MRF Announces 2010 Research Grants

In its Spring 2010 Newsletter, the Melanoma Research Foundation announced the recipients of its annual research grants, including: Dr. SubbaRao Madhunapantula – Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine (Hershey, PA) Targeting Kinases to Treat Melanomas Award in memory of Doug Gillespie, Karl J. Nelson, Linda K. Snyder, George Madzia, Nancy Fox, Scarlet Lawrence Akins, and Kent [...]

El Sol de Tampico

The newspaper El Sol de Tampico ran this story on us on Sept. 26, 2008, the day before we arrived in the city of Tampico, Mexico.

Madison County Herald and Marshall Ramsey

The other day, we had the pleasure of speaking by phone to Leah Square of the Madison County Herald, based just outside of the state capitol of Jackson, Mississippi. Her resulting story appeared in today’s edition of the paper. Thank you to Leah, and also thanks go out to freelance photographer Will Smith (no, not [...]

The Plain Dealer

Thanks to Zachary Lewis of The Plain Dealer of Cleveland for talking to us and telling our story. You can read the online version here, or open this downloadable version (requires Adobe Reader program).

Thanks to Main Street Cupcakes

Thank you to Main Street Cupcakes of Hudson, Ohio for mentioning us on their blog!

The Medina County Gazette

Thank you to The Gazette newspaper of Medina County for mentioning us in today’s feature article on bicycling!

WKYC TV Channel 3

Thanks to Paul Thomas of WKYC TV Channel 3 for coming down to Peninsula to talk about our trip and put together a story that appeared on the evening news. You can read about it and view the report online at their web site here: http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=95252&catid=45

Pi Lambda Phi News

Thanks to my brothers at the Pi Lambda Phi national office for helping to spread the word about our cause on their web site. You can see their version of the article here.

Cleveland Hiking Club – Newsteps August 2008

A special Thank You to the Cleveland Hiking Club for including us in the August 2008 issue of their monthly member newsletter, Newsteps: Kevin Madzia, a resident of Peninsula and a 3-year CHC member, along with his friend and co-worker Ray Query, who lives with his wife in Lakewood, will be starting an 8-month-long bicycle [...]

Sportscaster tells of his melanoma battle

From the July 8, 2008 edition of the Plain Dealer:   Matt Underwood, 40, is a play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Indians telecasts on SportsTime Ohio. He was diagnosed with melanoma in October 2005. Here’s his story, as told to Plain Dealer reporter Angela Townsend. I always looked at skin cancer as something that wasn’t [...]