11:37 a.m., Nov. 4, 2010----A new flowerbed near The Colonnade between Smith and Purnell halls will bring a bright splash of yellow to the campus next spring when more than 500 tulips bloom there.

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The tulips will be planted at a special ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 6, as part of a campaign to raise brain tumor awareness known as Tulips Against Tumors, started by the Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation (KHG) in 2005.

The sixth annual Tulips Against Tumors Memorial Planting, which is open to the public, begins at 12:30 p.m., Nov. 6, and will include remarks by Chris Grundner, founder and executive director of KHG, and a musical performance by singer/songwriter Chris Stein, a two-time brain tumor survivor.

The ceremony honors the memory of those who have died from brain tumors and those who are currently battling brain tumors, as well as brain tumor survivors. Several individuals will plant bulbs in memory of family members who have died, and all attendees will be invited to join in the planting at the conclusion of the ceremony.

“We are extremely excited about holding the memorial planting at the University of Delaware,” Grundner said. “In addition to being a really wonderful venue, it will also serve as a way for us to give back to all the folks at UD who have supported our work, both students and faculty, including Deni Gailileo, associate professor of biological sciences at the University, who serves on our Advisory Board.”

Last year's memorial garden was planted in Dover near Legislative Hall, and in 2008, the garden was planted at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington.

The planting at UD was coordinated with Tom Taylor, landscape engineer in Facilities Planning and Construction.

The Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation was established in memory of Kelly Heinz-Grundner who died in 2004 from a grade-four malignant brain tumor, when she was 31. Earlier this year, KHG joined the National Brain Tumor Society as a wholly-owned subsidiary in an effort to expand KHG's awareness programming to a national audience.