Providence Cancer Center was pleased to welcome C. Vivian Stringer, acclaimed head coach of Rutgers’ Scarlet Knights women’s basketball team, as our keynote speaker for our 11th annual Positive Perspectives: Creating Hope for Cancer Patients Luncheon. Coach Stringer is an inspirational speaker with a message of empowerment for facing the toughest moments of life. She will discuss surviving her cancer and making the most of each moment in this life.

On May 7, 2009, more than 700 luncheon attendees raised over $360,000 for cancer research at the Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center, part of the Earle A. Chiles Research Institute at Providence Cancer Center.