Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG® Foundation is deeply grateful to the Yahoo Employee Foundation, a corporate advised fund with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, for donating $22,000 that will be dedicated to research for treatments and a cure for the deadliest form of pediatric brain cancer: DIPG brain tumors. Though it ceased operation earlier this year, […]
Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG® Foundation, a nonprofit whose mission is finding a cure for the deadliest pediatric cancer, DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma), announced today the addition of a chapter in Chicago, Illinois, to its Defeat DIPG® Network: Anthony’s Avengers Defeat DIPG® Foundation. The new chapter adds to Defeat DIPG Network’s existing presence across the […]
We are thrilled to share an exciting milestone as we wrap up Brain Cancer Awareness Month. Due to your generosity and support, Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG® Foundation is proud to announce that we have raised over $1 million for DIPG research since our nonprofit was created in the second half of 2015. Working with our Defeat […]
We are thrilled to announce that the Defeat DIPG Network raised OVER $100,000 with our #Give2DefeatDIPG initiative for #GivingTuesday on November 29, 2016! Due to the generosity of many supporters, we more than doubled our initial #Giving Tuesday goal of raising over $50,000 for childhood brain cancer research! All funds raised will be used to fund research for a cure […]
Cancer advocate Jenny R. Mosier recently participated in the evaluation of research applications submitted to the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) sponsored by the Department of Defense. Ms. Mosier, Executive Director of Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG™ Foundation, was nominated for participation in the program by the National Brain Tumor Society. As a consumer reviewer, […]
Executive Director Jenny R. Mosier was honored to be featured as a guest writer on the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s Wish Nation blog. Check out her piece, “Helping Families Facing the Unimaginable,” at THIS LINK. Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG Foundation is pleased to work together with Make-A-Wish Foundation, whose mission is to grant a wish to every child facing […]
It is the Second Anniversary of our “Before & After Day.” We think it is the perfect day to announce our initial grant for 2016, which will be a contribution of $100,000 to the DIPG Collaborative. On September 4, 2014, we learned that our six-year-old son Michael had DIPG, a brainstem tumor that was inoperable […]
CONGRESS TAKES ACTION ON #1 CAUSE OF DISEASE DEATH FOR KIDS: CHILDHOOD CANCER The RACE for Children Act gives children fighting cancer access to promising treatments. Bethesda, MD – Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG Foundation applauds the introduction by Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), Representative G.K. Butterfield (D-NC-01), Representative Chris […]
On June 29, 2016, Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG Foundation Executive Director Jenny Mosier gave a statement at a U.S. Food and Drug Administration public hearing on DIPG, before the the Pediatric Subcommittee of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee. She was grateful to attend as a National Brain Tumor Society volunteer and on behalf of Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG Foundation. “I respectfully urge the […]