Hello, I live in Park Slope
and am the parent of a 14-year-old who was treated for Stage IV Neuroblastoma (a deadly cancer with a 30% survival rate) at
Sloan-Kettering 1998-2001, and who is now in remission and in the 8th
grade. 

There is another child in Park Slope currently in treatment for this cancer [Toby Pannone].

To
raise money for the development of a desperately needed new treatment,
the Sloan-Kettering Neuroblastoma families are selling gourmet holiday
cookies (recipe from the new cookbook Cookies by Sally
Sampson). If you can help, get in touch with her at staplesvange(at)mac(dot)com

Exciting new research indicates this promising treatment, if
available, could help save the 70% of children who do not survive. ( I
KNOW — it’s very hard to believe that NO funds are available for this and that these
parents feel they have to sell cookies to help save their children.)

Volunteers — especially those with culinary expertise  — are needed (age 15 and over) in Brooklyn during the week of December 1-9 to help bake and package 96,000 cookies!! 

All will be done in a commercial kitchen on Washington Ave., 3 blocks from the Brooklyn Museum.
Volunteers from the culinary world (Food Network, French Culinary
Inst., ICE, etc) will be on hand to direct the baking. Indeed,
virtually everything, including ingredients and culinary expertise, has
been donated, so nearly 100% of proceeds will go to Sloan to develop
the new treatment!!

At
this point we have just half the volunteers needed, and the biggest
need is for the weekdays.  Is there any chance you could post the
attached Volunteer Flyer on the Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn??  I just
learned about this blog from another Slope mom this weekend, and I am
wondering if it could help get more volunteers for this great
bake-off.  I’m not sure how I would post this myself, or if it is
permitted. Please let me know if you need more information. 

THANKS!!!

Best,

The correct email for ShirleyStaples  is staplesvangel(at)mac(dot)com and not: staplesvange(at)mac(dot)com