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The Brian Morden Foundation was created to honor Brian, a courageous 19 year old, who battled Ewing's Sarcoma for more than two years. He lost the battle on February 15, 2003, but his family, friends, and many others who only knew Brian by reputation have vowed to continue the fight against this horrible disease.
The foundation has three goals:
- Fund Ewing's Sarcoma and childhood cancer research.
- Support patients, family, and staff of pediatric oncology units*
- Provide funding for "Brian Morden Memorial" higher education scholarships
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Grant Funds Research on GLI1 in Ewing's Sarcoma
The Brian Morden Foundation
is happy to once again partner with the
Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative
in the funding of a $50,000 grant for Ewing's sarcoma research,
this time in a study at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
William A. May, MD will work with the well-known EWS/FLI1 mutation
in a new way by targeting one of its helper proteins, GLI1.
For more information, please see this document.
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First Evangelical Lutheran Church
1401 Twelfth Ave., Altoona, PA
"Brian Bags" for Valentine's Day are being delivered to
children who are cancer patients at
Children’s Hospitals in Pittsburgh, Hershey, Danville, and Philadelphia.
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Brian Morden Memorial 2014 Scholarship
Applications Now Being Accepted
and must be postmarked by March 10, 2014
Thanks Grammy and PopPop for your yearly birthday gift to Brian
and the BMF, ensuring that we will be able to award
a Brian Morden Memorial Scholarship.
Thank you to others who have generously given
so that we will be able to award
additional scholarships this year.
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Happy 30th Birthday, Brian
January 10, 1984
SuperBrian
Please sign our guestbook to help us celebrate his life.
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YOU can make a difference
in the lives of the innocent children and families
who have to suffer with this horrendous disease.
Some suggestions from the Brian Morden Foundation:
- Send cards to children with cancer. Contact the BMF for addresses.
- Donate to the Brian Morden Foundation through our website.
You will be helping to fight back against childhood cancer.
- Adopt "Issy" to send to a childhood cancer patient, give to a loved one, or keep for yourself.
- Help Issy spread the word about the need for childhood cancer research!
- Support the BMF through the purchase of an ornament or other merchandise
- Attend any upcoming BMF event!
Please see our National Childhood Cancer Awareness page to find out more.
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*Brian was lovingly cared for at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, the initial focus of the second BMF goal. We still plan to contribute in important ways to the oncology unit there, however, we have expanded our outreach with Brian Baskets and "Issy" bears, sending them to other pediatric cancer patients especially to those in the Altoona Area, Janet Weis Children's Hospital in Geisinger, Penn State Children's Hospital in Hershey, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where some of our area children are being treated. We have also tried to brighten up the day for some children from the Ewing's Sarcoma list serv. If you know a child with cancer who could use a "pick-me-up," please contact us at fdj@brianmordenfoundation.org. We hope to be able to help as many pediatric oncology patients as possible.
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last updated 1/10/2014
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