{"id":9457,"date":"2013-12-16T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=9457"},"modified":"2013-12-16T09:19:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T14:19:00","slug":"for-ex-nfl-star-funding-tumor-research-comes-from-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=9457","title":{"rendered":"For ex-NFL star, funding tumor research comes from heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>Garo Yepremian seeking support for foundation honoring daughter-in-law<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><em>Managing Editor, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Image-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9458\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Image 1\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Image-12-300x155.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Image-12-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Image-12.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Between 100,000 and 170,000 people across the country will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor this year, according to the American Brain Tumor Association.<\/p>\n<p>Reversing that disturbing statistic has been the goal of Garo Yepremian, a former NFL star and Avondale resident who wants people to mark their calendar to assist. On Feb. 7, he is sponsoring Casino Night, a fund-raiser that encourages participants to roll the dice to support brain cancer research.<\/p>\n<p>The inspiration for Yepremian\u2019s efforts began in 1998 when his youngest son, Azad, learned that his 19-year-old girlfriend, Debby-Lu, had been diagnosed with an intrinsic brainstem glioma: an inoperable brain tumor. With Azad by her side \u2014 the two married despite the distressing prognosis \u2014 Debby-Lu received treatment from Jefferson Hospital\u2019s neuroscience program. Excellent care and a positive attitude helped to turn a six-month prognosis into six years. Debby-Lu died at the age of 26, and her father-in-law created the Garo Yepremian Foundation to continue battling the disease, a tribute to her indomitable spirit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" \/>Casino Night, one of the foundation\u2019s annual fund-raisers, will be held from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the Desmond Hotel in Malvern. Tickets, which must be purchased in advance, are $100 per person and include casino gaming chips, a full buffet, celebrity guest appearances\u00a0throughout the evening, prizes, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsorship opportunities are encouraged and will include the sponsor\u2019s logo on gaming table\u00a0signs and a PowerPoint presentation. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yepremian.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.yepremian.org<\/a>\u00a0or call 610-268-2299.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garo Yepremian seeking support for foundation honoring daughter-in-law By Kathleen Brady Shea,\u00a0Managing Editor, The Times Between 100,000 and 170,000 people across the country will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor this year, according to the American Brain Tumor Association. Reversing that disturbing statistic has been the goal of Garo Yepremian, a former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,172],"tags":[3344,3345,3346],"class_list":["post-9457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-events","tag-american-brain-tumor-association","tag-casino-night","tag-garo-yepremian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9459,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9457\/revisions\/9459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}