The “Get Your Head in the Game®” Awareness Walk held here on May 2 raised $198,417 for The Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation (KHG), the only organization in the US primarily focused on education and awareness of brain tumors.
A Wilmington philanthropist is taking his successful brain tumor awareness movement national.
In 2005 Chris Grundner left his position as Senior Vice President at JPMorgan Chase to create the Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation—with amazing success.
The Kelly Heinz Grundner (KHG) Brain Tumor Foundation, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, has named The Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF), headquartered in New York, New York, as the first partner to its “Get Your Head In The Game®” Brain Tumor Awareness Alliance, announced Christopher Grundner, KHG’s Executive Director.
The Brandywine Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals has announced the winners of the 2008 Philanthropy Day Awards to be presented on Nov. 13. Among those being recognized are Betty Garrett of Chadds Ford and Christopher Grundner of Landenberg.
Earlier this month, The Kelly Heinz-Grundner Foundation launched the foundation's first campaign, "Get Your Head In The Game", which seeks to raise awareness of brain tumors in New Castle County and eventually nationwide.
If one Delaware man's vision comes true, Americans will become just as familiar with brain tumors as they are with breast cancer.