Pamela Henicke

Research Grant
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Thank You everyone who participated in the Raffles

Thank you to everyone who purchased a raffle ticket for the Pamela Henicke Research Grant,
your generous donations raised over $160,000 for the grant!

Rifle Raffle Round Eight

Christensen Arms Ridgeline 6.5 Creedmoor w/ Swarovski optik-ds 5-25 x 52 P, Range finder scope
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Thank you to everyone who purchased a raffle ticket for Round 7! We sold out in record time, and the raffle drawing will be streamed Rexanna's Foundation Facebook page on March 15, 2024 at 3pm (CST). Thanks to your ticket purchases we were able to raise $25,000 for the Pamela Henicke Research Grant.

A $100 donation gets you one (1) entry ticket. The goal is to raise $50,000 by March 15, 2024.

Rules

  1. Must be of legal age to purchase a gun in your state.
  2. The winning ticket will be drawn on March 15, 2024 then posted on the Rexanna's Foundation Facebook page that evening.
  3. If all tickets are sold prior to March 15, 2024, a new drawing date may be announced. If tickets are not sold by March 15, 2024 the drawing will be pushed back and a new drawing date will be announced.
  4. The Winner will be posted on the Rexanna's Foundation Facebook page and website. Winner will also be contacted using information supplied during ticket purchase.
  5. Winner will need to complete a Gun Safety Release Form and Liability Waiver prior to receipt of prize.
  6. No Refunds.
All donations will be designated for the Pamela Henicke Research Grant under direction of Rexanna's Foundation for Fighting Lung Cancer, and will also contribute to the grant's goal of $50K towards research funding. The actual grant and targeted project will be announced in March 2024.

Shotgun Raffle Round Six

Rizzini 28 gauge over-under shotgun
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A $100 donation gets you one (1) entry ticket. The goal is to raise $50,000 by March 25, 2023.

Rules

  1. Must be of legal age to purchase a gun in your state.
  2. Tickets are numbered 1 - 250. All ticket numbers are randomly selected for the donors. You will not be able to pick your number. You may purchase multiple tickets.
  3. The winning raffle ticket will be drawn March 25, 2023 at the Houston Lone Star Huddle Up event and will be posted on the Rexanna's Foundation Facebook page.
  4. The Winner will be posted on Rexanna's Foundation Facebook page and website, and will be contacted using the information supplied during ticket purchase.
  5. Winner will need to complete a Gun Safety Release Form and Liability Waiver prior to receipt of prize.
  6. No Refunds.
All donations will be designated for the Pamela Henicke Research Grant under direction of Rexanna's Foundation for Fighting Lung Cancer, and will also contribute to the grant's goal of $50K towards research funding. The actual grant and targeted project will be announced in March 2023.

Pamela Henicke

Pamela, a non-smoker, lost her life to lung cancer on May 20, 2018. She is survived by her husband, Greg and children, Lawson, Lauryn & Kenedy.

Greg then made a commitment to raise $50,000 every year for the rest of his life so that others in the fight will have hope through the research funded by the Grant.

The EGFR mutant non-small cell lung cancer that Pamela was diagnosed with is one that affects a large percentage of women never smokers, and the majority of the patients will develop resistance to treatments currently available. Funding for research is critical to improve the survival rates of those diagnosed with lung cancer. Most people are surprised to hear that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women today. Even more so, when they learn that the fastest growing population of lung cancer diagnosis are made in women ages 18-45 that are non-smokers or never smokers.

Lung cancer takes the lives of more cancer patients every day than breast, prostate, colon, liver, melanoma & kidney cancers combined.

Pamela Henicke Headshot

Grant Proposals

Grant proposals will be received from researchers beginning November 1st in recognition of Lung Cancer Awareness Month and accepted through December 31st. Grant selections will be announced by the last Monday in January of each year. Award recognition will take place at the Houston Lone Star Huddle Up in Houston, Texas every September.

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Funded Research

Headshot of Hai T. Tran, Pharm.D., Associate Professor, Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology

2023

Funded by —
Pamela Henicke Grant

Understanding the dynamic biological changes and development of biomarkers associated with the transformation of small cell lung cancer from tumors with activating EGFR mutations in patients with non-small cell lung cancers

Researchers:
Hai T. Tran, Pharm.D., Associate Professor, Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology

This pilot project may lead to the development of blood-based biomarkers to help identify patient tumors at the early stages of undergoing the transition to SCLC, which leads to resistance of the current EGFR-TKI therapy. These biomarkers could provide clinicians and patients with an early window of opportunities to have more informed discussions about therapeutic options, allow time to potentially change to a more effective treatment and, ultimately, improve overall survival.
1st Annual

Pamela Henicke Grant

2020 Recipients
Primary Investigator:
Dr. Monique Nilsson
Dr. Le
Dr. John Heymach

The total grant of $50,000 will be focused on developing new strategies for enhancing anti-tumor immunity in EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer. The identification of new and effective therapies for EGFR-mutant, TKI resistant tumors is currently a critical unmet need.
Pictured from left to right: Lisa Spain (Executive Director of Rexanna's Foundation), Dr. Le, Kenedy Henicke (Pamela's daughter), Greg Henicke (Pamela Henicke's spouse), Lawson Henicke (Pamela Henicke's son), Dr. John Heymach.