Brad Pitt’s Family Gifts $1m To Pediatric Cancer Research
June 15th, 2009
Brad Pitt and his siblings have announced a US $1m charitable donation, to establish an endowment fund for pediatric cancer specialists at St. John’s hospital in Springfield, Missouri – as a gift to their mother, Jane Pitt.
The new center will be called the St. John’s Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Center after Doug, Brad and Julie’s mother, Jane. It will open this summer.
“I really wish Brad could be here tonight,” Doug Pitt said on stage when announcing the donation. (Dad William, mom Jane, and sister Julie were all in attendance.)
“For those of you who don’t know, my mom’s everything good. She started out as a school teacher, raised three kids and did an okay job. She became a parent educator… And now she’s a professional grandmother. I call her a professional because at the rate Brad and my sister Julie keep adding grandkids, she’s up to 14 now! Mom has always had a heart for kids – she has a heart for people.”
He added, “We know how consuming it is for an entire family when they have a child who is sick, so we’re honored… to have our family associated with this is a real thrill.”
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