The Dude Hates Cancer, or, uh, ‘His Dudeness,’ or uh, ‘Duder,’ or ‘El Duderino’ if you’re not into the whole brevity thing, is a Big Lebowski-themed fundraising campaign in Durham, NC (and other cities) that raises money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Since its beginning in 2006, The Dude Hates Cancer has raised almost a million dollars for LLS and is now an official campaign of the organization.
Originally founded in Philadelphia, the Dude Hates Cancer started as a Lebowski-themed bowling tournament. Since then, the campaign has evolved into any number of iterations (homebrew competitions, pub crawls, trivia nights, movie screenings, etc) and events have been held in many cities, including Philly and Buffalo (where it’s a yearly campaign), Los Angeles, New York City, Houston, and more.
One of our campaign chairs from Philadelphia has now moved to Durham, and is looking to start a Dude Hates Cancer presence in the Research Triangle. We hope you’ll join us like the good Little Lebowski Urban Achievers that you are and help us tell cancer ‘This aggression will not stand!’
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Learn about upcoming Lebowski-themed events from The Dude Hates Cancer! And if you’d like to help us plan events, let us know in the sign up form.