Wine Tasting With Peachey events raise $30,000

An evening so nice, we held it twice! The popularity of Wine Tasting with Peachey resulted in the expansion of the event to two nights in June. Many thanks to our volunteers, sponsors and guests, helping us raise close to $30,000 for the Catherine Peachey Fund and its mission to provide resources to support important […]

Catherine Peachey Fund Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Special Initiative

The Catherine Peachey Fund has been a catalyst for breast cancer breakthroughs for the past 25 years! On May 1, 2019, we launched a fundraising initiative to mark this milestone. With your help, we plan to raise $100,000 to support the Catherine Peachey Fund Normal Breast Taxonomy Project at the IU Simon Cancer Center. Under […]

Amelia Project Showcases Groundbreaking Cancer Research

On Saturday, March 23, 2019, the Amelia Project 16th Annual Meeting was held at Indiana University-Kokomo. The Catherine Peachey Fund of the Heroes Foundation was once again the sponsor for this unique event, bringing together nearly 100 Indiana breast cancer researchers, physicians, patient advocates and, for the first time, representatives from the pharmaceutical industry. The […]

Catherine Peachey Fund Awards $30,000 for Breast Cancer Initiatives in Central Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS — The Catherine Peachey Fund, a member of the Heroes Foundation family, has awarded a total of $30,000 in grants to three separate initiatives. The awarded projects are affiliated with the Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank, the Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine, and the International Breast Cancer & Nutrition Program (ICBM) at Purdue University. […]

Catherine Peachey Fund Awards $250,000

IU Healthy Breast Tissue Project Promises to Transform Research Worldwide INDIANAPOLIS — Single-cell sequencing of normal breast tissue samples has the potential to revolutionize breast cancer research and can only be accomplished at Indiana University. Thanks to the Catherine Peachey Fund, a member of the Heroes Foundation family, funding is no longer an obstacle. Coinciding with […]

The Peachey Effect: January-July 2018

Impact of Catherine Peachey Fund Continues to Flourish By Stephanie Rufenbarger Lesher With so much happening at the Catherine Peachey Fund, we wanted to share some highlights with our loyal supporters. We cannot do our work of funding important breast cancer research in Indiana without you! In April, the Catherine Peachey Fund was thrilled to […]