 While there are many national organizations confronting cancer, few are focused on a community like Dayton and determined to change its trajectory in a local area. Their mission is to diminish cancer and its effects on patients in the Dayton community and reduce the number who perish in cancer's grip and ultimately reduce the number who face cancer. At its core, the Gala of Hope Foundation was created and is sustained by gifts from generous people committed to changing the face of cancer in the Dayton region.