Kelly Caraynoff –Executive Director
Kelly is the founder of Clipping For A Cure. After many years of participating and organizing events for childhood cancer research she has decided to take things to the next level. She wants families and children to be able to participate in events together to raise funds to find a cure for these devastating diseases. As a mother of three she hopes to someday make the month of September as golden for childhood cancer as October is pink for breast cancer. Kelly’s motto is “Working together we can find a way to conquer childhood cancer”.
You may contact Kelly at; kcaraynoff@clippingforacure.org
Mike Caraynoff – Chief Financial Officer
Mike has been accountant for over 32 years and is the father of Clipping For A Cure’s founder. His years of hard work as the chairman of the fund raising committee while serving on the School Board of St. Christopher’s School in Midlothian served as the inspiration for Kelly’s desire to get involved in assisting a worthwhile cause. He was one of the first to organize a Track-A-Thon during which students raised funds by obtaining pledges based on the number of laps they would complete around the track. He saw to it that the students and faculty alike were rewarded for their efforts by obtaining prizes from local merchants while encouraging them to support the school. Mike and his wife Cheryl are opening a new Day Care and Early Learning Center in Minooka, IL next year and are one of the first corporate sponsors of CFAC. Having been away from fundraising for a while, he hopes to rekindle his past success with Clipping For A Cure.
You may Contact Mike at; mcaraynoff@clippingforacure.org
Rene Losurdo – Secretary
René is a stay-at-home mother of three little boys. On December 21, 2005, only a couple of days after giving birth to her third son via an emergency c-section, her oldest son was diagnosed with a childhood cancer of the kidney called Wilms Tumor.
After witnessing her 5-year-old and countless others suffer through their battles with childhood cancer, as well as tragically knowing many other children who have died, she had a newfound passion to raise much needed funds and awareness for Pediatric Cancers.
When her friend, Kelly, asked her to be a part of the board for Clipping For A Cure, René saw it as the perfect opportunity to live out that passion.
René is also an ambassador with Make A Wish Foundation as a part of their Speaker’s Bureau.
You may contact Rene at; r.losurdo@clippingforacure.org
Jim Sorfleet - Publicity Director
Jim became involved with clipping for a cure after volunteering his photographic services at a fundraising event for childhood cancer research.
He feels that childhood cancer research is an important and worthwhile cause and he believes that this battle can be won in our lifetime with the proper funding and research.
Jim is the owner of SnS-Photo in Chicago and handles the majority of publicity and graphics for the foundation as well as maintaining the foundations website
You may contact Jim at: jsorfleet@clippingforacure.org |