b'CELEBRITY SPOTLIGHTWe are grateful to the celebrities who used their visibility to raise more funding and awareness for pediatric cancer research, helping us reach an expanded audience.A CULINARY & MUSICAL EXPERIENCE Inspired by the loss of their friends infantBOLD BEGINNINGSson to pediatric cancer, Yankee Ace Gerrit Cole and his wife Amy headlined a fundraiser together with friends Mike and Joanna Irwin.Received new grant funding from Held on World Cancer Day, the event raisedNorthwestern Mutualmore than $400,000 as new and old friends alike came out in force to remember Will and pledged to help propel scientific advancesLaunched a new event partnership forward. Gathering at The Ranch at Laguna Beach, attendees enjoyed a five-course dinnerTHANKSGIVING EVE CELEBRATIONwith Amazon Web Services created by Chef Kyle St. John along withWITH NAKEDMD AND DJ DEORRO wines curated by Gerrit and his father MarkWe kicked off the holiday season with an inaugural night club event that included pairings by Pahlmeyer.featuring DJ Deorro that was co-hosted by NakedMD and MerzWelcomed TaxRise Inc. as thePharmaceuticals. Filling the house at Time Nightclub, the eventfirst-ever corporate sponsorraised more than $130,000 for pediatric cancer research and began what we expect will become a new holiday tradition for PCRF andof our Western Roundup foryoung fans of music, dance and pediatric cancer research. oncology familiesEASTON SPORTS XJEN SCHRO CATCHING Seeded grassroots growth of After watching friends children face-offLaCROSSe Out Cancer in against childhood cancers, softball legendcommunities across the countryJen Schroeder convinced her partner, Easton Sports, to launch special edition catchers gear benefiting the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation. In creating the collection, whichSaw crypto currency donations top was sold exclusively during Childhood Cancersix figures for the first time, with Awareness Month, Jen paid homage to threeNodeMonkes NFT alonekids in her life who were either lost to cancers or still undergoing active treatment. Eastondonating $120,000donated 10% of the proceeds of all sales forPREMIER LACROSSE LEAGUE PLAYERS this gear to PCRF and Jen Schro CatchingSTEP UP FOR THE KIDSmatched their donation. This effort was moreLaunched the important than moneyit enabled catchersTo extend the impact of our partnership with Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) and bring delight to kids in active treatment, theMichelle Carew Leukemia Fundacross the country to show their supportFoundation arranges hospital visits for players as they travel tofor friends and others affected by pediatricmajor markets across the nation. In addition to bringing smilescancers by wearing gear that is affiliated withand light to patients, these visits also help promote ourour cause.LaCROSSe Out Cancer initiative. 15'