C ommunity
NEWSMAKERS On Jan. 14, Mayor Jim Kenney, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, Abramson Cancer
Center Director Robert Vonderheide, University of Pennsylvania Health System CEO
Ralph Muller and Dean of the Perelman School of Medicine J. Larry Jameson pre-
sented an official citation to Philly Fights Cancer co-chairs Nancy Abramson Wolfson
and Missy Dietz for the organization’s role as an ally to the city in representing the
region on a global scale.

Ralph Muller addresses the attendees.

Photos by HughE Dillon
(Bottom left) From left: Nancy Wolfson, Mayor Jim Kenney and Missy Dietz
(Bottom right) From left: Sharyn Berman, Missy Dietz, Brian Kappra, Judy Felgoise,
Nancy Wolfson, Jill Weiss, Nancy Minnick, Stacey Storm and Robert Herman Vonderheide
Cherry Hill, N.J. Mayor Chuck Cahn presented a proclamation to
Sydney Breslow declaring Nov. 15, 2018 as Mitochondrial Disease
Awareness Day at the second annual Cousins for a Cure fundraiser
at the Woodcrest Country Club. The event raised $182,000 for the
Logan Sloane Aronson Research Fund in honor of Cherry Hill native
Sydney Breslow, who was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease at
the age of 8.

From left: Ron and Debra Aronson, Breslow’s uncle and aunt;
Mayor Chuck Cahn; Alan Breslow, Breslow’s father; Sydney Breslow
and Sherri Breslow, Breslow’s mother
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