Daily News | Sixers make donation to Jefferson Health following assistant coach Dave Joerger’s cancer treatment
Sixers owner Josh Harris, co-owner David Blitzer, president of basketball operations Daryl Morey, general manager Elton Brand, head coach Doc Rivers and CEO Tad Brown have collaborated to spearhead a $75,000 donation to Jefferson Health’s NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.
“This gift sends a powerful message to every Philadelphian to never stop fighting, to never give up hope,” doctor David M. Cognetti, professor and chair of Jefferson Health’s Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, said in a release. “We are happy that Coach Joerger has returned to the bench, and we are incredibly grateful to the 76ers for their commitment to our community.
The center estimates the Sixers’ gift will cover mobile screening — provided by a unit on wheels that can go directly into neighborhoods — for more than 1,200 people at events that may not otherwise be easily accessible. The donation will also support head and neck cancer research, along with the expansion of data analytic capabilities to further focus on risk factors and health disparities to help improve early-detection efforts, the release said.
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