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Formal Recognition for Brain Tumor Awareness Month

The U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 1124 (H.Res. 1124) on May 21, 2008 and officially expressed the sense of the Congress that a National Brain Tumor Awareness Month should be established.
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Wednesday May 21st, 2008 in News & Events | No comments »

Gray Matters Founder Featured on Local News

Lanette Veres, Founder & President of the Gray Matters Foundation, was profiled as part of the “Positively Arizona!” feature of television station KPHO. The show spotlights “Valley Residents Making a Positive Influence” and Lanette’s work to support brain tumor patients is featured. Lanette is shown creating one of her signature gift card envelope – decorated with stickers of course!

See for yourself! Click here and to watch the “Woman Helps Brain Tumor Patients, Survivors” video.

Friday April 25th, 2008 in News & Events | Comments Off

Gray Matters CBS Channel 5 News Clip

Friday April 25th, 2008 in News & Events | Comments Off

Gray Matters Foundation Receives 501(c)(3) Designation

We are proud to announce that the IRS has granted the Gray Matters Foundation tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, effective November, 2007. Our application was approved after only a short 8-week period and we believe it is because our mission is such an important one to the community and brain tumor patients. All donations to the Foundation will now be tax exempt to the full extent allowed.

Thursday November 1st, 2007 in News & Events | Comments Off

The Pain of Maryvale

How the state of Arizona went soft on polluters and mistreated the victims of the Maryvale cancer cluster.

A high level of industrial compound Trichloroethylene (TCE) is believed to be the cause of a high rate of childhood leukemia deaths in one portion of west Phoenix.

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Thursday October 24th, 1996 in News & Events | Comments Off