- AdventHealth Digestive Health Institute

The Digestive Health Clinical Research team and the Florida Hospital Tampa Digestive Health Institute held the first Annual Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Fundraiser on Monday, November 7th, 2016 at Carmel Kitchen in Carrollwood. Our collective efforts attracted upwards of 60 attendees, including Florida Hospital executives, Digestive Health Institute team members, physicians, patients and community members.
We came together and raised almost $1500.00 dollars for pancreatic cancer research! A $20 donation to the event included food and beverage, a photo booth with hashtags for social media awareness, live solo guitarist Matt Bellina, a raffle, merchandise sale consisting of jewelry made by our Research team and shirts designed by our nurse staff and DHI team members.
We are forever grateful to our sponsors:
- Carmel Kitchen Carrollwood
- Matt Bellina
- Lindsay Agema
- Jessica Phillips Photography
- Hannah Buckley Photography
- Neil Taylor
- Pieces of Treats Ice Cream Parlor and Bakery Café
- Petco
- Ciccio Cali New Tampa
- Tijuana Flats
- Villagio movie theater
- Applebee’s
- Burger 21 Carrollwood
- Cici’s pizza
- Fresh Market
- Starbucks
- Empower Adventures Tampa Bay
- Hand and Stone Massage
- SerenBe Spa
- Cookies By Design – Pancreatic cancer support cookie basket
- Edible Arrangements
- Publix
We want to give a special thanks to D’Jaris Yates and Allergan for their gracious financial support and collaboration for event creation and deployment.
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