The Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarocma Fund was established by Karen, shortly before her death from Synovial Sarcoma in August of 2001. All proceeds support the Karen Wyckoff Sarcoma Research Fund which is the primary Sarcoma fund of the University of Minnesota Cancer Center.

We are very excited about the education and research that has been accomplished with the money raised from the first three events. In order to expand and grow, we incorporated the Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Fund as a Minnesota non-profit organization in February 2004 to continue the vision Karen first established:

* Find a cure for sarcoma cancers (raise funds for research)
* Educate physicians and public about sarcomas
* Support sarcoma survivors and their families.

All of the sarcoma doctors at the University of Minnesota have affirmed their commitment to the Fund. Dr. Dusenbery and Dr. Cheng became charter board members. Dr. Peter Bitterman is continuing to have success in his research which has received funding from the Fund. Dr. Clohisy helped to put together a poster about sarcoma which is being used at continuing education workshops for physicians. A musculoskeletal tumor database was supported by the Fund, which is a major new asset, allowing clinical research to go forward. Dr. Dusenbery is going to conduct a seminar for medical students in June, on how to determine which lumps, bumps, and bruises are serious and merit more investigation. The objective of this seminar is to reduce the amount of misdiagnosis so common to sarcomas. Other work includes researching and creating a new website about sarcoma at the University. All of this work is possible because of hundreds of committed and generous donors.

This new independent structure of the Fund brings both exciting new opportunities and the need for all persons concerned about finding a cure for sarcoma to "lend a hand."

We are increasing our fund-raising efforts in order to expand our support of the Sarcoma Research and Education. The Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Fund is purely a "Labor of Love." Please help us give this orphan disease a home and a voice here in the upper Midwest, as we assist the University of Minnesota in looking for a cure, and helping patients in finding hope as they battle this disease.

Since inception it has raised over $140,000,000 for Sarcoma Research, education, and sarcoma survivor support.

Click here for listing to the Fund's 2005 Board of Directors 

Click here to Learn more about Karen

The Rein in Sarcoma Logo, created by Susan Vanderlinden for RIS 2003, represents both a classic carrousel horse and the sunflower that when used with the golden ribbon is the symbol for finding a cure for Sarcoma Cancer.