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St. Baldrick's Foundation, Childhood Cancer Research and Advocacy Giant--with Sarah Milberg
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In the year 2000, the annual reinsurance industry’s St. Patrick’s Day party, held at Jim Brady’s pub in Manhattan, becomes the first St. Baldrick’s event. The goal of shaving 17 heads and raising $17,000 turns into 19 bald heads and $104,000 donated to fund the research of the Children’s Oncology Group. By 2019, they had broken all fundraising records for childhood cancer research, helped support research into the new childhood cancer drug for neuroblastoma, and reached $300 million in research since 2005. Our show's special guest, Sarah Milberg, became the new Director of Government Relations and Advocacy for St. Baldrick's in January 2020 with over 10 years of experience of government relations and politics, and leading the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's federal policy work on childhood cancer and research funding. She also serves, currently, co-chairman of the Alliance for Childhood Cancer, a coalition comprised of more than 20 national patient advocacy groups and professional medical and scientific organizations.
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