T.J. Martell Foundation Kicks Off My New Year's Wish Campaign for the Holidays

Supporters Make New Year's Wishes to Help Fund Cancer and AIDS Research

NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The T.J. Martell Foundation, the music industry's largest foundation that supports leukemia, cancer and AIDS research, is proud to unveil the "My New Year's Wish" campaign in time for the holiday season.  

By logging onto www.mynewyearswish.com, donors have the opportunity to make a tax-deductible contribution, upload their photo and add their New Year's Wish or New Year's Resolution for 2012.  "Many people have been intrigued with the Facebook concept of uploading photos and corresponding with friends, so we thought the 'My New Year's Wish' campaign would be a great way to incorporate photos and messages with direct fundraising," said T.J. Martell Foundation's CEO, Laura Heatherly.  "Many of the donors have already uploaded messages of support to their friends who are battling from various forms of cancer."  

Even legendary entertainer, cancer survivor and T.J. Martell Foundation supporter Charlie Daniels has gotten into the spirit of the campaign by adding his photo and New Year's Wish to the website.  "I hope everyone will help the T.J. Martell Foundation put a lot of smiles on many children's faces.  With your help, they can do it."

Funds raised from the "My New Year's Wish" campaign will go to support early stage leukemia, cancer and AIDS research for children and adults at eleven top research hospitals in the United States.  The T.J. Martell Foundation is dedicated to life-saving research that will turn into new drug discoveries, clinical trials and treatments that will give patients hope for a healthier future.

As you head into the New Year with making resolutions you never keep, try making a contribution and your resolution to www.mynewyearswish.com and perhaps this following year, your wish will come true.

For more information, please contact the T.J. Martell Foundation at (615) 256-2002 or visit www.TJMartellFoundation.org. Join us on www.Facebook.com and www.twitter.com.  

ABOUT THE T.J. MARTELL FOUNDATION
The T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research was founded in 1975 by music industry executive Tony Martell and his colleagues in loving memory of his son, T.J., who died of leukemia. It is the music industry's largest foundation that funds innovative medical research focused on finding cures for cancer and AIDS. The Foundation has provided over $250 million dollars for research.  Research hospitals funded by the foundation include T.J. Martell Memorial Laboratories at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Harvard School of Public Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Columbia-Presbyterian Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Cancer Center, The Mayo Clinic, Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University and Arnold Palmer Medical Center.

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SOURCE The T.J. Martell Foundation