Burke Penny set up Lindsey’s Legacy Fund For Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer Research in co-operation with the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation to honour his late wife Lindsey Martin-Penny
Lindsey Martin-Penny, left, and husband Burke Penny. Mr. Burke is raising $180,000 and climbing, to fund research into clear cell ovarian cancer.When Lindsey Martin-Penny was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer in January, 2022, she went through five months of chemotherapy, but nothing worked.
Ms. Martin-Penny and her husband, Burke Penny, lived in Midland, Ont., and they had a Zoom call with Dr. Lheureux. “She was amazing, just really empathetic,” Mr. Penny recalled. “But she said, ‘I don’t really have anything that I can offer you at the moment.’” Mr. Penny, 77, was devastated but he wanted to do something to honour his wife. He reached out to Dr. Lheureux and offered to help fund her research. Less than a year later, he set up Lindsey’s Legacy Fund For Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer Research in co-operation with the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation.
Mr. Penny has set a target of raising $300,000 this year. He noted that around 300 Canadian women are diagnosed with clear cell ovarian cancer every year. It’s one of the most aggressive forms of cancer and there is no effective treatment.
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