Newsroom : 2009

March 6, 2009 - Team McGraw Gets Set to Strike Music City

TMF hosts the “Bowling for Brains” Warm-Up Party in Nashville, TN on April 24, 2009 to celebrate our Team McGraw runners at the Country Music Marathon. The event includes an incredible silent auction featuring guitars signed by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, a "Carb Out" Past and Potato Bar, and musical entertainment by the Warren Brothers, Lance Miller, and members of McGraw's band, the Dancehall Doctors.

Read More in "Team McGraw".

March 6, 2009 – TMF partners with the NMHM for 10th Annual Brain Awareness Week

March 16th through March 20th the Tug McGraw Foundation will partner with the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. for their tenth annual Brain Awareness Week.

The National Brain Awareness Week programs were first established by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives (Dana) in 1996, linking scientists, clinicians, journalists, and other educators (all “partners in education”) in an annual effort to raise public awareness about the brain and brain science.

Genvieve Goldstein, The Tug McGraw Foundation's event director, will demonstrate to students "brain break" activities on how to "unstick your brain" through some simple cross-lateral movements that can help energize our Think Tank. "The exercises are fun and set to some very special music by TMF’s Honorary Chair, Tim McGraw. So, you can bet that in the weeks to come I'll be practicing the Wiggle Wiggle and the Monkey," said Goldstein.

In 2000, Dana joined forces with NMHM to develop a program designed especially for middle school students. The program has helped instill a sense of excitement about science, while bringing awareness and understanding of current research and its translation to a young audience.

Over 600 students are expected to participate and it's with great hope that Brain Awareness Week will inspire a new generation of scientists.

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February 10, 2009 – With Shared Support…It’s Smoother Sailing

Warner and Ginny Moore had long planned to dive into retirement with the dream of sailing the “high seas” full-time together. After a cancer diagnosis got in the way of their plans, they soon discovered that, while “patient” and “caregiver” have very different roles to play, holding onto each other and the embrace of shared support groups through The Wellness Community [www.thewellnesscommunity.org] made the “sailing” much smoother on this unanticipated journey.

Read more in “The Wellness Community.”

January 8, 2009- FasterCures releases its annual list, "Ten to Watch in 2009: Bigger Bang for Our Research Buck."

President and CEO Jennifer Brusstar will be featured in the book Cancer Adventures: Turning loss into triumph as one of the cancer community’s heroes. Jennifer shares her experience as a caregiver and advocate for Tug McGraw and the promise she made to build him a legacy greater than baseball.

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