The Kortney Rose Foundation

THE KORTNEY ROSE FOUNDATION EXPANDS ITS ANNUAL DONATION TO FUND MULTIPLE PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR RESEARCH PROJECTS

Oceanport, NJ – January 7, 2019 – The Kortney Rose Foundation (KRF) announced today that its annual donation to fund research on pediatric brain tumors for 2018 totaled $145,000. This is KRF’s twelfth annual donation made in memory of nine-year old Kortney Rose Gillette, who died from a brain tumor in 2006. The funds raised will build toward the nearly $2 million contributed by the foundation to date.

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Turning Point Fundraiser

Dine at any location of the Turning Point Restaurants February 23rd and 24th and for every $25 donation to KRF receive a gift card for two free entrées on your next visit. All proceeds will be directed to KRF’s fundraising efforts.

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12th ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAKE SALE

12th ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAKE SALE HELPING CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY, HOSTED BY AMF STRATHMORE LANES. December 14, 15, 16 at AMF Strathmore Bowling Lanes, Aberdeen.

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Shop & Support A Cause

Join Kristen Gillette & KRF Board Members and take 10% off* your purchase while vineyard vines gives 10% back to the Kortney Rose Foundation, which continues to fight to find better treatments and ultimately a cure for pediatric brain tumors.

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Group CHOP Visit June 6, 2018 – Mike and Melody Minervini

Mike and Melody Minervini joined us on our visit to CHOP. They have been substantial and loyal supporters of The Kortney Rose Foundation since inception. We asked for their feedback after visiting CHOP and the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium (CBTTC). Mike’s blog post: “When my wife and I moved into Oceanport in 2005, we…

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Group CHOP Visit June 6, 2018 – Kelli O’Brien

Kelli O’Brien is the first Social Media/Marketing intern KRF has had and she is with us this summer of 2019. Kelli accompanied us on our trip to CHOP/CBTTC. Read her blog post with her reaction to that trip:

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Group CHOP Visit June 6, 2018 – Jocelyn Rineer

We asked a couple of our attendees to write about their experience attending a group visit with The Kortney Rose Foundation (KRF) to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to learn more about the research KRF supports including the Children’s Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium (CBTTC) and a tour of the bio repository. “There were…

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Group CHOP Visit June 6, 2018 – Amaris Pollock

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Supporting the Cause to Go Gray in May

Kristen Gillette, the founder of the Kortney Rose Foundation, was present at Evesham Township Municipal Meeting on Tuesday May 8th at a ceremony to sign several proclamations into effect, including the declaration to recognize Brain Tumor Awareness Month.

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The Kortney Rose Foundation / Four Pennies Campaign

In March 2018, Al Gustafson of the Swifty Foundation invited The Kortney Rose Foundation, to team up with their foundation, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and Dragon Master Foundation to help launch Four Pennies, a collaborative crowdfunding campaign for childhood brain tumor research.

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Brainstorming