Tag: City of Hope

Environmental conservation came down to earth during the Earth Day Festival and shined light on global warming, recycling and more.

Colorful canopies and white tables decorated Kim Salce’s front lawn as neighbors and community members bought and sold homemade trinkets at the Fall/Winter Neighborhood Boutique Saturday on Canyon View Drive in the small residential area of Foxglen La Verne.

After Tom Keilty lost his wife, Ruth, to stage four breast cancer last year, he decided to fight back by raising money to help find a cure.

At the stroke of midnight on Oct. 1, six-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong and 19 other cyclists departed the City of Hope Cancer Center in Duarte for the ceremonial start of a week long relay ride across America.

During the holidays, La Verne Heights Elementary School students collected $250 to buy the fabric needed to make blankets for sick children at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte.

The Associated Student Federation Forum hosted a charity walk Saturday to raise money for the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center.