The Austin-based institute receives a pair of grants to help with cancer research.
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Post Bulletin staff reports | 12:00 am, Dec. 19, 2020 ×
From left, Dr. Liang Liu, Dr. Rendong Yang, Gail Dennison, Dr. Sergio Gradilone, Elizabeth Fedie, Brenda Potach, Dr. Kurt Potach, Dr. Robert Clarke and Dr. Leena Hilakivi-Clarke gather to celebrate a $60,000 gift from the Karl Potach Foundation to fund Wilms tumor research at The Hormel Institute. (Contributed photo/The Hormel Institute)
AUSTIN Dr. Kurt and Brenda Potach of The Karl Potach Foundation gave a $60,000 gift to The Hormel Foundation to further research of the Wilms’ tumor.
The donation brings the total given to The Hormel Foundation from The Karl Potach Foundation of $711,500 since 2008.
$60,000 given to child kidney cancer research at Hormel Institute
(Left to right): Dr. Liang Liu, Dr. Rendong Yang, Gail Dennison, Dr. Sergio Gradilone, Elizabeth Fedie, Brenda Potach, Dr. Kurt Potach, Dr. Robert Clarke, Dr. Leena Hilakivi-Clarke
Karl Potach Foundation has given the Institute over $700,000 since 2008.
Posted: Dec 15, 2020 12:14 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
AUSTIN, Minn. – The Karl Potach Foundation has giving $60,000 to The Hormel Institute for Wilms’ tumor research.
“We were not able to have our normal golf tournament and live auction, so we did not expect to be able to gift this amount at all,” says Dr. Kurt Potach. He and his wife Brenda lost their son Karl to Wilms Tumor in 1997 and friends, family members and the community turned the August “Karl’s Tourney” into a major cancer research fundraiser for 23 years. “This donation to further research is a reflection of our generous friends and community who made this happen, even during COVID-19 an