$1.14M Raised at 10th Annual Beer & Bites

Written By Erica Stupfel

Over 1 million raised for the South Sound CARE Foundation and patients fighting cancer!

Beer & Bites, the annual event and auction benefitting The South Sound CARE Foundation (CARE) celebrated its 10th anniversary on Saturday, October 7th 2023 at The Waterfront Venue at Narrows Marina. Thanks to the incredible generosity of CARE supporters, $1.14M was raised at the event. All proceeds from this annual event go towards expanding clinical trials and research for patients fighting cancer in the South Sound. Historically a cancer diagnosis in the South Sound meant an immediate referral to Seattle or cancer centers far beyond. Since 2008, the South Sound CARE Foundation has been expanding access to the very best care for patients in the Puget Sound region. Important trials are conducted locally, patients are living longer and they are living better lives. Beer & Bites helps fund this research and provide access to care that patients were previously unable to find locally. Over the past 10 years, CARE has raised $8.6 million at Beer & Bites for patients fighting cancer!

So many people in the South Sound community worked hard to make the 10th annual Beer & Bites celebration a success! At Beer & Bites 2023…

  • 125 people volunteered

  • 39 sponsors contributed $280,000 to underwrite the event and launch the fundraising

  • 156 donors gave an amazing collection of auction items

  • 500 people attended Beer & Bites 2023

Spearheaded by CARE’s Founder, Dr. Frank Senecal, and Gordon Rush, a CARE Emeritus Board Member and Founder of The Rush Companies, Beer & Bites got its start in 2013 as a way to get the local community involved in improving treatments options for a disease that has touched far too many: cancer.

“Every year, I am amazed at how our South Sound community comes together to support cancer patients and give people hope. The outpouring of love and generosity at Beer & Bites this year was truly inspiring and motivates us to keep working hard to expand access to the revolutionary treatments that CARE helps provide to cancer patients in our community at no cost,” said Sally Glover, Executive Director of the South Sound CARE Foundation.

 Thank you to all who came out and supported CARE.

Erica Stupfel

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