Bookmarks for a Cure -- Friday, January 6, 2006, 12 year-old Jessica Davis and her mother Carol made a special visit from their home in Greenacres, Fla., to the University of Miami Pediatric Cancer Center. They came to present a check for $1,200 to the Papanicolaou Corps for Cancer Research (Pap Corps), with 100 percent of the funds earmarked for Pediatric Cancer Research Programs at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

On hand to accept the donation were Steven E. Lipshultz, M.D., chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, Joseph D. Rosenblatt, M.D., associate director of clinical and translational research and chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at UM/Sylvester, and Stuart Toledano, M.D., chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology.

The project, which Jessica named Mark Our Words, began last April when she decided she wanted to do something to help find a cure for childhood cancers. Her idea—create more than 200 bookmarks and give the money raised by them to the University of Miami Pediatric Cancer Center—originated through the Pap Corps, a volunteer organization with more than 16,000 members raising funds for cancer research at UM/Sylvester.

Jessica makes bookmarks on a variety of themes including sports, pets, and holidays . . . Miller School of Medicine, Miami FL - Appeared in the weekly eNewsletter

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