This wasn't about money from the organizer foundation, it was about getting recognition. Now we can use that award to tell people we are worthy of their support who are outside the world of oral cancer. Expect to see a press release nationally in the next week out of OCF to announce our receiving the award. Then we will be using it when we contact other benevolent organizations looking for grants or financial support. It's a function of credibility - like our science advisory board. A tool we hope to use to get noticed as an organization that has metrics that show that unlike (especially the really big guys) many organizations, we get lots done for the little money, human resources, and infrastructure we have to work with. In essence we're a good investment for their charity dollars.


Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.