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Proclamation congratulating the Mario Lemieux Foundation on its 25th Anniversary.
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WHEREAS, in 1993, Pittsburgh Penguins own, Mario Lemieux was at the peak of his professional career and was well on his way to establishing a new NHL scoring record, until he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease; and
WHEREAS, after a long, but successful battle with Hodgkin’s disease, Mario’s experience led him to develop the Mario Lemieux Foundation, an organization that is completely dedicated to raising funds and finding a cure for cancer; and
WHEREAS, over the past 25 years, the scope of the Lemieux Foundation has greatly expanded. In 2000, Nathalie Lemieux created Austin’s Playroom, an initiative that helps create playrooms for children and families in medical facilities. Since its creation 18 years ago, a total of 36 playrooms have opened across the United States and have helped over 1 million families; and
WHEREAS, with the Lemieux Foundation’s first major donation in 2001 to the UPMC Health System, it established the Mario Lemieux Center for Patient Care and Research; a facility that provides outpatient treatments for leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma - the most common type of blood cancers; and
WHEREAS, in 2005, the Lemieux Foundation established the Lemieux Family Center at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, a center dedicated to supporting and nurturing families during the difficult process of transitioning from hospital care to life back at home; and
WHEREAS, the Mario Lemieux Center for Blood Cancers was opened in January 2012 at the Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh by the Lemieux Foundation. The Center for Blood Cancers offers comprehensive diagnostic services, individually designed treatment plans, and long-term follow-up services to patients with leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and other blood malignancies; and
WHEREAS, the Mario Lemieux Lymphoma Cen...
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