Vermont Business Magazine More than 130 iconic buildings and landmarks acrossthe United StatesandCanada, including the Bennington Battle Monument,will be illuminated in a show of support for the sixth biennial Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) "roadblock" telecast airing in both the USandCanadaonFriday, Sept7(8:00–9:00 PM ET/PT, 7:00–8:00 PM CT). All will light up in a combination of SU2C's signature colors: orange, red, yellow, gray or white.
The New York Stock Exchange; Wrigley Building inChicago;Niagara Falls; Peace Bridge connecting Buffalo andFort Erie, Ontario; Helmsley Building inNew York City; Capital Wheel outsideWashington, D.C.;One Liberty Place,Cira Towerand FMC Tower inPhiladelphia; and more are among the major U.S. buildings and landmarks lighting up in support of Stand Up To Cancer, which is commemorating 10 years of raising awareness and funds for groundbreaking cancer research that is saving lives now.
InCanada, the 3DTORONTOsign; Calgary Tower and Reconciliation Bridge inCalgary; High Level Bridge inEdmonton; Sails of Light and BC Place Stadium inVancouver; and theLondonConvention Center inLondon, Ontariowill joinNiagara Fallsand Peace Bridge in lighting up for Stand Up To Cancer.
"We are honored to have our ten years of impact recognized by so many iconic landmarks across the U.S. andCanada," saidSung Poblete, president and CEO of Stand Up To Cancer. "Illuminating buildings in SU2C's signature colors across both countries brilliantly symbolizes our emphasis on collaboration and teamwork in SU2C's life-saving research."
Bradley Cooper, Academy Award®-nominated actor, will return as co-executive producer of the telecast along with the renowned live-event producing team Done + Dusted, working again with the Stand Up To Cancer production team, after a successful partnership for the 2016 show. Otherstars joining the telecastincludeJennifer Garner,Ed Helms,Ken Jeong,Matthew McConaughey,Trevor Noah, Dak Prescott,Keith Urban, andReese Witherspoon.
The telecast will broadcast live fromThe Barker HangarinSanta Monica, CA.As in years past,ABC,CBS,FOX,and NBC,along withAmerican Heroes Channel,AT&T AUDIENCE Network,Bloomberg TV,Bravo,Destination America,Discovery Family,Discovery Life,E!,EPIX,Escape,ESPNEWS,FM,Freeform,FS2,FXM,FYI,Galavision,Great American Country,HBO,HBO Latino,ION Television,Jewish Life TV,Laff,Logo,MTV2,Nat Geo WILD,REELZ,SHOWTIME,Smithsonian Channel,STARZ,STARZ ENCORE,STARZ ENCORE ESPAÑOL,TNT,Univision Puerto Rico,andWGN Americaare donating one hour of simultaneous commercial-free primetime for the telecast, with additional networks to be announced. Following the live broadcast, the telecast will be available to stream viaComedyCentral.comand theComedy Central app, as well as its VOD partners.Aspire TVwill air the Stand Up To Cancer telecast onSaturday, Sept. 8at8:00 AM-9:00 AM ET/PT /10:00 AM CT. The entire telecast will also stream live onSU2C's Facebook pageandPeopleTV, as well as stream live and on-demand onHuluandSU2C's YouTube page.
For the third time, Stand Up To Cancer Canada will simultaneously broadcast aCanada-inclusive telecast across four major English-language Canadian broadcasters: CBC, Citytv, CTV, and Global, as well as Canadian services AMI, A.Side, BBC Earth, CHCH, CHEK, Cottage Life, Fight Network, Game TV, HIFI, Hollywood Suite, Love Nature, Makeful, NTV, OUTtv, Smithsonian Channel Canada, T+E, and YES TV. In addition, the show will stream live on the CBC TV App, cbc.ca/watch, CBS All Access, CTV GO and CTV.ca, Global GO and GlobalTV.com, and will be available on-demand on TELUS Optik TV in Canada.
Buildings and landmarks to be illuminated in honor of Stand Up To Cancer include:
United States
Alabama
-BirminghamCity Hall,Birmingham, will light up red onSept. 7
- The Crescent Building,Birmingham, will light up red onSept. 7
-HooverCity Hall,Hoover, will light up orange onSept. 7
Arizona
- Chandler City Hall, Chandler, will light up red onSept. 7
-TucsonCity Hall,Tucson, will light up orange onSept. 7
Arkansas
- Big Dam Bridge,Little Rock, will light up red fromSept. 4-7
- Union Plaza Building,Little Rock, will light up red fromSept. 5-7
California
- 140 New Montgomery,San Francisco, will light up onSept. 7
- Capitol Records Building,Los Angeles, will light up red, orange and yellow fromSept. 4-7
- City of Hope Hospital, Duarte, will light up red onSept. 7
- Clock Tower Building,Santa Monica, will light up red and orangefromSept. 3-7
- Grace Cathedral,San Francisco, will light up red, orange and yellow fromSept. 3-7
- The Pacific Wheel at Pacific Park, Santa Monica Pier,Santa Monica, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
- Pylons at Los Angeles Airport,Los Angeles, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
Connecticut
- Chase Building,Waterbury, will light up red onSept. 7
- Stilts Building,Hartford, will light up red onSept. 7
-WaterburyCity Hall,Waterbury, will light up red onSept. 7
Delaware
-DelawareGovernor's Mansion, Dover, will light up red onSept. 7
Florida
- Amway Center,Orlando, will light up orange onSept. 7
- Astrogenesis II,Orlando, will light up orange onSept. 7
- CityPlace,West Palm Beach, will light up orangeSept. 1-30
- Global Convergence,Orlando, will light up orange onSept. 7
- ICON Orlando,Orlando, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
- Lake Eola Fountain,Orlando, will light up orange onSept. 7
- Miami Tower,Miami, will light up orange onSept. 7
- Orlando Sign,Orlandowill light up orange on Sept. 7
- Take Flight,Orlando, will light up orange on Sept. 7
- Theater ofLebanon,Orlando, will light up orange onSept. 7
- Tower of Light,Orlando, will light up orange onSept. 7
-Union,Orlando, will light up orange onSept. 7
Hawaii
- Aloha Tower,Honolulu, will light up red, yellow and orange fromSept. 4-7
Idaho
- Eighth & Main,Boise, will light up red, orange, and yellow onSept. 7
- US Bank Building,Boise, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
Illinois
- Centennial Wheel at Navy Pier,Chicago, will light up orange onSept. 7
- Crain Communications Building,Chicago, will light up in red, orange and yellow fromSept. 4-7
- Wrigley Building,Chicago, will light up red, orange and yellow fromSept. 6-7
Indiana
- Indiana Power and Light Building,Indianapolis, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
-Martin Luther King, Jr.Memorial Bridge,Fort Wayne, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
Kansas
- Lied Center ofKansas,Lawrence, will light up orange onSept. 7
- Flint Hills Discovery Center,Manhattan, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
Maine
-PortlandCity Hall,Portland, will light up red onSept. 7
Maryland
-Baltimore CityHall Dome,Baltimore, will light up red fromSept. 7-8
Massachusetts
-BostonCity Hall,Boston, will light up red and onSept. 7
-Cambridge CityHall,Cambridge, will light up yellow onSept. 7
-Kenneth F. BurnsMemorial Bridge,Worcester, will light up red onSept. 5
-Leonard P. Zakim Bunker HillMemorial Bridge,Boston, will light up red onSept. 7
Minnesota
- I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge,Minneapolis, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
- The Lowry Avenue Bridge,Minneapolis, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
Missouri
- James S. McDonnell Planetarium,St. Louis, will light up red onSept. 7
Nebraska
- WoodmenLife Center,Omaha, will light up orange onSept. 7
Nevada
- High Roller Observation Wheel,Las Vegas, will light up onSept. 7
New York
- 1515 Broadway,New York, will light up orange onSept. 7
-Barclay Damon Tower,Syracuse, will light up red onSept. 7
- Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, Buffalo, will light up red onSept. 7
- Electric Tower, Buffalo, will light up red onSept. 7
- Helmsley Building,New York, will light up fromSept. 4-7
- Mid-Hudson Bridge,Poughkeepsie, will light up red and orange onSept. 6
- New York Stock Exchange,New York, will light up orange onSept. 7
-RochesterCity Hall,Rochester, will light up red fromSept. 4-7
- Rundell Library,Rochester, will light onSept. 6
-TonawandaCity Hall,Tonawanda, will light up red onSept. 7
North Carolina
- Romare Bearden Park,Charlotte, will light up in red onSept. 7
Ohio
- City Hall ofCleveland,Cleveland, will light up red onSept. 7
- Rock & Roll hall of Fame,Cleveland, will light up red and yellow onSept. 7
- Terminal Tower,Cleveland, will light up red onSept. 7
Oklahoma
- 320 South Boston Building,Tulsa, Oklahomawill light up red fromSept. 4-7
- Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory,Oklahoma City, will light up red onSept. 7
-Skydance Bridge,Oklahoma City, will light up red and orange onSept. 7
Oregon
- Union Street Railroad Bridge,Salem, will light up red fromSept. 4-7
Pennsylvania
-AllentownCity Hall,Allentown, will light up red fromSept. 4-7
- Children's Hospital ofPhiladelphia,Philadelphia, will light up red, orange and yellowSept. 7
-Cira Tower,Philadelphia, will light up onSept. 7
- FMC Tower,Philadelphia, will light up onSept. 7
- Highmark at Fifth Avenue Place,Pittsburgh, will light up onSept. 7
-One Liberty Place,Philadelphia, will light up onSept. 7
- The Benjamin Franklin Bridge,Philadelphia, will light up onSept. 7
Rhode Island
- Pawtucket River Bridge, Pawtucket, will light up orange fromSept. 5-9
South Dakota
- Main Street Square,Rapid City, will light up red onSept. 5
Texas
- Bank of America Plaza,Dallas, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
- Downtown El Paso Railroad Arches,El Paso, will light up onSept. 7
- Frost Bank Tower,San Antonio, will light up white onSept. 7
-HoustonCity Hall,Houston, will light up red, orange and yellow fromSept. 4-7
- Missouri Bridge,El Paso, will light up onSept. 7
- Omni Dallas Hotel,Dallas, will light up with the Stand Up To Cancer logo onSept. 7
- Prospect Bridge,El Paso, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
- Renaissance Tower,Dallas, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
Tennessee
- The Block,Chattanooga, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
- City Hall inMurfreesboro,Murfreesboro, will light up red fromSept. 4-7
- The Island inPigeon Forge,Pigeon Forge, will light up onSept. 7
- TheParthenon,Nashville, will light up red onSept. 7
- State Capitol Cupola,Nashville, will light up red fromSept. 7-10
Vermont
- Bennington Battle Monument,Bennington, will light up white onSept. 7
Virginia
- Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center,Virginia Beach, will light up red fromSept. 4-7
- Science Museum ofVirginia,Richmond, will light up red onSept. 7
West Virginia
- The West Virginia Building,Huntington, will light up red onSept. 7
Wisconsin
- Milwaukee County Historical Society,Milwaukee, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
- Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory (The Domes),Milwaukee, will light up red fromSept. 7-9
- Overture Arts Center for the Arts, Madison, will light up red onSept. 4, yellow onSept. 5, orange onSept. 6, and onSept. 7it will be red, yellow and orange
- Pfister Hotel,Milwaukee, will light up red onSept. 7
Washington
- Seattle Great Wheel,Seattle, will light up red onSept. 7
Washington D.C.
- The Capital Wheel will light up red onSept. 7
Canada
Alberta
- Calgary Tower,Calgary, will light up red, yellow and orange onSept. 7
- Olympic Plaza,Calgary, will light up red onSept. 7
- High Level Bridge,Edmonton, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
- Reconciliation Bridge,Calgary, will light up orange onSept. 7
- Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium,Calgary, will light up red onSept. 7
- Telus Spark,Calgary, will light up orange onSept. 7
British Columbia
- BC Place,Vancouver, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 5
- City Hall inMaple Ridge,Maple Ridge, will light up red onSept. 7
- City Hall ofNorth Vancouver,North Vancouver, will light up red onSept. 7
- Civic Plaza,Surrey, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
-Fitzsimmons Bridge, Whistler, will light up red onSept. 7
-Port CoquitlamCity Hall,Port Coquitlam, will light up red onSept. 7
- Sails of Light,Vancouver, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
- South Okanagan Events Centre,Penticton, will light up red onSept. 7
-VancouverConvention Centre,Vancouver, will light up orange onSept. 7
Manitoba
- Forks Market Canopy,Winnipeg, will light up red onSept. 4
Nova Scotia
- City Hall ofPrince Edward Island,Prince Edward Island, will light up red onSept. 7
-HalifaxCity Hall,Halifax, will light up red, yellow and orange fromSept. 4-7
Ontario
- 195 Dufferin building,London, will light up red onSept. 7
- 3DTORONTOSign,Toronto, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
-Brant Street Pier,Burlington, will light up red onSept. 7
- City Hall ofLondon,London, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
- CN Tower,Toronto, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
-LondonConvention Center,London, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
- London Life Building,London, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
-Niagara Falls,Niagara Falls, will light up red and orange onSept. 7
- Peace Bridge will light up red and yellow onSept. 7
- Port Credit Lighthouse,Mississauga, will light up red onSept. 6
- Skylon Tower,Niagara Falls, will light up orange onSept. 7
-TorontoCity Hall,Toronto, will light up red and orange onSept. 7
Quebec
- Kipnes Lantern, National Arts Centre,Ottawa, will light up red, orange and yellow onSept. 7
The 2018 show is especially significant for SU2C, as it commemorates ten years of raising awareness and funds for innovative cancer research that is helping save lives now.
To date, more than$480 millionhas been pledged in support of SU2C's innovative cancer research programs. The organization has brought together more than 1,500 of the best scientists from over 180 leading institutions with an emphasis on collaborative, multidisciplinary teams that deliver new therapies and treatments to cancer patients. Scientists work together on Stand Up To Cancer's 24 signature "Dream Teams," among a total of 79 team science grants and awards, whose research is aimed at ending cancer's reign as a leading cause of death worldwide. SU2C-funded researchers have planned, launched or completed more than 180 clinical trials involving over 12,000 patients.
The results have been exceptional. In just 10 years, SU2C research has contributed to FDA approval of five new cancer therapies, including treatments for breast, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers and difficult-to-treat leukemias. Additional trial results have been submitted or are nearing completion for breast, colon, ovarian and prostate cancers and for metastatic melanoma. Stand Up To Cancer has provided substantial funding for the study of immunotherapy in the fight against cancer, and has advanced development of technologies using blood tests to identify cancers early, imaging to understand tumor progression, and precision medicine via new laboratory tools.
SU2C's wide-ranging scientific portfolio is overseen by a blue-ribbon scientific advisory committee chaired by Nobel Prize winnerPhillip A. Sharp, Ph.D., Institute Professor at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Most grants are administered by SU2C's Scientific Partner, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the world's first and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research.
Other members of the SU2C Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) include Vice Chairs Raymond N. DuBois, M.D., Ph.D., dean, College of Medicine, and professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine,Medical University of South CarolinainCharleston;Lee J. Helman, M.D., professor, Keck School of Medicine,University of Southern California, and director, Cancer Research Program, Children's Hospital ofLos Angeles;Arnold J. Levine, Ph.D., professor emeritus of systems biology at the Institute for Advanced Study inPrinceton, New Jersey; andWilliam G. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center inBaltimore. The SU2C Canada Scientific Advisory Committee is co-chaired byAlan Bernstein O.C., O.Ont., Ph.D., FRSC president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) and Dr. Sharp. Projects are administered by AACR International-Canada and Stand Up To Cancer Canada.
As SU2C's founding donor, Major League Baseball has continued to annually provide both financial support and countless opportunities to build the Stand Up To Cancer movement by encouraging fans worldwide to get involved, most notably through its two largest global events – the MLB All-Star Game and the World Series. In addition to MLB, SU2C's "Luminary" donors include Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, and Mastercard. "Visionary" donors include CVS Health, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, and the Sidney Kimmel Foundation.
Additional major donors and collaborators include American Airlines, Merck, Rally Health, Inc., St. Baldrick's Foundation, and Van Andel Research Institute. Other key supporters and collaborators include American Lung Association's LUNG FORCE, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Farrah Fawcett Foundation, Laura Ziskin Family Trust, LUNGevity Foundation, National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, and international collaborator Cancer Research UK.
The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are actively collaborating with SU2CCanada. CCS is also a collaborator in the inaugural Stand Up To Cancer Canada – Canadian Cancer Society Breast Cancer Dream Team, along with the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR). Collaborators in the inaugural Stand Up To Cancer Canada Cancer Stem Cell Dream Team include CIHR, Cancer Stem Cell Consortium, Genome Canada, and OICR. AstraZeneca Canada and MasterCard are the first corporate supporters of SU2CCanada.
About Stand Up To Cancer
STAND UP TO CANCER(SU2C) raises funds to accelerate the pace of research to get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now. A division of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), SU2C was established in 2008 by media and entertainment leaders who utilize these communities' resources to engage the public in supporting a new, collaborative model of cancer research, to increase awareness about cancer prevention, and to highlight progress being made in the fight against the disease. As ofApril 2018, more than 1,500 scientists representing more than 180 institutions are involved in SU2C-funded research projects.
Under the direction of our Scientific Advisory Committee, led by Nobel laureatePhillip A. Sharp, Ph.D., staff at SU2C and our Scientific Partner, the American Association for Cancer Research, SU2C implements rigorous competitive review processes to identify the best research proposals to recommend for funding, oversee grants administration, and ensure collaboration across research programs.
Current members of the SU2C Council of Founders and Advisors (CFA) includeKatie Couric,Sherry Lansing,Kathleen Lobb,Lisa Paulsen,Rusty Robertson,Sue Schwartz,Pamela Oas Williams, andEllen Ziffren. The lateLaura Ziskinand the lateNoreen Fraserare also co-founders.Sung Poblete, Ph.D., R.N., serves as SU2C's president and CEO.
For more information on Stand Up To Cancer, visitwww.StandUpToCancer.org.
About the Entertainment Industry Foundation
Founded in 1942, the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) is a multifaceted organization that occupies a unique place in the world of philanthropy. By mobilizing and leveraging the powerful voice and creative talents of the entertainment industry, as well as cultivating the support of organizations (public and private) and philanthropists committed to social responsibility, EIF builds awareness and raises funds, developing and enhancing programs on the local, national and global level that facilitate positive social change. For more information, visitwww.eifoundation.org.
About the American Association for Cancer Research
Founded in 1907, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the world's first and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research and its mission to prevent and cure cancer. AACR membership includes more than 40,000 laboratory, translational, and clinical researchers; population scientists; other health care professionals; and patient advocates residing in 120 countries. The AACR marshals the full spectrum of expertise of the cancer community to accelerate progress in the prevention, biology, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer by annually convening more than 30 conferences and educational workshops, the largest of which is the AACR Annual Meeting with more than 22,600 attendees. In addition, the AACR publishes eight prestigious, peer-reviewed scientific journals and a magazine for cancer survivors, patients, and their caregivers. The AACR funds meritorious research directly as well as in cooperation with numerous cancer organizations. As the Scientific Partner of Stand Up To Cancer, the AACR provides expert peer review, grants administration, and scientific oversight of team science and individual investigator grants in cancer research that have the potential for near-term patient benefit. The AACR actively communicates with legislators and other policymakers about the value of cancer research and related biomedical science in saving lives from cancer. For more information about the AACR, visitwww.AACR.org.
Source: LOS ANGELESandNEW YORK,Aug. 29, 2018/PRNewswire/ --www.StandUpToCancer.org