Fighting Cancer as a Community
Fighting Childhood Cancer One Backpack at a Time 12 children in need of a little hope all across the world. 12 children who do not know what the future holds. But, as a community, we the Carson Leslie Foundation...
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Cancer Prevention Research Initiative of Texas (CPRIT) Expanded and Extended
Late November 2019, Texas voters overwhelmingly approved an additional $3billion in state-backed bond funds to expand CPRIT’s research initiative and extend the program for an additional ten years. The Carson Leslie Foundation has had a STRONG relationship with CPRIT....
Craps | Cocktails | Bites Fundraiser a Big Success
More than 100 guests gathered at a private Preston Hollow estate to learn about the work of the Carson Leslie Foundation and celebrate our successes. Guests were treated to a wonderful night of decadent bites, vintage wine and spirited...
2020 Started with a ROUNDUP
Together with the 20 year $6 Billion Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), the Carson Leslie Foundation hosted Researchers RoundUp on the 10 year anniversary of Carson’s death. We rounded up over 50 of Texas’ most outstanding...
Annette Leslie: Granting Her Son’s Final Wish
By Jan Osborn Early Fall 2006, Carson Leslie was a 14-year old high-school freshman busy with football, baseball, golf, girls and school when he had time, when one afternoon he told his mom that he was feeling weird. Since...
Carson Leslie Foundation + the Dallas Symphony Orchestra = Holiday Fun!
Together with our newest partner the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO), we loaded an amazing group of valiant teen cancer patient in a Premier limo for a light ride, a special dinner at the Myerson and a DSO Christmas Pops!...
Handing Out Smiles
Always seeking to fill the void of loneliness and isolation experienced by teenage cancer patients, the Carson Leslie Foundation hosted 3 annual SHINDIGS on the oncology floor of Children’s Health Dallas. and distributed many backpacks filled with items to...
CLF Joins 2nd Annual Closer to the Cure Bowl-A-Thon
Working with Closer to the Cure, a fellow childhood brain cancer family and partner in CLF’s #cureMEdullo research initiative, we were honored to be beneficiaries of Closer to the Cure’s Bowl-A-Thon at Lucky Strike Lanes in Boston! Our Board...
GOLDEN TOAST
The Carson Leslie Foundation founded the annual GOLDEN TOAST in Washington, DC to toast and celebrate the accomplishments the bipartisan Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus, the childhood cancer community, and young cancer survivors for building an unstoppable collaborative GLOBAL movement...