As many of you know (and are reminded daily by the link on the front page...), my wife is active in L'Etoile de Martin, an association created by families of children with cancer, several of which, unfortunately, have died. The association organises activities for children who are in hospitals for long stays, and has also decided to help research in pediatric cancers by funding research stipends at l'Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR), Paris's main cancer hospital. Over the past 2 years, over 180,000 euros have been raised, and they have been used to provide research grants to post-graduate students at IGR - 2 full time positions have been funded on the basis of yearly grants.

We're trying to sustain this effort and, hopefully, expand it, and we need your help. Some of you may have already received an email about this, but I'd like to kindly request you to drop by this page and contribute to support an extraordinarily dynamic and hope-inspiring group of volunteers - which have already brought about some real results.

No donation is too small and, if you are a French taxpayer, you will get a tax credit equal to 2/3 of your donation.

So please click here to donate!