| Voices Against Brain Cancer was started in loving memory of Gary Lichtenstein who lost his valiant battle with brain cancer on October 1, 2003. Gary was living in Chicago and working as an options trader at Wolverine Trading when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor in March of 2003. He was 24 years old at the time. After three months of radiation, Gary slipped into a coma from which he did not recover. Soon after his passing, Gary’s family started the Gary Lichtenstein Chaim Foundation to raise money and awareness for the fight against this illness.
Please click here to read stories about Gary Lichtenstein, whose family founded Voices Against Brain Cancer in his memory. In 2005, the family decided to broaden the scope of the Foundation and to work with Kenneth Grosso and Darren Port. The result of this collaboration was the creation of Voices Against Brain Cancer. This partnership yielded a stronger mission, vision, marketing materials as well as the creation of the fundraiser named Sounding Off For A Cure. We feel that this new identity and broadening of the scope speaks not only to Gary’s strong voice throughout his life, but to the other voices across the world struggling with brain cancer. |