Do you have anything stuffed into your closet or garage that you can donate? We would love your new, used, vintage or collectible household items, tools, building materials, tractors, clothes, furniture, boats, property, hunting/fishing/outdoor gear, vehicles, electronics, tackle, nature prints, artwork, resort stays, jewelry, watches, dishes, memorabilia, sporting goods, or any items you think could raise funds to help fight cancer!

All donations are 100% tax-deductible and you will be issued a receipt. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our office. We can schedule a pick-up for your donations (MN area), or you can send them to our office address. 

Did you know that when you donate to the ASL Cancer Research Fund, you can make your donation in honor of someone, or in memory of someone, and we will send them or their family a nice acknowledgement letter personally signed by Dr. Leonard stating who the donation was given by? This is a great way to help fund our cutting edge cancer research, create a tax deduction for yourself, while giving a unique gift to a special person in your life. Just add a note to your donation stating the name, address, and message for the person in whose honor/memory you are donating, and we will take care of the rest.

“Through the Portals of Pigs and Manure, The Story of the Minnesota Influence on American Surgery”

Dr. Leonard’s book is now available and can be purchased here for $14.99. All proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the Arnold S. Leonard Cancer Research Fund.

Check out the book’s facebook page
for more info, stories and photos.

Note: If you wish to purchase more than a dozen books, or if you want to submit payment by check, please contact our office at 612-280-6244.

What’s Inside

• Owen Wangensteen and John Najarian and their Academic Training Program
• The Mayo Clinic Relationship with the University of Minnesota Medical School
• The Origin of Open Heart Surgery
• The Origin of the Pacemaker
• Intestinal Obstruction Suction Devices
• The Ulcer Problem
• The Cancer Detection Center
• Transplantation – John Najarian et. al.
• The Pediatric Surgery Division
• The Colo-Rectal Division
• The Morbid Obesity Problem
• Whale Surgery with the Minnesota Zoo

It was quite inspirational seeing Dr. Leonard acknowledged among the most influential University of Minnesota Medical School alumni October 15th, 2010. The University of Minnesota Medical Alumni Society hosted the Alumni Celebration Banquet where Dr. Leonard was awarded with the Alumni Philanthropy and Service Award, in honor of his significant medical and philanthropic contributions to the Medical School, the University and the community.

In 2006, Mossy Oak created a Turkey Vest that they produced and sold as a fundraiser for the Arnold S. Leonard Cancer Research Fund in memory of Bob Dixon. Bob Dixon was a great humanitarian and friend to Dr. Leonard until he passed away with cancer in 2003. Mossy Oak donated over $50,000 from this fundraiser and continues to support the ASL Cancer Research Fund in many ways.

The Arnold S. Leonard, M.D., Ph.D. Chair in Pediatric Surgery was established in 2004 as a permanent source of funding to enhance the teaching, clinical work, and research of Dr. Leonard. Endowed Scholar and Honoree honors were given to Dr. Saltzman and Dr. Leonard by the University of Minnesota.