New York Giants legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Lawrence Taylor, is partnering with Music Beats Cancer and will kick off the launch of the first annual Celebrating Survivors: A Concert Fundraiser on June 8.
The fundraiser will be held at Terminal 5 in New York City and will feature Taylor and Led Zeppelin cover band Get The Led Out.
“We salute those who are doing what they can to live with and beyond their cancers. More work needs to be done to improve patient outcomes. Biomedical innovators are key if we wish to see change in the war on cancer, and they need our support now more than ever,” said Music Beats Cancer founder Dr. Mona S. Jhaveri.
The goal of Music Beats Cancer is to “severe funding gap remains for innovators who are developing promising technologies for fighting cancer.”
Music Beats Cancer’s mission statement is to boost cancer-fighting technologies in the product-development industry, leading to more solutions. The nonprofit organization leads those involved to support the advancement of new solutions and promising treatments for cancer, all while connecting it to the love for music.
By partnering with independent music artists in 15 different genres, each talent helps raise awareness and funds for cancer research, with some of the bigger names hitting $7,000-$6,000 worth of support. Raising over $350,000 since its start, they are assisting in bridging the funding gap seen in cancer research known as the “Valley of Death.”
The red carpet ceremony will run from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET and that’s when fans will have the opportunity to meet and take photos with Taylor. The concert will then run from 7:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. ET.
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