Quest for a Cure

Help us chase our cure at this year’s

virtual Quest for a Cure Benefit

Thursday, November 12, 2020

The Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN) invites you to the 6th annual Quest for a Cure Benefit! This year’s virtual benefit will join together our largest group of patients, loved ones, and community members to raise awareness and funds for life-saving Castleman disease research. We have an exciting program planned for the evening that will include remarks from the CDCN’s co-founder, Dr. David Fajgenbaum, physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action. To register for this event or become a sponsor click here.

Event Details

• Quest for a Cure will be held virtually this year
• Thursday, November 12, 2020, 8 pm EST
• Registration is free to attend, to register click here.
  • Consider making a donation of $25 or more to help advance our life-saving research!
• More Details to follow!

Sponsorships & Registration

We hope you will support our life-saving immunology research to discover cures for Castleman disease, COVID-19, and related diseases by becoming a sponsor:

*All sponsorships should be in by October 16th, 2020 in order to be formally recognized during the event.

Royal Court Sponsor $50,000

• Recognized throughout duration of event with logo or name
• Verbal acknowledgment at the start and end of event
• Opportunity to pre-record 90s video of support
• Listed on the slides at the start and end of event
• Recognition on website and materials publicizing the event
• Purchase your sponsorship here.

Crusader Sponsor $25,000

• Verbal acknowledgment at the start of event 
• Opportunity to pre-record 60s video of support
• Listed on slides at the start and end of event
• Recognition on website and materials publicizing the event
• Purchase your sponsorship here.

Castleman Sponsor $10,000

• Verbal acknowledgment at end of event
• Opportunity to pre-record 45s video of support
• Listed on slides at the start and end of event
• Recognition on website and materials publicizing the event
• Purchase your sponsorship here.

King Sponsor $5,000

• Verbal acknowledgment at end of event
• Opportunity to pre-record 30s video of support
• Listed on slides at start and end of event
• Recognition on website and materials publicizing the event
• Purchase your sponsorship here.

Knight Sponsor $2,500

• Opportunity to pre-record 15s video of support
• Listed on slides at start and end of event
• Recognition on website and materials publicizing the event
• Purchase your sponsorship here.

Bishop Sponsor $1,250

• Opportunity to pre-record 10s video of support
• Listed on slides at the start and end of event
• Recognition on website and materials publicizing the event
• Purchase your sponsorship here.

Noble Sponsor $500

• Listed on slides at the start and end of event
• Recognition on website and materials publicizing the event
• Purchase your sponsorship here.

Individual Registration

• Register here.

We have included a few exciting developments below which we will highlight on November 12th:

1) In March, we shifted time and energy towards applying our expertise studying cytokine storm disorders and identifying drugs that can be repurposed towards identifying treatments for COVID-19. The CORONA (COvid19 Registry of Off-label & New Agents) Project is the world’s largest database of treatments being repurposed for COVID-19 which is being used by the FDA, HHS, Google Health, and others. Check out the below links for more information

• CORONA Project

• Video about how the CDCN is helping in the fight against COVID19

• CNN story about our CORONA work

2) We completed and published multiple studies in the last year that were made possible through support from generous donors like you including the following:

• Penn Researchers Discover Key Mechanism of Cytokine Storm in Castleman Disease

• Updated Data Show Promise of Targeted Therapy in Castleman Disease

• Taking Inventory of Which Drugs the World Is Using to Treat COVID-19

3) Last year was the biggest year ever for raising Castleman disease awareness, driven primarily by the awareness from the publication of Dr. David Fajgenbaum’s memoir, Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action, which is now a National Bestseller!

• Good Morning America story about Dr. Fajgenbaum and Chasing My Cure

• CNN story about the CDCN and Chasing My Cure

• NPR Fresh Air profile of Dr. Fajgenbaum and Chasing My Cure

About the CDCN

The CDCN’s innovative approach to transforming Castleman disease research over the last eight years has resulted in the first diagnostic criteria for Castleman disease, first treatment guidelines, first new drug target in 25 years, and the first clinical trial for patients with treatment-refractory Castleman disease. This work has been profiled on Good Morning America, New York Times, CNN, Philadelphia Inquirer, NPR Fresh Air, and the Lifetime TV Network. The CDCN has also partnered with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to expand the CDCN’s approach to research to advance cures for other rare diseases. 

More Information

• Prefer to send a check by mail? Make out to “CDCN” (Castleman Disease Collaborative Network), notate ‘Quest for A Cure,’ and send to Castleman Disease Collaborative Network, PO Box 3614 Paso Robles, CA 93447
• Questions? Email quest@castlemannetwork.org or call (610) 304-0696
• CDCN is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax-deductible in accordance with IRS regulations.