Giving Tuesday Auction 2023

Welcome to our special 2023 Giving Tuesday Auction!

We are excited and honored to partner with Maryland Oncology Hematology of Annapolis for a 3rd year in a row to sponsor cancer patients and their families this holiday season by providing them with holiday wish list items, meals, gift and gas cards, and other goods and services.  We hope these small gestures can ease some of the hardships during the holidays for these families… and  provide a little hope and holiday cheer to those who may need it the most.

This year, thanks to the generosity of our good friend and long time supporter Metin Omer, up to $10,000 received in donations (including through this auction) between Monday November 27th and Friday December 1st will be matched to support this initiative and our foundation. Every donation will be matched dollar for dollar, which allows you double your impact! Our goal is to sponsor over 20 families throughout the greater Annapolis region and to raise over $20,000.

All proceeds support our fight against rare cancers

The mission of the Laughlin Family Foundation is to fund initiatives to advance the care and research for rare cancers. It was founded after Linda Laughlin (the wife of Washington Capitals Alumnus / TV Analyst Craig Laughlin) was diagnosed with a rare form of uterine cancer in 2018.

The entire Laughlin family believes that "every cancer deserves a voice," because while rare cancers only make up 25% of cancer diagnoses in the United States, they account for over 40% of cancer deaths.

The Laughlin Family Foundation hopes that you will join them in their efforts to help fund projects for underfunded and under-researched cancers like Linda's. To date, the foundation has raised close to half a million dollars and has funded projects in the DMV with Johns Hopkins School and Medicine and Maryland Oncology Hematology