Cooking for Cancer
Calling food lovers and guest chefs! Sample the dishes of 25 or more guest chefs from around the region to support the Penn State Cancer Institute CARE Center. Join us at The Englewood in Hershey on Sunday, June 1, 2025 for good food, lively entertainment, and an evening of caring. Food brings us together, and together we can THRIVE. Add your support to the CARE Center’s comprehensive, whole person initiatives for adults diagnosed with cancer.
The 2022, 2023, and 2024 Cooking for Cancer events were huge successes. Our heartfelt thanks to the remarkable community of support that came together. We are so grateful to the Johnson & Johnson HIGHMARK Bright Blue Futures and the Charles A. and Marna Davis Foundation for being our grand sponsors and to all of our sponsors, guest chefs, and volunteers for their leadership and contributions. The 2023 event, which generated $50,000 for the CARE Center, has set a precedent for the years to come!
The 2025 Cooking for Cancer evening will be held on Sunday, June 1st, 5:30-7:30 pm. This signature THRIVE for Life Foundation event will be hosted once again in partnership with The Englewood. The Englewood is a welcoming Hershey food and entertainment venue, housed in a beautifully restored Pennsylvania barn originally built in 1861.
June 1, 2025 • 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at The Englewood in Hummelstown/Hershey
$10,000 GRAND SPONSORSHIP:
• Opportunity for closing remarks
• Recognition in event program and social media
• 4 logo slides in event PowerPoint loop | The Englewood listening room
• 6 event tickets
$7,500 First Plate SPONSORSHIP:
• Recognition in event program and social media
• 3 logo slides in event PowerPoint loop | The Englewood listening room
• 5 event tickets
$5,000 Second Plate SPONSORSHIP:
• Recognition in event program and on social media
• 2 logo slides in event PowerPoint loop | The Englewood listening room
• 4 event tickets
$2,500 Third Plate SPONSORSHIP:
• Recognition in program and on social media
• 1 logo slide in event PowerPoint loop | The Englewood listening room
• 3 event tickets
$1,000 Chef SPONSORSHIP:
• Recognition in program, on social media, and chef’s table top sign
• Recognition in PowerPoint loop | The Englewood listening room
• 2 event tickets
$500 FRIENDS OF THE CARE CENTER:
• Recognition in program, on social media, and table top sign
• Recognition in PowerPoint loop | The Englewood listening room
$100 Friends of Thrive:
• Company or individual name listed in program
Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors
Grand Sponsors:
Johnson & Johnson
Charles A. and Marna Davis Foundation
HIGHMARK BrightBlueFutures
First Plate Sponsor:
The Hershey Company
Third Plate Sponsor:
Genentech
CHEF SPONSORS:
Anonymous Friend of THRIVE and the Penn State Cancer Institute CARE Center
Donald McKenna, President, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Friends of Barbara Hayes & Linda Geraci
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts
In Memory of Brenda Dellaquilla
In Memory of Deb Dunsmore
Hoffman Ford
Maria & Peter Kraus
Kreider Associates
Steve Mancuso Endowment Fund
Brad & Colleen Sanders
Surgical Intensive Care Unit Staff
Hoffman Ford
Friends of the CARE Center:
Drs. Marianne & Craig Hillemeier
Mike and Marilyn Koser
Friends of THRIVE:
Drs. Nasr & Aria Ghahramani
Rachel & Kyle Scheid
The THRIVE for Life Foundation is solely dedicated to generating philanthropic support for the Penn State Cancer Institute CARE Center.
THRIVE believes every adult with cancer, as well as their loved ones, deserve nothing short of the best possible, comprehensive, whole person care. The CARE Center is elevating personalized medicine to a new level – tailoring care to each individual and their unique circumstances – distinctively Penn State medicine.
For everyone touched by cancer it is deeply personal. Please Join us, Enjoy, and let’s Give together.
