide tournaments. Pat “suffered no fools” and was a zealous follower of college basketball, both men and women. She lost her battle to Pancreatic Cancer in 2010.