Life Fest 2018 Gallery
The Life Raft Group was proud to celebrate the 9th anniversary of our biennial Life Fest conference. At this unique event, patients and caregivers have the opportunity to gather for a weekend of camaraderie [...]
Annual Holiday Campaign Seeks to Make an Impact
Bella Rocco The Life Raft Group's annual holiday campaign officially launched on #GivingTuesday, November 28th, 2017. #GIVINGTUESDAY is an opportunity to come together as a community to make an impact on the lives [...]
Help MaKayla Realize Her Dream: Donate to double patient survival
MaKayla Evens help kick off our holiday campaign. MaKayla Evans was diagnosed with Wild Type GIST in 2011, when she was 14 years old. She wanted to speak knowledgeably with her doctors [...]
First Annual Water of Life Event Makes Big Splash
The Water of Life fundraising event inspired and hosted by Dr. Matt Lurin on Wednesday, May 6th was a huge success. Held at New York City’s Battery Gardens, which overlooks the Statue of Liberty, [...]
“Water of Life” Will Flow at LRG Event
The Water of Life event is the first annual whisky fundraiser hosted by LRG member, Dr. Mathew J. Lurin (co-founder of the Whisky Nerds). The word whisky (or whiskey) comes from the Gaelic uisce/uisge, [...]
2014 Night to Fight Cancer is a win for all
Left to right: Jerry Cudzil with winners Gary Narvaez, Brian Behrens, & Shirley Chan Oh, what a night!!! Jerry Cudzil’s 11th Annual Night to Fight Cancer was an overwhelming success and so much fun! [...]
Poker for Hope proves to be huge success
On Saturday, May 17th in the Caesars Palace poker room in Las Vegas, the Poker For Hope charity tournament took place, benefiting Tia’s Hope, The Life Raft Group, and Phase One Foundation. Poker for Hope was started by these three non-profit cancer support organizations with ONE goal in mind…A CURE!
New Horizons makes a splash in Miami
New Horizons Participants in Miami, Fla. The 2013 New Horizons GIST conference was held at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel in Miami, Florida from Wednesday, June 5th to Friday, June 7th. The conference [...]
New report finds most hospital errors go unreported
In a January 6, 2012 New York Times article, “Report Finds Most Errors at Hospitals Go Unreported” by Robert Pear, the author explained that federal investigators have shown in a new report that hospital employees recognize and report only one out of seven errors...
Social Security’s Compassionate Allowances explained
The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) pays disability benefits to people who cannot work because they have a medical condition that is expected to last at least one year or result in death. Federal law requires this very strict definition of disability. While some programs give money to people with partial disability or short-term disability, Social Security does not.