ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2015, DANCERS GIVE BACK DONATED A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000 TO MICAELA'S ARMY, WHICH WAS THEN DONATED TO Dr. Kenneth Chen's project. Dr. Kenneth Chen is an Assistant Instructor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas Texas. Dr.Chen's project is Replacement therapy for miRNA-impaired Wilms tumors. Wilms tumors is the most common pediatric kidney cancer and the third most common solid tumor in childhood.
*** Dancers give back dallas is currently in the process of solidifying our donation for the 2018/2019 year.
on june 9, 2014, dancers give back wrote a check in the amount of $14,000.00 to micaela's army, which was then donated to dr. theodore laetsch md, university of texas southwestern medical center/children's medical center, dallas. this clinical trial combines targeted therapy for pediatric and young adult patients with refractory germ cell tumors.
ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 Dancers Give Back Dallas donateD $40,000 to Micaela's Army Foundation from our January event. In total the foundation was able to make a donation of $60,000 to help the following 3 programs.
- Dr. Samuel Johns, UT Southwestern Medical Center, supporting research program: Targeting LILRB4 by Car-T Cells for treatment of AML Leukemia, $24,000.00
- Dr. Naomi Winick, UT Southwestern Medical Center, supporting research program: Brain Injury in Childhood Pediatric Cancer Patients, $24,000.00.
- Dr. James Amatruda, UT Southwestern Medical Center, donating research lab freezer, $12,000.00.
on july 9, 2014, dancers give back wrote a check in the amount of $7,000.00 to micaela's army, which was then donated to the bereavement care program at children's hospital in ft. worth. this particular program helps siblings and parents who have lost a child to cancer.