Eiffel Tower requested 300,000 USD for lighting the tower for Childhood Cancer Month?

Eric Bouffet shared on LinkedIn:

“Lighting of the Eiffel Tower for Gold September Month dedicated to Childhood Cancer.

I have contacted the Paris Team this morning to ask them to light up the Eiffel Tower for the Gold September month dedicated to Childhood Cancer.

My previous attempts were unsuccessful with an insane request for USD 300,000 for the event.

Please join me to support this request!

In Rio, the Corcovado, an iconic symbol of the city will be lighted in gold on September 19.

Why not the Eiffel Tower in Paris?

Please join me and contact the ‘Mairie of Paris’.

Thank you! Merci.”

Source: Eric Bouffet/LinkedIn

Dr. Eric Bouffet holds the position of Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto and serves as the Garron Family Chair in Childhood Cancer Research, as well as Head of the Neuro-Oncology Section within the Division of Haematology/Oncology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada.

He previously served as President of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) from 2016 to 2019 and currently holds the position of Advocacy Chair for SIOP. Since 2003, he has chaired the Canadian Paediatric Brain Tumour Consortium. Dr. Bouffet is also a steering committee member of the Brain Tumour Committee of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). His research primarily focuses on pediatric brain tumors, with a particular interest in clinical trials.