Markey Cancer Foundation Awards

nearly $800,000 for cancer research

Our endowed chairs:

Cancer Center Director Chair
Radiation Medicine Chair
Markey Cancer Foundation Chair
Clinical Director Chair
William Farish Chair
Marquard Chair

Support

When you give to Markey, you give the gift of life to an untold number of people who have or will have cancer, as well as their families and friends. Your financial contributions enable our scientists to pursue promising new ideas, to purchase sophisticated technology necessary for effective and efficient cancer research and ultimately to develop better methods of diagnosing, treating and preventing cancer.

Contribute

Gifts by check, credit card or corporate matching provide immediate funding for cancer research or patient care programs. Your entire gift will go to the area you designate. If your gift is unrestricted, it will benefit the areas of greatest need within the Markey Cancer Center. Contributions to Markey are tax-deductible.

Programs you can support:

Enduring Gift Fund: This endowment will be a long-lasting legacy in honor and memory of our founder, Dr. Ben F. Roach, and ensure the viability of the Markey Cancer Foundation in perpetuity.

Patient Support Program: Provides snacks to chemotherapy patients, items for patient rooms, supports the Breast Cancer Support Group, and much more.

NCI CCC Designation Fund: This fund will help provide the resources needed to grow research efforts, clinical programs and infrastructure of the Markey Cancer Center for designation by the National Cancer Institute as a Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Memorial, In Honor of, and Special Occasion Gifts

Memorial gifts are made in memory of family members, friends and colleagues who have died. Honor gifts show someone special in your life a measure of affection, admiration or gratitude for birthdays, anniversaries and holidays. You may wish to celebrate a special occasion in your life by encouraging family members, friends and colleagues to make donations to Markey in lieu of personal gifts. When such a gift is received, a special card or notification is sent to the family or the person.

Major Gifts

Individuals, organizations, corporations and foundations play an important role in supporting Markey. I addition to annual gifts, some demonstrate their commitment be establishing permanent funds for research, fellowships or faculty positions, by purchasing research equipment, by sponsoring special events, and by underwriting programs for professional and public education. Major gifts may be made outright or in memory/honor of others.

Planned Gifts

Gifts That Give Back: Gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts are planned gifts that can provide annual payments for you, your spouse or another person, reduce your taxes through charitable deduction and save estate/gift taxes.

Gifts by Bequest: If you are concerned about preserving income and investment but still want to make a gift to Markey, remember to include the Markey Cancer Foundation in your will. Markey can also be named as a beneficiary of retirement plans, trusts or life insurance policies. Such gifts can reduce estate taxes.

*Your contribution to Markey may qualify for a Corporate Matching Gift from your employer or your spouse’s employer. Please contact the company’s human resources department for more information about how you can increase your support to Markey.

OnLine Giving

Giving via the internet is available here, or you can contact Mary K. Roark.

Your gift means so much to others.

Click on Becky to learn how our annual Golf Classic has helped and how you can help.

If you have questions about how you can make a gift to support the work of the Markey Cancer Foundation, please contact:

The Markey Cancer Foundation
800 Rose Street, Roach Bldg-CC160

Lexington, KY 40536
(859)323-6448

Current Newsletter

August 2010