One of the things I teach my young students is to help others. One of my passions in life is just that. During my college years, I helped start a community service organization, Alpha Phi Omega Co-ed Service Fraternity, at the University of Alaska Anchorage and currently serve as their Alumni Advisor. We are participating in the Light the Night Walk this Friday at the Delaney Park Strip at 5:30 (for registration, food, and festivities) and walk begins at 7pm. I welcome you and your family to join us in supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The walk is approx. two to three miles.
Light The Night is the nation’s night to pay tribute and bring hope to thousands of patients battling blood cancers and to commemorate loved ones lost.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) funds lifesaving cancer research that has contributed to major advances in the treatment of blood cancers and many other types of cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and stem cell transplants, that have helped patients live better, longer lives. New targeted therapies that kill cancer cells without harming normal tissue are providing drugs and procedures that are improving the quality of life.
But more research is critically needed:
Every five minutes someone is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every 10 minutes, someone dies.
Leukemia causes more deaths among children than any other cancer.
Nearly 20,000 Americans died from lymphoma in 2007.
The survival rate for myeloma is just 34 percent.
If you'd like to join our team, please email me with the following information:
Name, address phone, email, and fundraising goal.
To donate to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, visit http://www.active.com/donate/ltnWA-AK/2300_Write2manD
More information: www.lightthenight.org/wa
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