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Making a Difference: BrainUp gives brain cancer research the attention it deserves
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Making a Difference: BrainUp gives brain cancer research the attention it deserves

Meg Kresach and her husband lost their daughter Olivia to brain cancer at 22 years old. The couple has since started a non-profit called BrainUp, which brings awareness to brain cancer. All funds raised, Kresach said, go towards research at Chicago-area hospitals.

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