Foundations provide key support for blending science with caring
photo: Courtesy of Levey familyPearle Rae and Mark Levey
Long-term City of Hope supporters Mark and Pearle Rae Levey were moved to fund the Biller Patient and Family Resource Center as part of their foundations’ missions. “Our primary goals are to promote medical and health causes that significantly improve our community,” Pearle Rae Levey said.
Having lost loved ones to cancer also motivated the Leveys to help. “City of Hope has been my charity of choice for more than 35 years,” added Mark Levey.
He has aided City of Hope in a number of key volunteer leadership roles: He served for 18 years on City of Hope’s board of directors and is an honorary life board member; he also is a founding member of the Southern California Food Industries Circle, and served as its president in 1983.
His sense of philanthropic dedication is matched by that of his wife, Pearle Rae, who supports the Rose Community Foundation, Shalom Park Senior Community Center and 9Health Fair in Denver, and is actively involved with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the JvS Scholarship Fund and Helps International in Los Angeles.
Mark Levey introduced his friends Sheri and Les Biller to City of Hope and has encouraged their involvement. When the Biller Patient and Family Resource Center was conceived, the Levey family knew they wanted to support it. “We are so impressed by this particular effort to enhance patient care at City of Hope we knew we wanted to be a part of it,” said Pearle Rae Levey.
The facility is slated to open this summer.