PNOC Foundation

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us on Friday at Veronica Beard, San Francisco for our shopping event benefiting PNOC Foundation — and to everyone who couldn’t be there in person but called in orders to show their support.

We are so grateful to Veronica Beard for welcoming our community and generously donating 15% of event proceeds to support pediatric brain cancer research.

Your purchases, presence and generosity helped advance PNOC’s search for treatments breakthroughs. Together we are creating a future where we Lose No Child to brain cancer.

Thank you Pam Coan for the photos of the evening!

If you are in San Francisco today Friday, October 2, stop by anytime from until 6:00 pm at the Veronica Beard store, 2241 Fillmore Street, to join PNOC Foundation for shopping, sipping, and mingling.

We’re incredibly grateful to Veronica Beard for generously donating 15% of today’s proceeds to support of PNOC Foundation's work to accelerate pediatric brain cancer breakthroughs! Sparkling beverages will be served, so stop by with your friends and join us for some fun.

Can’t make it in person? You can still participate from anywhere in the United States. Take a look at https://veronicabeard.com then all (415) 796-6445 to place a phone order and mention that you’re shopping as part of the PNOC Foundation October 2 event so your purchase will be included in the donation.

TODAY! VERONICA BEARD X PNOC SHOPPING EVENT, SAN FRANCISCO

We've been invited by America’s iconic women’s fashion brand Veronica Beard to partner with their philanthropic initiative VB Gives Back.

On Friday, October 2, 2026 from 4 - 6:00 pm at the San Francisco store located at 2241 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, you’ll have the opportunity to shop the new Trailblazers Fall 2026 Collection for the effortlessly chic, endlessly wearable look the brand is known for.

Veronica Beard is generously donating 15% of the event's proceeds to PNOC Foundation, to support pediatric brain cancer research.

Sparkling beverages will be offered. So please join us to shop, sip and mingle!

Can't attend in store? Contact (415) 796-6445 to place a phone order and your purchase will be included in the donation back.

REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND: https://pro.gofundme.com/event/veronica-beard-vb-gives-back-a-shopping-event-to-benefit-pnoc-foundation/e836273

We are delighted to welcome Rob Stuart to the PNOC Foundation Board.

PNOC Foundation Welcomes Pediatric Cancer Advocate Rob Stuart to Its Board of Directors Rob Stuart brings community-rooted fundraising experience to PNOC Foundation's board

Let's get together and shop for a good cause! One of the things we hear most often about PNOC Foundation events is how wonderful and welcoming our community has become over the years. We’re thrilled to share an exciting new collaboration with Veronica Beard and its philanthropic initiative, VB Gives Back.

Please join us on Friday, October 2, 2026, anytime from 4:00–6:00 pm at the Veronica Beard San Francisco store, 2241 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, for an afternoon of shopping, sipping, and mingling.

You’ll have the opportunity to shop Trailblazers Fall 2026, a new collection celebrating women who light the way.

We’re incredibly grateful to Veronica Beard for generously donating 15% of event proceeds to PNOC Foundation. Sparkling beverages will be served, so bring your friends and join us for a fun afternoon in support of PNOC Foundation!

Can’t make it in person? You can still participate from anywhere in the United States. Call (415) 796-6445 to place a phone order and mention that you’re shopping as part of the PNOC Foundation October 2 event so your purchase will be included in the donation.

Shop. Sip. Mingle. Give back. We hope to see you there!

REGISTER TO ATTEND: https://give.gofundme.com/VERONICA-BEARD_PNOC

We have just hours left in our United Miles on a Mission campaign. Donate your miles to accelerate pediatric brain tumor research, it takes two minutes to make a difference! https://donate.mileageplus.com/Charity/Details/3214213/PNOC-Foundation-Lose-No-Child

For decades, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation has helped shape the field of pediatric brain tumor research, investing in science while supporting children and families through every stage of a brain tumor diagnosis. Today, PBTF is the largest patient advocacy funder of pediatric brain tumor research, with more than $60 million invested in research.

PBTF’s partnership with PNOC goes back to our earliest years. Their support helped establish the PNOC Operations Center, building critical infrastructure to coordinate clinical trials and research across participating institutions. They also supported PNOC001, our Phase II study of everolimus for children with recurrent or progressive low-grade glioma.

That shared history is especially meaningful as both organizations look toward what comes next. PBTF’s new research strategy puts collaboration and connected data at the center of accelerating discovery, an approach closely aligned with the model PNOC has built across more than 40 institutions around the world.

As PBTF CEO Jeff Gelfand shared, “There is no cure without collaboration, and PNOC is collaboration in action.” We are incredibly grateful to Jeff, Dr. Misha Mehta, and the entire PBTF team for their longstanding partnership. From helping build PNOC’s early infrastructure to investing in clinical research, PBTF has been part of our story from the beginning, and we are excited about what our organizations can accomplish together in the years ahead.

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has donated to our United Miles on a Mission campaign!

✈️ We have just ONE DAY LEFT to help expand access to breakthrough treatment options for children fighting brain cancer.

✈️ If you haven’t donated yet, please consider contributing any spare United miles you have. Every mile will accelerate research toward cures.

✈️ It takes just 2 minutes to donate! DONATE HERE: https://donate.mileageplus.com/Charity/Details/3214213/PNOC-Foundation-Lose-No-Child

The TommyStrong Foundation was inspired by the courage and resilience of Tommy FitzPatrick during his two-year battle with ependymoma.

Diagnosed at age four, Tommy and his family quickly learned how difficult ependymoma can be to treat and how few effective options exist when the disease returns. Throughout his fight, Tommy never lost hope, always looking forward to the day when he could experience the joy of simply being a kid again. Today, his family carries that spirit forward through a foundation dedicated both to finding better treatments for childhood cancer and supporting children and families navigating the disease.

That commitment has made the Tommy Strong Foundation an important partner in PNOC's ependymoma research. Over the years, their support has helped PNOC pursue several very different approaches to one of the field's most persistent challenges: what to do when an ependymoma returns.

They supported PNOC027, which uses genomic sequencing and real-time drug screening on an individual child's tumor to help identify promising treatment options. They also invested in PNOC028, an early-phase immunotherapy study investigating whether natural killer cells could be delivered directly into recurrent or progressive brain tumors. Most recently, they are helping advance PNOC041, which is testing whether metformin, a medicine used safely for decades, could be repurposed to treat recurrent PFA ependymoma.

As the FitzPatrick family shared with us, their partnership with PNOC means working alongside “an inspiring community of families, doctors, and researchers, all united in accelerating research, expanding clinical trials, and bringing hope to the shared mission of bettering the lives of children with brain cancer.”

We are deeply grateful to the FitzPatrick family and the Tommy Strong Foundation for carrying Tommy's spirit forward and for helping PNOC pursue better options for children with ependymoma.

5 Days Left: Turn Your United Miles Into Brain Cancer Research! Donate your United miles through our Miles on a Mission campaign to help change the future for children with brain tumors.

Your miles will expand access to PNOC's innovative therapies for children fighting brain tumors, and bring together the world’s leading pediatric brain tumor experts to accelerate collaborative research and fuel treatment breakthroughs.

Can you donate to help us reach our goal, or share this post with your community?

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