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Strike 3 Names Nick Barnhorst General Counsel
Monroe, CT – The Strike 3 Foundation, a charitable organization that mobilizes support, heightens awareness, and raises funding for pediatric cancer research, today announced that it has named Nick Barnhorst as its General Counsel. In making the announcement, Craig Breslow, Strike 3 Foundation CEO, said that Nick Barnhorst will be overseeing and advising on all the organization’s legal matters.
Nick is a principal and an attorney at The Trademark Group, a boutique intellectual property firm. He also serves as the Director of Business Affairs for American Soccer Now, a new media publishing company and he donates his time to the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.
Strike 3 Names Paul Delfino Director of Marketing
Monroe, CT – The Strike 3 Foundation, a charitable organization that mobilizes support, heightens awareness, and raises funding for pediatric cancer research, today announced that it has named Paul Delfino Director of Marketing, effective immediately.
Delfino is the President and Co-Owner of Delfino Marketing Communications, one of the nation’s first integrated marketing communications agencies. Delfino’s responsibilities will include development and oversight of a comprehensive marketing, public relations, and communications strategy utilizing the full complement of integrated marketing communications tools, including digital, interactive and traditional components.
Strike 3 Awards over $440,000 in Research and Treatment Grants in 2012
Monroe, CT – The Strike 3 Foundation, a charitable organization that mobilizes support, heightens awareness, and raises funding for pediatric cancer research, today announced that it will disperse over $440,000 in grants to research and treatment institutions nationwide before year’s end.
Red Sox players bring smiles to faces at CT children’s hospital
Baseball season is over, but in the off-season some Red Sox players are scoring big with young fans at Yale-New Haven Children’s and Smilow Cancer Hospitals.
You can’t help but get caught up in the frenzy when Red Sox players and Wally the Green Monster show up.
Pitcher Craig Breslow, led the way for teammates Andrew Bailey, Ryan Lavarnway and Pedro Ceriaco, in what has become a holiday treat for patients at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital and Smilow Cancer Hospital.
Relievers gearing up for offseason workouts
STAMFORD, Conn. — There was an entire room dedicated to dessert at lefty Craig Breslow’s charity gala this weekend, benefiting his Strike 3 Foundation.
The event brought out more than 600 people and helped the charity, which benefits childhood cancer research, move past the million-dollar milestone in just five years. Now that the night has come and gone, Breslow’s focus can move away from sweets and on to pitching.
“I feel like now my real offseason starts, I can concentrate on getting myself in shape — just after dessert,” the Red Sox reliever said Saturday night. “I like to start [throwing] on Dec. 1, that’s kind of the mark that I’ve used. Some of the seasons where I’ve had a little heavier workload, I’ve started throwing a little bit later. And I’ve found that the more I throw, the earlier I start throwing, the more success I have early in the season.” Read the full story here »
Craig Breslow’s “First Pitch Gala” set for Nov. 17
Craig Breslow will be hosting his fifth annual “First Pitch Celebrity Gala” as part of his Strike 3 Foundation, benefiting pediatric cancer research, next Saturday, Novemver 17 at the Hilton Hotel in Stamford.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and features live entertainment, and both live and silent auctions. The event dress is cocktail Attire. I caught up with Breslow recently at the Fairfield County Sports Commission Hall of Fame dinner in Greenwich and he said that he’s expecting upwards of 600 people at the gala. More …
After strong season for Breslow, gala up next
NEW YORK — Craig Breslow’s ERA with the Red Sox this season was the same as it was with the D-backs, 2.70. Between both stops, the lefty threw 63 1/3 innings in 63 appearances.
There’s some unusual symmetry going on there.
“If that’s not the sign of consistency, then … ” Breslow said last week at the Fan Cave in New York City. “It’s kind of like, if you’re expecting to know what you’re getting when you trade for someone, you got exactly that.” Read the full story here »
Bulldogs in Beantown
Pitcher Craig Breslow ‘02 and catcher Ryan Lavarnway ‘09 were never teammates at Yale, but they have been brought together with the Boston Red Sox.
Breslow and Lavarnway became the first Elis to be Major League teammates since 1949 after Lavarnway was called up from Triple-A on Aug. 1, a day after Breslow was traded from the Diamondbacks to Boston. Then, on Aug. 18, they became the first All-Yale battery in the majors since 1883.
D-Backs J.J. Putz to Auction Justin Bieber Autographed Card for Charity
PHOENIX – Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star pitcher J.J. Putz announced he will auction a rare Justin Bieber autographed card on www.dbacks.com/auctions with proceeds to benefit the charities of his teammates Craig Breslow and Brad Ziegler.
"Given the way I obtained this card, I think the only responsible course is to donate it to charity," said Putz. "I have the chance to raise money and awareness for two important causes. Besides, convincing my twin girls I was better off taking them to Justin Bieber’s Believe Tour kickoff concert on Sept. 29 in Phoenix rather than keeping the card, put me in the running for father of the year."
Sarah Tasian Identifies Potential Therapies
Sarah Tasian Identifies Potential Therapies for Pediatric Leukemia Through Young Investigator Award-Funded Research
Results from a 2011 Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Young Investigator Award (YIA) supported by the Strike 3 Foundation are bringing new hope for children with leukemia. Award recipient Sarah Tasian, MD, of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, presented the results today at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology demonstrating that two new targeted therapies may be promising for the treatment of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in high-risk patients with CRLF2 genetic rearrangement. The research presented was directly funded by the YIA that the Conquer Cancer Foundation awarded to Dr. Tasian at the prior year’s meeting.
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The Strike 3 Foundation heightens awareness, mobilizes support, and raises funding for childhood cancer research.
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