MISSION & HISTORY.
Our mission is to secure the cure or control of cancer by raising funds to support innovative cancer research and cancer-related services in the state of Colorado.
Cancer League of Colorado, Inc. was founded in 1969 by five women whose families were affected by cancer. Their individual heartache sparked a shared mission to raise money for research and patient care. Today, we are at the forefront of discovery into the causes of many types of cancer – and the most effective therapies – primarily through our partnership with the University of Colorado Cancer Center.
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RESOURCES.
TAKING ON LIFE CHALLENGES.
GAVEL CLUB.
PAST PRESIDENTS
1969-1970 Carol Childs
1970-1971 Pat Lau
1971-1972 Lori Ohlson
1972-1973 Sydney Shelden
1973-1974 Joanne Gathers
1974-1975 Betty Howe
1975-1976 Mrs. Thomas Condon
1976-1977 Jodine Broscovak
1977-1978 Kathleen Trompeter
1978-1979 Bobbie Colberg
1979-1980 Carol Mooney
1980-1981 Mrs. Daniel Miller
1981-1982 Eleanor Kosmicki
1982-1983 Barbara Jo Coyle
1983-1984 Dale Apel
1984-1985 Fleta Johnsen
1985-1986 Janet Hanna
1986-1987 Denise Shumaker Foat
1987-1988 Bonnie R Hazlett
1988-1989 Donna Marcove
1989-1990 Judy Marshall
1990-1991 Jerri Zbylski
1991-1992 Nancy Nelson
1992-1993 Muriel Fishman
1993-1994 Mary Schlenzig
1994-1995 Michael Ann Hanzel
1995-1996 Doris Southworth
1996-1997 Edie Marks
1997-1998 Suzy Thevenet
1998-1999 Marsha Lunnon
1999-2000 Roberta B Miller
2000-2001 Deborah Russell
2001-2002 Carol Hansen
2002-2003 Jane Mayberry
2003-2004 Judy Dennis
2004-2005 Dave Weisberg
2005-2006 Jennifer O’Neill
2006-2007 Gayle Rogers
2007-2008 Barbara Reece
2008-2009 Annette Jewell
2009-2010 Martha Jentz
2010-Present Gary Reece
LEGACY.
LIFETIME MEMBERS
Dale Apel
Phyllis Beattie
Kathleen Bennett
Stuart Bennett
William Berg
Sherrye Berger
John Bernstein
Annabel Bowlen
Ray Broscovak
Delores M Burroughs
Carol Childs
Bev Church
Dody Clark
Jody Coates
Keith Coates
Harold Cohen
Susan Cohen
Barbara Colberg
Paulene Cole
Toby Cole
Steve Cooper
Carole Cottrell
Barbara Jo Coyle
Bernard Coyle
Nancy DeLauro
Karen J Dickerson
Gail Doby
Carrie Fell
Jane Flechner
Arthur Foster
Kathy Francescon
Allan Frank
Helenn P Franzgrote
Jeanie Fuller
Barb Gallagher
Sally Gart
Joanne Gathers
Marty Gathers
Robert Gathers
Kathryn Groves
Elise Marks Gruitch
Vivian Guzofsky
Jacquie Hallenbeck
Janet Hanna
Carol Hansen
Eric Hansen
Michael Ann Hanzel
Holli L Hartman
Faye Heins
Debbie Horwitz
Kellee Jentz
Martha Eddy Jentz
R. Scott Jentz
Annette Jewell
Fleta Johnsen Brewka
Joanne Johnson
Richard Kelley
Linda Kelley
Marianne Kent
Pat Lau
Kevin Lillehei
Marsha Lunnon
Rhonda Macy
Danny Madigan
JoAnne Mahoney
Donna Marcove
Edie Marks
Lori Marks
Cyndy Marsh
Robert N Martin
Patricia McMullen
Dee Ann Mellor
Roberta Barker Miller
Jay Montgomery
Carol Mooney
Patricia Hill Moore
Lindsay Morgan
Kathleen Music
Nancy Nelson
Bill Nettles
Robert Newman
Judi Newman
Jennifer O'Neill
Lori Ohlson
Marilyn Perreten
Nancy Powers
Marjorie Price
Patricia Prince
Barbara Reece
Gary Reece
Jeff Reece
Julie Reece
Gayle Rogers
Eunice Romano
John Sabel
Roselyn Saunders
Mary P. Schlenzig
James Scott
Barbara Seaman
Tom Shane
Carla G. Shankle
Sydney Shelden
Denise Shumaker-Foat
John Snow
Donna Stefanek
Buzz Sweat
Diane N Sweat
Debbi Tepper
Suzy Thevenet
Carla J. Thomas
Susan Van Vleet
Theresa S Wagner
Glory Weisberg
Karen F White
Maradith Wilkins
Russell Wilkins
Lisa Williams
Michele Wolf
Sandy Wolf
Sana Wood
Jennifer Woudenberg
Doris Wright
Robert Wright
Pat Zarlengo
Jerri Zbylski
Joseph Zbylski
Eryth Zecher
TESTIMONIALS.
Richard D. Schulick, MD, MBA, FACS
Professor & Chair, University of Colorado
Your investments in our research are investments in our future. Your partnership is where cures begin. Thanks to your support, we are able to create opportunities for our faculty, and fuel innovation and discovery. Thank you for joining us!
Martha Jentz
Twenty two years ago, while trying to find a place to put my grief over the loss of my best friend to breast cancer, Fleta Johnsen (Cancer League past president and close friend) told me about Cancer League. 100% volunteer, no paid staff, no overhead, 100% of every dollar raised goes to services and research. I joined!
CHRISTOPHER LIEU, MD
Division of Medical Oncology
Without private support, research doesn’t happen!
With your partnership, we can fund research that otherwise would not be possible. Our researchers and patients are indebted to our community for pushing the field forward and creating an atmosphere of innovation.