In Kortney’s Memory, Building Brain Tumor Awareness
Thousands step up to walk across America to raise funds for cancer research.
Across America on Sunday, thousands of people are joining in a National Walk to End Brain Cancer. It’s part of a month-long effort to promote awareness and fund research, a movement spurred just two years ago when former Gov. Corzine established the month of May as Brain Tumor Awareness Month. This fledgling awareness movement is still working to bring information to the public about a cancer affecting more than 359,000 people in the United States. Kristen Gillette, founder and president of The Kortney Rose Foundation, began the pursuit to get a month named for Brain Tumor Awareness after her 9-year-old Kortney died after only a four-month battle with a brain tumor. The non-profit foundation was begun to help other children through the …
