In 2009 The Kortney Rose foundation with the help of local NJ legislators drafted and passed a resolution that annually calls on the sitting Governor of New Jersey to declare, by proclamation, that May be recognized as Brain Tumor Awareness Month in the State of New Jersey. We need your help to spread the awareness.…
DetailsDuring the Month of May to celebrate Brain Tumor Awareness Month, Jersey Auto Spa in Long Branch will be asking its patrons to “Buy a Rose for Kortney” to help raise funding for life saving pediatric brain tumor research. At the register, customers will have the option to donate and may write their name on…
DetailsWHEN: Sunday August 4th, 2019 at 8AM WHERE: Monmouth Park, Oceanport, NJ The 14th Annual Kortney’s Challenge 2 Mile FUN Run/ Walk at Monmouth Park will take place on Sunday, August 4, 2019. It’s an event that brings the community out to support pediatric brain tumor research and gets everyone moving for a…
DetailsOceanport, 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.
DetailsDine 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.
Details12th ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAKE SALE HELPING CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY, HOSTED BY AMF STRATHMORE LANES. December 14, 15, 16 at AMF Strathmore Bowling Lanes, Aberdeen.
DetailsJoin 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.
DetailsMike 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…
DetailsKelli 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:
DetailsWe 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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