{"id":308,"date":"2013-12-16T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=308"},"modified":"2013-12-14T16:29:21","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T21:29:21","slug":"for-ex-nfl-star-funding-tumor-research-is-no-brainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=308","title":{"rendered":"For ex-NFL star, funding tumor research is no-brainer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>Garo Yepremian seeking support for foundation honoring daughter-in-law<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/strong>, <span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em>Managing Editor, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CasinoNight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-678704\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"CasinoNight\" src=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/CasinoNight.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a>Between 100,000 and 170,000 people across the country will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor this year, according to the American Brain Tumor Association.<\/p>\n<p>Reversing that disturbing statistic has been the goal of Garo Yepremian, a former NFL star and Avondale resident who wants people to mark their calendar to assist. On Feb. 7, he is sponsoring Casino Night, a fund-raiser that encourages participants to roll the dice to support brain cancer research.<\/p>\n<p>The inspiration for Yepremian\u2019s efforts began in 1998 when his youngest son, Azad, learned that his 19-year-old girlfriend, Debby-Lu, had been diagnosed with an intrinsic brainstem glioma: an inoperable brain tumor. With Azad by her side \u2014 the two married despite the distressing prognosis \u2014 Debby-Lu received treatment from Jefferson Hospital\u2019s neuroscience program. Excellent care and a positive attitude helped to turn a six-month prognosis into six years. Debby-Lu died at the age of 26, and her father-in-law created the Garo Yepremian Foundation to continue battling the disease, a tribute to her indomitable spirit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" \/>Casino Night, one of the foundation\u2019s annual fund-raisers, will be held from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the Desmond Hotel in Malvern. Tickets, which must be purchased in advance, are $100 per person and include casino gaming chips, a full buffet, celebrity guest appearances\u00a0throughout the evening, prizes, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsorship opportunities are encouraged and will include the sponsor\u2019s logo on gaming table\u00a0signs and a PowerPoint presentation. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yepremian.org\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.yepremian.org<\/a> or call 610-268-2299.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garo Yepremian seeking support for foundation honoring daughter-in-law By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Between 100,000 and 170,000 people across the country will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor this year, according to the American Brain Tumor Association. Reversing that disturbing statistic has been the goal of Garo Yepremian, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[261,262,263],"class_list":["post-308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-featured","tag-american-brain-tumor-association","tag-casino-night","tag-garo-yepremian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}