When a person anywhere in the country gets the diagnosis of blood cancer, and a friend who’s been there calls, Patti Robinson Kaufmann will be remembered, the national Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will announce in Denver next week.
The Patti Robinson Kaufmann First Connection Program will match more than 6,000 new patients with trained volunteers who have experienced a similar diagnosis.
The official announcement will be made next Thursday at the annual Light the Night Walk in Denver’s Washington Park, which Kaufmann chaired until her death in 2008 after a decade-long struggle with lymphoma.
Kaufmann had co-chaired the fundraising walk with her father, Robinson Dairy executive Eddie Robinson.
Kaufmann’s family donated an undisclosed sum to support the program. Eddie Robinson also has made a large bequest to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in his will.
Robinson and Kaufmann’s husband, Steven Kaufmann, will address participants at the event, which begins at 6:15 p.m.
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Research and support
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Rocky Mountain chapter supports cancer research at Colorado hospitals, as well as supporting victims. The organization estimates that 700 Coloradans die each year from blood cancers.
