How did it all begin?
Starting in 1971, Lou and Jean hosted their first annual charity event to raise a scholarship fund for a local athlete that would play football at Wake Forest University, in the name of famous Chicago Bear Brian Piccolo, who passed away from cancer.
After Lou also fell victim to cancer in 1978, Jean transformed this dinner into the Lou Malnati’s Cancer Research Benefit. To date, the benefit has raised over $3.5 million to benefit organizations who are dedicated to finding a cure for cancer.
This year’s benefit is on September 15th, 2018!
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