The Climb For Hope, founded in 2006, has raised $300K thus far in support of a promising breast cancer vaccine being developed by Dr. Leisha Emens, M.D., Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University. This vaccine has the potential to save thousands of women's lives. In January 2007, the first CFH team summitted Mt. Cotopaxi in Ecuador, the world's highest active volcano at 19,347 feet. Our team struggles to the summit so mothers, sisters, and wives may some day not have to struggle with breast cancer.
Happy New Year and thank you for your generous support of Climb For Hope. In just a couple of years Andrew Buerger's vision of using mountaineering expeditions to raise awareness and desperately needed funds for Breast Cancer research has become a reality. Your generosity and that of hundreds of others has helped CFH raise over a half a million dollars. Our nation's financial situation has resulted in an even tighter competition for grant dollars. Dr Leisha Emen's immuno-based therapy study has benefited gr
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