We are thrilled to announce that Rainwater Charitable Foundation has donated $185,000 to help move two very important projects forward, allowing us to engage in additional research and testing to better treat Ewing sarcoma, a type of tumor that forms in bone and/or soft tissue as well as further fund our groundbreaking Fertility Preservation Program.

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Community Events
First Annual Raise the Rate TCU Kickball
April 2018, TBA

RF Clay Shoot
Early Fall 2018

Hearts of Gold Luncheon
Thursday, September 27

Sarcoma Scramble
Saturday, November 10

Patient Events
Rutledge Day at The Rodeo
Sunday, January 28

Camp Gold AYA Retreat
March 11-12

AYA Night at the Ranger Game
June 2018

AYA Bowling with Friends
August 2018

While most families are preparing for the holidays, many adolescents and young adult cancer patients are receiving cancer treatment. On November 21st, our Rutledge Foundation elves: Brenda Lammers, Nicole Burns and NCL moms, delivered oversized holiday stockings to patients at Cook Children’s Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White All Saints AYA Unit, John Peter Smith, Moncrief Cancer Institute, Mary Crowley Cancer Research Center, Simmon’s Cancer Care at UT Southwestern and Texas Children’s.

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The Rutledge Foundation Board, Staff and Advisors gathered at the Henderson-Durham Ranch in Jacksboro, Texas for its first ever Board Retreat. The retreat allowed the foundation to reflect and assess the past, present and future goals for the organization.

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Thanks to our generous Sponsors, donors and hard-working committee, Hearts of Gold 2017, Accelerating the Path to Personalized Cancer Therapies, raised a record $125,000 for adolescents and young adults with cancer.

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Portland, Oregon - On October 15th the Rutledge Foundation and the Day family celebrated the Fourth Annual Sam Day Soiree, Waves of Hope. Friends and family showed their outpouring of love and support in Sam’s memory helping raise more than $155,000 in the fight against Ewing sarcoma.

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• Shop on AmazonSmile and choose Rutledge Foundation as your beneficiary
• Hold a fundraiser or an awareness event of your own
• Help sponsor a Rutledge Foundation AYA /Patient Event
• Sponsor a Carley’s Closet Gift Card Drive or adopt a Carley’s Closet near you
• Volunteer at a Rutledge Foundation event
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Each year, the Rutledge Foundation applies to charitable foundations for program and operational support. Thanks to generous grants from Amon G. Carter Foundation, Sid W. Richardson Foundation, AEGON/Transamerica Foundation and Joni Elaine Templeton Foundation, we were able to launch a new website and streamline operations to build awareness and better serve our patients and community.