Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders Honored by Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
A Special Thank You to Those Ensuring the Future for Area Cancer Patients
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On Thursday, November 1, 2007 Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation honored its Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders at a recognition brunch hosted by Anna Lipsey’s son, Richard Lipsey, and his wife, Susan.
The Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders membership is comprised of individuals who have made—or have notified Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center (MBPCC) of their intent to make—planned gifts through their estate plans; entered into life income arrangements with MBPCC; created endowed gifts for specific MBPCC programs; or made outright gifts of $10,000 or more to the endowment fund. Through their generous financial commitments, the Legacy Builders are helping to ensure the future for area cancer patients.
The event concluded with the presentation of a specially created token of appreciation for each of the Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders on behalf of the Foundation.
For more information about Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders and how you can become a member, please call (225) 215-1224 or email foundation@marybird.com. Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is a 501 (c) 3 organization.
*To honor the memory of Anna B. Lipsey, the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation Board of Directors changed the name of the Legacy Builders recognition society to the Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders.
Anna B. Lipsey was a visionary. In the 1960s, she saw the need for a local cancer center that would provide treatment for all. Working alongside founding chairman Dr. M.J. “Jack” Rathbone, Jr., her inspired leadership brought the community together to create Mary Bird Perkins. And 35 years later, the legacy she helped to create lives on through what is now a nationally recognized cancer center always on the forefront of cancer fighting research, technology, prevention, education and patient care.
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About Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center:
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has been fighting cancer for over 35 years. It is the only independent, nonprofit cancer treatment, education and research facility in Louisiana providing state of the art
radiation therapy to all community residents regardless of ability to pay. Mary Bird Perkins has integrated cancer programs with Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center in Baton Rouge and St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. These programs are accredited by the American College of Surgeons –
the gold standard for community-based cancer care. The Center also enjoys a long-standing relationship with North Oaks Hospital in Hammond.
About the C.A.R.E. Network:
The mission of the C.A.R.E. Network (Cancer Support Services, Awareness and Education, Research and Early Detection) is to lessen the burden of cancer in the community. Established in 2002, it is funded by gifts from the community and provides hundreds of programs and services, including free cancer screenings, to thousands of people every year. The research and academic medical physics partnership with MBP and Louisiana State University is also funded in part by the C.A.R.E. Network. The Center has locations in Baton Rouge, Covington and Hammond.
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Photo Cap: (l to r) Todd Stevens, president and CEO of MBP with Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders Susan and Richard Lipsey.