Mark Niziak - selected for the one hundred 2015!

We are delighted to inform you that Mark Niziak has been selected as a 2015 honoree of the one hundred. Thank you for your nomination!

Mark Niziak will be honored at the one hundred gala on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at the Westin Copley Place Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The evening program featured a selection of honoree stories, and highlight groundbreaking work that contributed to our generation’s conquering of cancer.

Created and supported by the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, the one hundred is an awareness and fundraising initiative that celebrates hope in the cancer community. Each year, we honor 100 everyday amazing caregivers, researchers, philanthropists, advocates and volunteers from around the globe whose commitment to the fight against cancer inspires us all to take action. 

The One Hundred Fund

The One Hundred Fund, created and supported by Mass General Cancer Center, has recently posted Mark's story and acknowledged him as the philanthropist for 2015.  Click here to read the article!

One Hundred Fund Honoree

Each year Massachusetts General Hospital honors One Hundred special people that have demonstrated extraordinary devotion in the fight against cancer.  This year we are pleased to announce that Mark Niziak has been names a One Hundred Fund honoree.  It couldn't come at a more significant time as this is the Foundation's 25th anniversary!  

Mark started the Marcus Niziak Childhood Brain Tumor Fund over 25 years ago to fight pediatric brain tumors of the sort that took Mark’s young son, Marcus, from his family.  The Foundation has raised over a half million dollars and has devoted the funds to create a germ free room at Tufts and, most recently, to the Fund for Families at MGH.  The Fund for Families is used to assist the loved ones of children that are being treated at MGH with expenses such as parking, meals, etc. as they stay with their children for the weeks of chemotherapy and proton beam radiation.  Children from ages 13 months to 13 years benefit from this fund.

Mark has inspired everyone around him to work hard for the eradication of childhood brain cancer.  This year is his annual golf tournament's 25th year. Many, many golfers have attended all 24 tournaments.  They do so for the comradery and fun, and because they believe in the cause.  

As Mark has said at all of the events: “I miss Marcus every day and I will keep running this fundraiser until they cure this disease.”

Marcus Family Fund Donation

The Marcus Foundation recently provided a $15,000 donation to the Marcus Family Fund at the Massachusetts General Hospital. The Family Fund was created by the Marcus Foundation in honor of Dr. Elizabeth Dooling, a pediatric neurologist at MGH.  Dr. Dooling was Marcus' primary physician throughout his two and one-half year battle and was someone who developed a very strong bond with him.  The purpose of the fund is to help defray the day-to-day costs to  families with children undergoing treatment for  pediatric brain tumors and other neurological  illnesses at MGH.