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Seattle Children’s Press Release

January 23, 2012

Children’s honors Ben Towne Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation’s gift by renaming cancer research center: Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research. More…


Q13 Fox News

January 23, 2012

http://www.q13fox.com/videogallery/67584239/News/a-lasting-legacy


Puget Sound Business Journal

by Valerie Bauman

January 23, 2012

Seattle Children’s Research Institute is receiving a $5 million donation from a local foundation to support new cancer treatments focused on using a child’s immune system to fight cancer. More…


King 5 News

by King 5 Healthlink

January 23, 2012


Columns: the University of Washington Alumni Magazine

December 31, 2011

CARIN TOWNE, ’95, ’02, and her husband Jeff, ’95, have turned a personal tragedy into a ray of hope for parents of children with cancer by creating the Ben Towne Pediatric Cancer Foundation in honor of their son Ben, who died in December 2008 at the age of 3½. More…


KOMO 4 News

By Theron Zahn

August 14, 2011


KIRO Radio – My Northwest

By Ursula Reutin

July 11, 2011

A Seattle couple has experienced the horrific pain of losing their three-and-a-half year old son to cancer. But instead of asking “why him or why us,” they’re focusing their energy on finding a cure for the leading fatal disease among kids. More…


KING 5 Children’s HealthLink

July 9, 2011


KING 5 “The Giving Spirit – A Children’s HealthLink Special”

December 13, 2010

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