{"id":52332,"date":"2015-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/04\/09\/we-can-cure-a-thon-begins-today\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:56:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:56:30","slug":"we-can-cure-a-thon-begins-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/04\/09\/we-can-cure-a-thon-begins-today\/","title":{"rendered":"WE CAN Cure-a-Thon begins today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Turn your radios up. <\/p>\n<p>NRG Media&#8217;s seven Omaha radio stations will hold the first-ever <a href=\"http:\/\/now.nebraskamed.com\/news\/med-center-teams-with-nrg-media-to-declare-we-can-beat-cancer\/\">WE CAN Cure-a-Thon<\/a> today to raise money for research and patient support at the Fred &amp; Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.<\/p>\n<p><b>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredandpamelabuffettcancercenter.com\/we-can\/\">here<\/a> to see a video on the effort.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout-right\">\n<h3>WE CAN Cure-a-thon<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>April 9-10\n<li>On all seven NRG Media radio stations\n<ul>\n<li>KMMQ-1020 AM\n<li>KOIL-1290 AM\n<li>KOOO-101.9 FM\n<li>KOPW-106.9 FM\n<li>KOZN-1620 AM\n<li>KQKQ-98.5 FM\n<li>KZOT-1180 AM<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The WE CAN event will begin today and run through Friday. Listeners of diverse types of music, talk and sports will hear physicians, surgeons and researchers tell stories of the milestones achieved at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine in the past and hear the bold plans for the future &#8212; building the nation&#8217;s finest cancer research and treatment facility here in Omaha. UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., will also participate, taking the airwaves between 2 and 3 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p><b>Donate to the WE CAN Fund <a href=\"https:\/\/nufoundation.org\/wecan\">here<\/a>. Or call 1-800-200-9506, or in Spanish 1-800-200-9507.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, they&#8217;ll hear from patients who&#8217;ve benefited from the care, treatment and research provided at the med center.<\/p>\n<p>NRG and med center staff members, as well as surprise guests, will be answering pledge calls in a call center at NRG Media headquarters in midtown Omaha.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-day event will support research and patient care at the Fred &amp; Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":52333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","department-college-of-medicine","department-eppley-institute-for-cancer-research","department-fred-pamela-buffett-cancer-center","department-unmc-front-page","department-unmc-today-todays-headlines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WE CAN Cure-a-Thon begins today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two-day event will support research and patient care at the Fred &amp; 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