Our Mission
The Pancreatic Cancer Alliance exists to support the efforts of the medical and research communities as well as patients and their loved ones in the battle against pancreatic cancer.
Pancreatic cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer death in the United States, but receives the least research funding of the major cancers.



Page updated:
March 8, 2009

pansy by Hannah GavalisPansies for Progress

Celebrate spring and help fund pancreatic cancer research

Join the Pancreatic Cancer Alliance and participating garden centers and help fight pancreatic cancer.

Buy pansies at the following locations and a portion of the sales will be donated to support groundbreaking research to fight pancreatic cancer at UMass Medical School in Worcester:


Charlton Sewing Center
12 Stafford Street, Charlton
Order through April 3, pick up Monday, April 13

Millbury Women's Club
Millbury Town Common
April 4, 2009, 9 am-Noon

Bemis Farms Nursery
29 N Brookfield Rd, Spencer
April 18-19, 2009

Sposato's Flower Shop
271 Harrington Way, Worcester, Massachusetts
April 18-19, 2009

Bells Lawn and Garden Center
201A Auburn Street, Auburn, Massachusetts
April 25–26, 2009

Want your garden center to participate? Click here for the details on the program. Questions? Please email Mary Beth Curnen and Amy Gavalis pansies@pancreaticalliance.org. Thank you.

Or hold a pansy sale at your school or workplace

Here's how the program works: Sign folks up for a beautiful pansy plant in a 4" pot for just $5, 5 for $20, and we'll arrange for delivery on a pre-scheduled day. To participate and get all the details, please email Mary Beth Curnen pansies@pancreaticalliance.org Central Massachusetts area only.

Why pansies? To us, purple (the color for pancreatic cancer) pansies capture the hopefulness and promise of spring. Thanks to Russell's and Bell's you can harness the promise and provide hope to those who yearn for early diagnosis, better treatment and ultimately a cure for pancreatic cancer. So celebrate spring and enjoy the flowers, planting the seeds for research that will blossom.

Want your garden center to participate? Click here for the details on the program. Questions? Please email Mary Beth Curnen and Amy Gavalis" pansies@pancreaticalliance.org. Thank you.

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If interested in learning more or helping on a committee, please email us at Hope@PancreaticAlliance.org

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