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Just Salad founder and CEO, Nick Kenner, speaks at PanCAN PurpleStride NYC in 2024.<\/p>\n
A decade-plus commitment to the pancreatic cancer community has fueled one family\u2019s enduring, and growing, partnership with PanCAN<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2010, the Kenner family was shocked by the loss of husband and father Peter Kenner, shortly after a diagnosis of neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer<\/a>. With no obvious risk factors<\/a> or symptoms<\/a> of the disease, the quickness of the loss was overwhelming.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had no family history, my father didn\u2019t drink or smoke, he was in good shape,\u201d said Nick. \u201cIt completely blindsided us.\u201d<\/p>\n Nick\u2019s mother, Barbara Kenner, PhD, founded the Kenner Family Research Fund in 2013, with the vision of advancing early detection of pancreatic cancer to improve survival. Dr. Kenner is a current\u00a0board member of PanCAN<\/a>\u00a0and a founding member of the\u00a0World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition<\/a>..<\/p>\n Just Salad, launched in 2006 and committed to making everyday health and sustainability possible, has grown to more than 125 locations in seven states. Nick\u2019s vision and dedication extends to his increasing support of PanCAN and PurpleStride. Just Salad has also supported PanCAN with a Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month cause program, generously donating a portion of sales from a PanCAN signature salad during our November campaign in 2019.<\/p>\n PurpleStride 2026 marks the fourth year that Just Salad has been the Premier Sponsor of PanCAN PurpleStride NYC and first as City Sponsor. City Sponsorship offers year-round engagement and collaboration with our NYC Affiliate and includes PanCAN\u2019s national events like PanCAN PurpleStride<\/a> and Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month<\/a>, and local Affiliate events like PurpleLight<\/a>, community events and more.<\/p>\n Over the years, Nick has seen the community unite and grow. And he\u2019s looking forward to being out there with everyone on April 25.<\/p>\n \u201cThe crowds keep getting bigger, more funds are being raised, and the community feels more energetic every year,\u201d Nick said. \u201cIt\u2019s an inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n And it\u2019s that spirit of community that keeps Nick\u2019s, and Just Salad\u2019s, commitment going strong.<\/p>\n \u201cI support PanCAN to honor my father and to help accelerate the research and early detection that could save others from this devastating disease.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just Salad founder and CEO, Nick Kenner, speaks at PanCAN PurpleStride NYC in 2024. A decade-plus commitment to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-183515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-ny","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-nyc-headlines","12":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}