Ring The Bell! is a Fundraiser Music Show for Cancer Research. We are raising funds to support CAR T-Cell Therapy, or Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell therapy, which is an innovative form of cancer treatment that harnesses the power of the immune system to target and eliminate cancer cells.

Standard first-line cancer treatments usually involve Radiation and/or Chemotherapy. However, when these therapies don't yield the desired results, or if patients are not elligible due to medical reasons, Car T-Cell Therapy is an option that can be life-changing.

According to a recent Ottawa Hospital Foundation interview with Dr. Natasha Kekre (Hematologist, Scientist, Research Chair in Advanced Stem Cell Therapy at The Ottawa Hospital and Associate Professor at uOttawa)* : "Trials like CAR T-cells are highly expensive and complicated to run, and they require significant funding for infrastructure and manufacturing — aspects of a trial that are generally not well-funded. This is why we rely so heavily on community support to help us actually reach our goal of opening trials and treating patients."

Therefore, our fundraiser is dedicated to help further expand this treatment's accessibility to Canadians.