Dear Friends:

I am so happy to once again send my greetings to you as a participant in the Women Playing For T.I.M.E.® events. This makes the 19th consecutive year that this organization of volunteers has committed to this lofty charitable effort. In those years, the nearly $8.2 million donated to the breast cancer and women’s oncology programs at MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando have had an enormous impact on the lives of thousands of women (and men) who must face the reality of having to fight cancer.

Fighting cancer has progressed dramatically in the nearly two decades that you and hundreds of others have dedicated your time and resources to this effort, and I wish to personally extend my sincere appreciation on behalf of our patients and their families. Most of them know nothing of the work of Women Playing For T.I.M.E., but I can assure you that the physicians, nurses and staff of MD Anderson – Orlando are aware of what you have done and continue to do to help in our mission to “use every available resource to defeat cancer.”

In this year of 2011, MD Anderson – Orlando is celebrating our 20th year as an affiliate of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the number one cancer center in this country (and undoubtedly the world). We are very proud of the fact that we in Orlando are the first and largest operation under the umbrella of MD Anderson in Houston. You, the women (and men) of Women Playing For T.I.M.E., have been a part of this journey and will always be one of the major highlights of our history.

Enjoy your play and thank you for being involved.

Your friend,

Clarence H. Brown III,
MD President and CEO
MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando

Clarence H. Brown