nathanfaustmantrials : Message: Fw: News from The Iacocca Foundation

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From: Kate Iacocca Hentz <info@...>
To: stacy_lavery@...
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:47:43 PM
Subject: News from The Iacocca Foundation

In This Issue

2008 CARSHOWS

WE'VE REACHED OUR GOAL!

STATE CAPTAIN UPDATE

DR. FAUSTMAN UPDATE

2008 CARSHOWS

Silver Springs Ford & Mustang Round-up
Saturday-Sunday January 12-13, 2008
Silver Springs Nature Park
Silver Springs, FL
National Parts Depot
Contact - Rick Schmidt

AACA Annual Meeting
Saturday February 9, 2008
Philadelphia, PA
Antique Automobile Club of America
Contact - David Berg
Contact for AACA: general@...

Amelia Island Concours d' Elegance
Sunday March 9, 2008
The Ritz Carlton
Amelia Island, FL
Contact - Bill Warner
www.ameliaconcours.org

Mopars At The Strip - local Event
Friday-Saturday-Sunday, March 28-30, 2008
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, NV
Contact - Phil Painter

40th Anniversary California Special Mustang Show
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Galpin Ford
Los Angeles, CA
Contact - Casey Hill

Concours d' Elegance of the Eastern United States
Saturday May 31st - Banquet
Sunday June 1st - Show
Bethlehem, PA
Contact - Ed Newcomb

Mustangs in the Park
Sunday June 22, 2008
Woodley Park
Van Nuys, CA
The Mustang Owners Club of California
Contact - Craig Cunningham

Arthritis Foundation Classic Auto Show and Cruise-In
Friday and Saturday,
July 6 and 7, 2008
Dublin, OH
Central Ohio Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation
Contact - Jeff Brashares

MCA Grand NaMeettional
Saturday August 30, 2008
Main Street
Park City, UT
Contact: Alan Hamburg

Rocky Mountain Concours d' Elegance
Sunday August 31, 2008
The Broadmoor
Colorado Springs, CO
Contact - Daniel Kane

Glenmoor Gathering of Significant Automobiles
Sunday September 14, 2008
Glenmoor Country Club
Canton, OH
Contact - David Schultz
www.glenmoorgathering.com
(330) 966-3600

Division 1 VCCA
All Chevrolet Car show
September 14, 2008
Community Chevrolet
200 W. Olive, Burbank, CA
Contact: Steve Rosenberg - 818-316-0600 Email SFVRegionVcca@...

Palos Verdes Concours d' Elegance
September 21, 2008
Trump National Golf Course,
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Contact - Bob Greenberg
310-378-7838 or email: bobgreenberg@...

Silver Springs All-GM Oktoberfest
Saturday October 4, 2008
Silver Springs Nature Park
Silver Springs, FL
Contact - Rick Schmidt

The Slant-Six Club
October 5, 2008
(rain date October 12, 2008)
New Jersey Agricultural Museum, North Brunswick, NJ
Ben Deutschman
bencar1@...

Lake Mirror Classic Auto Festival
Saturday October 18, 2008
Lake Mirror
Lakeland, FL
Contact - Ford Heacock
www.lakemirrorclassic.com

Hilton Head Concours d' Elegance
Saturday-Sunday
November 1-2, 2008
Honey Horn
Hilton Head Island, SC
Contact - Paul Doerring
www.hhiconcours.com

Dear supporters and friends,

I am pleased to share that we have reached our fundraising goal of $10 million for Dr. Faustman's project at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). It has been an exciting journey since we accepted the challenge of raising this critical funding for the first phase of Dr. Faustman's BCG Human Clinical Trial.

As most of our supporters know the Iacocca family has been funding type 1 research for more than 25 years. Over the years all funding has been through they family's private foundation funds until 2004 when we created JoinLeeNow, the campaign to expand Dr. Faustman's regeneration research from the lab to human clinical trials.

Now that we have reached this important milestone we have made the decision to stop actively fundraising through what has become The Iacocca Foundation/ for type 1 diabetes - a public charity. We will be accepting donations through December 31, 2008 when we will make our final committed payment to Dr. Faustman.

As we look to the future we remain committed as always to being part of a cure for type 1diabetes. The Iacocca family will continue to fund the brightest and best who are dedicated to ending this disease. And we hope you will turn your time and resources to continue to support Dr. Faustman directly as she and her team at Massachusetts General Hospital prepare to launch a campaign to raise funding for the Phase II BCG clinical trials.

Our dedication to find a cure was born out of the loss of Mary K. Iacocca a loving wife and mother who died of diabetes complications more that 25 years ago. Today we are comforted that together we have been instrumental in bringing new hope and a potential cure closer to a reality.

Thank you for your trust and support,
KATHRYN - signature

Kathryn Iacocca Hentz

Every campaign has many approaches to success and the
State Captains have been a key component of the JoinLeeNow campaign. Since 2004 when we launched this campaign it has
been our pleasure to work with all the parents, family members
and passionate supporters. Together you raised almost $500,000 since the launch of the campaign and most importantly reminded
us each day why this project was so important!

When Dr. Denise Faustman came to the Iacocca foundation in 1995 her application was for $250,000 to investigate a project she described as -"A research program with human diabetic lymphocytes from Type I diabetics to see if a pathway for autoreactivity that is interrupted in diabetic mice is similarly interrupted in diabetic humans. This may lead to understanding how & why there is an attack of the islet cells in Type 1 diabetes."

Thirteen years and $17 million dollars later, we are pleased to have been part of this important research which proved that regeneration of in insulin producing cells is possible! This area of research is now confirmed and expanded in many labs around the country. This project took bold steps and your help and donations to make
it a reality.

Please click here to read the most recent press from Dr. Faustman's lab and learn how you can help support Massachusetts General Hospital and the campaign to take this research to the next level. www.faustmanlab.org

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