Curing Kids’ Cancer Golf Tournament Provides New Cancer Research Funding in Atlanta

Dr. Howard Katzenstein (left) and members of his pediatric cancer team accept a $110,000 from Curing Kids' Cancer founders Clay and Grainne Owen and their son Finnian.

The money was raised through the 2nd Annual AT&T Curing Kids' Cancer Golf Tournament hosted by Franklin Langham. The Aflac Cancer Center will use the money to help fund research into new treatments for childhood cancer.

Langham, a PGA professional, was on hand to provide expert instruction to the golfers. Lee Corso, ESPN's college football analyst and honorary chairman of Coaches Curing Kids' Cancer was among the players at this year's tournament.
 
“The doctors at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta continue to make progress in their battle against pediatric cancer,” said Grainne Owen, founder of Curing Kids’ Cancer. “We hope this donation will bring new cutting-edge treatments from the laboratory to the patients.”

Grainne and her husband Clay created Curing Kids’ Cancer after losing their nine-year-old son Killian’s to leukemia in 2003. In addition to special events, Curing Kids’ Cancer has two national grassroots programs – Coaches Curing Kids’ Cancer and Teachers Curing Kids’ Cancer. Both programs urge children to donate money to pediatric cancer research in the name of their coach or teacher rather than buying gifts. Details of the programs are available at www.curingkidscancer.org.

About Curing Kids’ Cancer
Inspired by nine year old Killian Owen’s battle with leukemia, Curing Kids’ Cancer Inc. is a unique, national grassroots movement which aims to raise both awareness and money to find cures for all types of childhood cancer. Our programs fund the development of cutting edge therapies which will revolutionize childhood cancer treatment by replacing traditional chemotherapy. Our objective is to turn this killer disease into a curable one in our lifetime. Details are available at www.curingkidscancer.org.