The William Raveis Charitable Fund announced that it raised more than $519,000 in 2017 and donated all of it to the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. The fund was created in 2004 by Fairfield resident Bill Raveis of William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance.
Meghan Raveis, managing director of the fund, said, “The scientists we fund say that they believe a cure of cancer is in our lifetimes, and it is this hope and optimism that has lit a fire in the community.”
Bill Raveis has witnessed how progress in fighting cancer can change lives. His wife, Candy, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia almost four years ago and doctors gave her five months to live. Thanks to a regimen of chemotherapy and new drugs the prognosis was proven incorrect.
The foundation stages the annual Raveis Ride + Walk that last year drew 700 participants. So far, it has raised $1.5 million for cancer research.
