Day at the Races March 20 to Benefit UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
| LITTLE ROCK – The public is invited to enjoy a day of thoroughbred racing in support of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Day at the Races is set for 11:30 a.m. March 20 at the Oaklawn Jockey Club in Hot Springs. Guests will enjoy lunch and a silent auction featuring an original painting created at the event by Bob Snider. A donation of $50 per person is requested to attend.
Guests are asked to RSVP online at www.giving.uams.edu/dayattheraces or by calling (501) 526-2277. Seating is limited, and parking is available in the north parking lot near the north entrance.
Special guests will be Oaklawn track announcer Frank Mirahmadi and Oaklawn track handicapper Terry Wallace.
Honorary chairs for the event are Betty and Buddy Formby. Hosts are Bernard Cluck, Beryl Cumberworth and Elaine Gartenberg.
The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is Arkansas’ only academic cancer center. The institute has more than 140,000 patient visits each year and sees patients from every Arkansas county, all 50 states and more than 40 countries.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.###