Medical Charities Desert Mar-a-Lago

Breast cancer organization Susan G. Komen is the seventh organization this week to cancel plans to use the venue for fundraising events.

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Four major organizations have today (August 18) cancelled plans to hold large fundraising events at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, adding to snowballing fallout from the president’s controversial comments about events in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend. The organizations, which include the American Red Cross and breast cancer organization Susan G. Komen, join three others that made similar moves to distance themselves from Trump’s Palm Beach resort earlier this week.

“Our values and commitment to diversity are critical as we work to address the impact of cancer in every community,” American Cancer Society spokeswoman Miriam Falco said in statement on Thursday, as the organization announced its decision to find an alternative venue for its 2018 annual fundraiser, the Associated Press reports. “It has become increasingly clear ...

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Catherine Offord
After undergraduate research with spiders at the University of Oxford and graduate research with ants at Princeton University, Catherine left arthropods and academia to become a science journalist. She has worked in various guises at The Scientist since 2016. As Senior Editor, she wrote articles for the online and print publications, and edited the magazine’s Notebook, Careers, and Bio Business sections. She reports on subjects ranging from cellular and molecular biology to research misconduct and science policy. Find more of her work at her website.
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