The Natlie A. Cole-Reagins (NACR) Foundation is a 501(c)(3) founded in 2009 to celebrate Natlie's legacy. An innovative group of friends, family members, and colleagues established the NACR Education and Cancer Research Foundation from the essence of common principles that Natlie held true and demonstrated; benevolence, sharing, learning, literacy, wholeness, and healing.
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The current Board of Trustees is comprised of 19 volunteers representing a broad cross-section of professionals, including the social service, legal, healthcare, educational, public utility, non-profit, aerospace, financial, sales, service, and faith based communities. The diverse backgrounds and unique life experiences represented by each trustee embodies Natlie's spirit of excellence and her quest for insight and knowledge.
Natlie A. Cole-Reagins was born April 11, 1965 and after a valiant fight, her body surrendered to Sino-Nasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma (SNUC), June 8, 2007.
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Natlie grew up in Riverside, CA and graduated from Poly High School in 1983. In 1987, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Riverside and in 2002 earned a Master of Arts from California State University, San Bernardino. Natlie taught elementary school for sixteen years.
Natlie married in 1988 and gave birth to two sons; Gared and Gavin.
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The video above includes highlights from Natlie's life and the impact she had on her family and community
CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES
Your generous donations help support multiple organizations for cancer research, patient outreach, and education.
$86,000 donated by NACR
Stanford School of Medicine is leading a multi-institutional registry for patients with sino-Nasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma (SNUC) which includes Stanford Univeristy, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburg, University of California, University of Washington, University of Colorado, and University of Arizona.
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In order to improve doctors' abilities to assess the long-term outcomes of treatments, a cloud-based repository dubbed CORSICA (Cole-Reagins Registry for Sino-Nasal Cancer) has been created. Researchers will use CORSICA as a dynamic and interactive instrument for evaluating treatment outcomes.
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This initiative was launched at Stanford School of Medicine with a charitable gift from the Natlie A. Cole-Reagins Education and Cancer Research Foundation.
Explore the latest from the Sinonasal Cancer Research Initiative: An Update on CORSICA, November 2023. Click here for more information.
$14,400 donated by NACR
NACR proudly supports the Osborne Head and Neck Institute Head and Neck Foundation. The Foundation's primary focus continues to be unsurpased patient care. The Osborne Head and Neck Foundation, based at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, CA sponsors select indigent patients with transportation, lodging and fee reductions/stipends for treatment, including pro bono surgery and medical missionay work.
$11,000 donated by NACR
Since inception in 2009. NACR has committed to providing ongoing financial support to the Riverside Educational Enrichment Foundation (REEF). Charitable funding from NACR is intended to empower teachers with discretionary funding to implement ideas and projects that enrich the learning experiences of their students.
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