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We invite you to Save the Date for this year's benefit on September 27, at the Matrix Club in Naperville! We hope you will consider joining members of Malnati Brain Tumor Institute in support of this tremendous event.  

In 1971, Lou and Jean Malnati closed up shop at their first restaurant in Lincolnwood to host a one-night charity event to raise a scholarship fund for a local athlete who would play football at Wake Forest University in the name of famous Chicago Bear Brian Piccolo, who passed away from cancer. 

After Lou also fell victim to cancer in 1978, Jean and the Malnati family built on this one-night charity event by dedicating themselves to funding cancer research and treatment programs through the Lou Malnati Cancer Research Foundation.