For Estonia’s first centennial the Hille Tänavsuu Gift of Life Cancer
Treatment Foundation wishes to give a hundred Estonian cancer patients a chance
to live a fulfilling life with their loved ones, or even recover. To this end
the foundation invites all Estonians living in North America to support cancer
patients’ fight with their terrible disease.
The Washington Estonian Society is hosting a gala event dedicated to
the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia on 17 February 2018 in Arlington,
where Mart Sander with his orchestra, and Andrus Vaarik, alias Ivan Orav, will
perform. During the event donations will be raised for the Gift of Life Cancer
Treatment Foundation and a charity auction will be held. Toivo Tänavsuu, the
founder of the foundation, will also be present.
On 21 February 2018 Andrus Vaarik will perform as Ivan Orav in the New York
Estonian House, where it will also be possible to donate to the Gift of Life
Cancer Treatment Foundation.
The Gift of Life Cancer Treatment Foundation was founded in 2014,
inspired by journalist Hille Tänavsuu’s fight with cancer. Now it has grown
into one of the largest charities in Estonia. The foundation’s purpose is to
support cancer patients whose treatment is not covered by the Estonian Health
Insurance Fund. Over its four years more than 200 Estonians aged five to 83
have been helped by the foundation and more than three million euros have been
raised in donations.
For instance, in October 2017 the foundation raised 200,000 euros
within a single day for 7-year old Annabel’s crucial neuroblastoma treatment in
the Tallinn Children’s Hospital.
The Gift of Life finances modern cancer treatment by giving those in
need a gift of hope, another chance, a chance to try better treatment and live
longer, or even recover. “Although our primary objective is to treat
cancer patients we also treat Estonian society with our activities by promoting
charity as a lifestyle. I invite all Estonians living in North America to
support their own people’s fight with their terrible disease,” says Toivo
Tänavsuu, the founder of the foundation.
Mr Tänavsuu has been to North America twice before to talk about the
foundation and raise donations, visiting, for instance, New York, Florida,
Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Toronto.
How can you make a donation to the Gift of Life Cancer Treatment
Foundation?
In North America you can donate via the Washington Estonian Society,
which is a 501(c)(3) organisation:
Washington Estonian Society
5320 Waldo Drive
Alexandria VA 22315
Keyword “The Gift of Life”
To donate via PayPal, click HERE.
For donations made from Estonia (international bank transfer), see details at www.kingitudelu.ee/annetajale.
You can find plenty of information about the cancer treatment
foundation in Estonian, Russian and English at www.kingitudelu.ee or on foundation’s Facebook www.facebook.com/kingitudelu.