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Carrying a check for $64,200 were Genentech's Tom Nollie, director of facilities, Pam Englund, associate director of Human Resources, and Dolly Rivero-Mendieta, event coordinator. They presented the check to Bill Fell, Foundation board chair, and Gary Passama, NorthBay president and CEO.
The funds were raised during Genentech's Strike Out Cancer partnership
with the Sacramento River Cats, to benefit the NorthBay Cancer Center.
Genentech promised to pitch in $100 for every strike out thrown during a
home game, and the River Cats' ace pitchers managed to throw more than
640 of them during their winning 2011 season. Genentech employees also
held two raffles, which raised another $4,000.
After the check presentation, the group announced that Genentech will again team with the River Cats to repeat the Strike Out Cancer event for 2012, to raise more funds for the NorthBay Cancer Center. The Strike Out Cancer event has already been scheduled to kick off during a special June 30, 2012 baseball game, Rivero-Mendieta said.
Since learning the funds were coming their way, NorthBay Cancer Center staff have been brainstorming ways to spend the donation, according to Janet Black, manager of the medical oncology and infusion center. Among the first items to be purchased is a sound system for the center's waiting and procedure rooms, so that patients can listen to soothing music before and during their treatments. A blanket warmer, to comfort patients as they receive their infusions, is also on order, Black added.
After the check presentation, the group announced that Genentech will again team with the River Cats to repeat the Strike Out Cancer event for 2012, to raise more funds for the NorthBay Cancer Center. The Strike Out Cancer event has already been scheduled to kick off during a special June 30, 2012 baseball game, Rivero-Mendieta said.
Since learning the funds were coming their way, NorthBay Cancer Center staff have been brainstorming ways to spend the donation, according to Janet Black, manager of the medical oncology and infusion center. Among the first items to be purchased is a sound system for the center's waiting and procedure rooms, so that patients can listen to soothing music before and during their treatments. A blanket warmer, to comfort patients as they receive their infusions, is also on order, Black added.
