First Annual Winter of Hope
Left to right are hair stylist Brittany Moore, “Dancing with the Stars” Karina Smirnoff and Stylist Aubree Lynn wearing Marcus by Boutique DeMarcus. Photo provided by Robert Benson/Getty Images.
Production Two77 Features OncoSec Medical
by Aubree Lynn, stylist/writer/producer
It doesn’t care who you are, it’s not prejudice, not judgmental, it doesn’t choose only the old, rich, or weak, it isn’t forgiving or justifiable, it doesn’t care where you live, what you do with your life, or how good of a person you are, I am talking about the disease that no one can escape from….cancer.
OncoSec Medical, based in San Diego, is making strides to attack solid tumors and cancer cells by using therapy ImmunoPulse and NeoPulse. It’s developed to destroy solid tumors and metastatic cancer and preserve quality of life. ImmunoPulse uses DNA IL-12 to stimulate the body’s immune system and enables it to recognize, target and destroy cancerous cells. NeoPulse is built to boost the effectiveness of cancer drug bleomycin by a factor of several thousand, enabling highly effective, less-debilitating treatment.
The Gaslamp’s uprising company, Production Two77, recently held a winter event at the Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego to introduce OncoSec Medical. Winter of Hope, their first charity event, set the tone for the work of OncoSec Medical and its role in saving lives. It was informative and touching.
String instruments set the mood as guest speaker Karina Smirnoff spoke of her grandfather and what cancer treatment means to her. A video presentation explained the scientific testing breakthroughs that OncoSec Medical is making. An impactful and touching activity of the night was that all guests were given a piece of paper and were asked to identify someone in their lives who has been impacted by cancer. After completing this task, guests were invited to place their messages on a wall. As the clock struck midnight, January 1, 2014, the papers were thrown off the roof top of the Gaslamp building. It provided a release to the demise of cancer and hope for the New Year.
The message and activity was an extremely creative and uplifting way to look to the New Year, 2014. OncoSec Medical and Production Two77 came together for a common goal, to create awareness and provide an uplifting message of hope. The successful outcome is that OncoSec stocks rose from .30 to .55 per share following the Winter of Hope Charity Event.
My special thanks to Darren Dawnborough for inviting me to the event and to Marcus of Boutique DeMarcus for the beautiful vintage wardrobe I was able to wear that evening. And I salute Production Two77 for being a company that puts on events with such passion and commitment to a cause. To learn more, visit Productiontwo77.com and OncoSec.com.
Category: Events, Local News
