In my first few months as national chairman of City of Hope’s annual fund campaigns, I have heard so many exciting stories of how City of Hope has helped men, women and children triumph over cancer.

Ira Norris National Chairman Annual Fund Campaigns

Many of these stories have been captured on our Power of Hope campaign Web site. If you need encouragement or a boost to your day, I guarantee that reading a few of the notes on www.powerofhopecampaign.org will do the trick.

The best thing about those stories is that they come from people just like you and me: members of the community who donate our time, our energy and money to City of Hope.

If you have not been to that site and left your own note yet, please do. It is an amazing reminder of the impact you have every day through your support of this great institution.

A gift to City of Hope has the unique power of changing both the present and the future.

As you can see in this newsletter, your generosity touches the lives of cancer patients like Sherri Van Dorn and little Jacob Diaz. But it also makes possible the practical, patient-focused research that unlocks the cancer-fighting powers of blueberries. Who can say how that discovery will change cancer treatment in years to come?

Thank you for your compassion. Thank you for your commitment.

Thank you for believing in City of Hope.