This year, a portion of the proceeds with go to:
The OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND.
This organization is extremely close to Merrick's heart....this past one of Merrick's long-time employees (28 years!) was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. It has been a long difficult road for her, but she is now Cancer FREE! Still, ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancers in the United States and is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among American women.
The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund is committed to finding better tests that can diagnose ovarian cancer earlier and more precisely, to understand what causes ovarian cancer, and to develop improved treatments.