ORGANIZATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Year to Date Accomplishments thru June 2022
thru December 2020 $142,013.72
Financial Assistance Grants $56,540.15
Childhood Cancer Sponsorship Grants $ 4,273.57
Memorial Scholarships $ 14,500.00
Pediatric Research Grants $ 66,500.00
2022 AWARD DISTRIBUTIONS
Christina Salemme and Markianna Lekkas of Paramus NJ
2021 AWARD DISTRIBUTIONS
$ 5,300 awarded Financial Assistance Grants
$ 2,000 awarded in total to each Scholarship recipient for the 2021 Benjamin Venezia Memorial Scholarship
Katerina Phillips from Fair Lawn, NJ and Christos Papamichael from Waldwick, NJ
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2020 AWARD DISTRIBUTIONS
$24,011 in awarded Financial Assistance Grants
$4,000 awarded in total to each Scholarship recipient for the 2020 Benjamin Venezia Memorial Scholarship
Maria Tevletidis - Wood Ridge NJ
Teddy Kesoglou - Hillsdale, NJ
Lyndsey Scherdel - Wood Ridge, NJ
Teddy Psarinos, New Mildford, NJ
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2019 AWARD DISTRIBUTIONS
George Makris from Hasbrouck Heights, NJ ~ $1,000 award recipient of the 2019 Benjamin Venezia Memorial Scholarship
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$5,000 Pediatric Cancer Research Grant to Target Pediatric AML Research Fund
$6.843 awarded in Gift and Financial Assistance to families whose children are battling cancer
2018 AWARD DISTRIBUTIONS
Pennie Papamichael of Waldwick, NJ ~ $1,000 award recipient of the 2018 Benjamin Venezia Memorial Scholarship
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$8,000 Pediatric Cancer Research Grant to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
to fund- “Project Stella” Targeted Sub Type AML research program
$7,092 awarded in Gift and Financial Assistance to families whose children are battling cancer
Pennie Papamichael of Waldwick, NJ ~ $1,000 award recipient of the 2018 Benjamin Venezia Memorial Scholarship
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$8,000 Pediatric Cancer Research Grant to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
to fund- “Project Stella” Targeted Sub Type AML research program
$7,092 awarded in Gift and Financial Assistance to families whose children are battling cancer
2017 AWARD DISTRIBUTIONS
Joseph Jouvanis from the Township of Washington ~ $1,000 award recipient of the 2017 Benjamin Venezia Memorial Scholarship
Su Bin Jan from Rutherford, NJ ~ $500 award recipient of the 2017 Benjamin Venezia Memorial Scholarship!
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Joseph Jouvanis from the Township of Washington ~ $1,000 award recipient of the 2017 Benjamin Venezia Memorial Scholarship
Su Bin Jan from Rutherford, NJ ~ $500 award recipient of the 2017 Benjamin Venezia Memorial Scholarship!
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$ 5,187.34 awarded in Gift and Financial Assistance to families whose children are battling cancer
$ 8,500 Pediatric Cancer Research Grant to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
to fund Dr. Marie Bleakley’s HA-1 TCR T Cell Immunotherapy Pediatric AML Research
$ 8,500 Pediatric Cancer Research Grant to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
to fund Dr. Marie Bleakley’s HA-1 TCR T Cell Immunotherapy Pediatric AML Research

2016 AWARD DISTRIBUTIONS
$1,000 Memorial Scholarship 2016 Award Recipient Eleni Stavris – read more here
$1,000 Memorial Scholarship 2016 Award Recipient Eleni Stavris – read more here
$ 1,237.45 awarded in Gift and Financial Assistance to families whose children are battling cancer
$10,000 Pediatric Cancer Research Grant to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
to fund Dr. Soheil Meshinchi’s Target Pediatric AML Research
$10,000 Pediatric Cancer Research Grant to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
to fund Dr. Soheil Meshinchi’s Target Pediatric AML Research
2015 AWARD DISTRIBUTIONS
$1,000 Memorial Scholarship 2015 Award Recipient Elias Marcopoulos – read more here
$1,000 Memorial Scholarship 2015 Award Recipient Elias Marcopoulos – read more here
$1,500 Childhood Cancer Awareness Memorial Grant to the Wood Ridge Intermediate School for the purchase of library books
$2,291.53 in Gifts, Financial Assistance and Bereavement Grants
$20,000 Pediatric Cancer Research Grant to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
to fund Dr. Greenberg’s AML Immunotherapy research project.
$2,291.53 in Gifts, Financial Assistance and Bereavement Grants
$20,000 Pediatric Cancer Research Grant to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
to fund Dr. Greenberg’s AML Immunotherapy research project.
2013-2014 AWARD DISTRIBUTIONS
$3430 in financial assistance to pediatric cancer families
$1,000 Memorial Scholarship 2014 Award Recipient Eleni Backos – read more here
$3430 in financial assistance to pediatric cancer families
$1,000 Memorial Scholarship 2014 Award Recipient Eleni Backos – read more here
$15,000 Pediatric Cancer Research Grant to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for Dr. Greenberg’s AML Immunotherapy Project. To Learn More About this research click here