The Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation has given a $100,000 grant to the Karmanos Cancer Institute’s Cancer Genetic Counseling Service to establish the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation Genetic Testing Assistance Fund.
The grant, set to last three years, will help provide genetic testing for people at risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. These types of cancers are prevalent in the Ashkenazi Jewish population but people of all ethnicities will be eligible for testing.
This isn’t the first time the
Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation has made a contribution to
Karmanos or helped fund the fight against cancer. It has given generously to support prostate cancer treatment and care at Karmanos' Lawrence and Idell Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center.
"We have given over a million dollars to Karmanos over the years," says David Blatt, executive director of the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation.
The Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation has used sports as a vehicle for raising money for 25 years. It has attracted the likes of Hank Greenberg to help its causes.
Source: David Blatt, executive director of the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation
Writer: Jon Zemke
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