Annie Dalton

To raise awareness of pancreatic cancer and mark the week surrounding Sky Foundation’s gala lunch on November 8, General Motors turned the towers at its world headquarters purple, the color that denotes the disease.

The lunch is Sky’s premier annual event and fundraiser. To raise awareness and help promote the event, Joanne Purtan of ABC’s Channel 7 Action News interviewed Sheila Sky Kasselman, a survivor of the disease and founder of Sky Foundation.

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The lunch was held at MGM Grand in Detroit and had more than 350 guests. Visit the Events page of this website for information on upcoming events, including the 2017 gala lunch.

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Suburban Detroiter Bluma Schechter hosted Sky Foundation’s annual Women’s Event in her Bloomfield Hills home. The private event brought together women from across the metro Detroit area, most of whom had lost a loved one to pancreatic cancer. Schechter lost her husband, Robert, to the disease.

Diane Simeone, from the University of Michigan and Teri Brentnall, from the University of Washington, discussed their pancreatic cancer research as part of a dinner presentation. Nancie Petrucelli, of Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, talked about the importance of genetic counseling for those with a history of the disease in their families.

Ninety-five women were in attendance; the Oakland Press covered the event.

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