Stand Up To Cancer Announces 2009 Celebrity Ambassadors
Thursday May 28, 2009
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Stand Up to Cancer, an initiative to raise funds for cancer research, has a new team of celebrity faces on board.
Yesterday, it was announced that Marcia Cross, Kirsten Dunst, Sally Field, Mandy Moore, Dave Annable, Fran Drescher, Dana Delany, Sharon Osbourne, Patrick Wilson, Sofia Vassilieva and David Archuleta will become part of a team lending their efforts and time to a cause that in the past has included Halle Berry and Jessica Alba.
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“We are eternally grateful for the continuing support of the Hollywood community who have lent their time and talent to this cause, and engaged the public to do the same,” said Laura Ziskin, who is a member of SU2C executive leadership team. “The entertainment industry generously offered this initiative the most incredible resources
Many of this year’s ambassadors have been personally affected by the disease.
Fran Drescher is a survivor of uterine cancer and the husband of Marcia Cross, Tom Mahoney, was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and is currently undergoing treatment.
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From its launch on May 28, 2008, SU2C has raised more than $100 million to fund translational cancer research programs.
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