EL PASO DEALER GIVES BACK WITH A $25 MILLION DONATION TO FIGHT CANCER Steve Fox, President and CEO of Fox Auto Group, was diagnosed with stage 4 tongue and throat cancer more than 20 years ago. He spent countless hours traveling back and forth to the other side of the state to get the treatment he needed. “I made a vow that if God permitted me to survive, I would spend the rest of my life helping others who followed me with cancer,” he recalled. And that is exactly what he did. On Aug. 8, 2023, Steve, his wife, Nancy, and their daughters Paige and Ashley announced a historic $25 million investment that will support a future comprehensive cancer center to be constructed on the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) El Paso campus. The generous gift, along with the $65 million appropriation that the Texas Legislature approved in the 2024-25 state budget will help in planning and building the center, which will be known as the Steve and Nancy Fox Cancer Center. The 90,000-squarefoot facility is projected to begin next summer, possibly opening in the next two to three years. “When you have the diagnosis of cancer, what you want is the best possible outcome, which is to be cured,” Steve said. “You know in your mind, in your DEALERS’ CHOICE 16
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