SBTF's 2008 Race for Research is scheduled for Saturday, July 12, 2008. Please mark your calendars to save the date. An online registration site has been launched. Please click here to register online and/or form a team. An estimated 1200 to 1300 runners and walkers participated in 2007. Help to increase that number to 1500 participants and to raise $400,000 for brain tumor research in 2008 . Click here for information on brain tumor research grants awarded by SBTF in 2007.

Ride for Karen's Legacy is being held July 5, 2008 starting at Great South Harley Davidson, 185 E. Hwy 16, Newnan, GA 30263. Registration begins at 9 AM; bikes leave at 10 AM. Click here to download a flyer in PDF format with further information on the ride or contact Jessica Herman at 404-328-8886. Please note that SBTF is not a sponsor of this event, but the proceeds will help support Karen's Legacy team in the 2008 Race for Research.

SBTF is a supporter of the 2008 International Brain Tumour Awareness Week and the Walk Around the World for Brain Tumours sponsored by the International Brain Tumour Alliance. See http://www.theibta.org for details. SBTF donated miles from the 2007 Race fir Research to the 2007 Walk Around the World for Brain Tumours.

The presentation of the 2007 SBTF Brain Tumor Research Grants was held on Wednesday January 30, 2008 at the Emory University Winship Cancer Institute. Click here for information on the awards.

The Atlanta Sharing Hope Brain Tumor Patient/Survivor/Family Meeting co-sponsored by the American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA), the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children (BTFC) and the Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation (SBTF) was held February 29 through March 1, 2008. Some 150 individuals participated in this informative meeting.

David Bailey returned to the Atlanta area, Sunday, March 16th to perform at the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church, Duluth, Georgia. David is an inspiring and talented brain tumor survivor of twelve years. His story has appeared on CBS Sixty Minutes. For further information visit http://www.davidmbailey.com/. (David also appeared in concert in January in Lawrenceville, GA. sponsored by One More Day for Angels www.onemoredayforangels.com .)

SBTF is in the news on Atlanta Jewish Times Online. The article states "It's a worthy cause that the JT staff supports in memory of Bob Menaker, and we encourage the Atlanta Jewish Community to get involved." Sadly, the JT former editor Bob Menaker lost his battle with brain tumor in 2006.

The National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF) provides financial assistance to brain tumor patients across the country! The Patient Help Fund at the NBTF helps financially needy patients with treatment-related expenses.  For more information about this program or to receive an application, email nbtf@braintumor.org.

Brain Tumor Awareness Bracelets are available from two brain tumor foundations.