Join Team Connie at Light the Night Walk Sept 25th

I know many of us are looking for things we can do and ways we can help Connie. The cards, pictures, food, and prayers are wonderfull and important and I know Connie and Ron have really appreciated it, but there is another way we can help, not just Connie but others suffering with various type of Leukemia and Lymphoma.

There is an event coming up put on by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on September 25th at Green Lake at 7pm that I will be volunteering and participating in called Light the Night, and I have organized a team appropriately named Team Connie (I would love it if it was the largest team that the Seattle chapter has ever seen). Please join me on Team Connie and register at http://pages.lightthenight.org/wa/SeattleL10/teamconnie. If you are not able to participate but still want to do something you can donate to the team to help reach our fundraising goal.

Below is a bit more information about the event. You can also check out the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society page to see what great work they are doing at http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls.

Light The Night Walk: Taking Steps To Cure Cancer™
Each year, in communities all across the United States and Canada teams of families, friends, co-workers and local and national corporations come together to raise funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS's) Light The Night Walk events and bring help and hope to people battling blood cancers.

Every Light The Night walker is encouraged to become a Champion For Cures by raising $100 or more to help fight blood cancer.

Funds raised by teams and individual walkers provide:

• Lifesaving blood cancer research
• Free educational materials and events for patients and their families
• Local programs such as Family Support Groups and First Connection, a peer-to-peer counseling program
• Comprehensive, personalized assistance through our Information Resource Center

Light The Night Walk events are evenings filled with inspiration. During this leisurely walk, walkers carry illuminated balloons - white for survivors, red for supporters and gold in memory of loved ones lost to cancer - thousands of walkers - men, women and children - form a community of caring, bringing light to the dark world of cancer.

Quick facts about Walk night:

• Illuminated balloons, Light the Night T-shirts and a wrist band entitling walkers to enjoy food and refreshments are provided to all walkers who become a Champion For Cures by raising $100 or more to help fight blood cancer.
• The Walk is done at a leisurely pace and take less than an hour to complete.
• Strollers and wheelchairs are welcome. However, for everyone's safety, bicycles, inline skates, wheelie footwear, skateboards and scooters are not allowed.
• Walks take place rain or shine.
• Pets? Please check with the nearest chapter about bring pets.

Why Walk?
It's inspirational.

You'll be helping hundreds of thousands of Americans battling leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

It's a chance to do something good in your community.

Funds raised offer real help including:

• Support for leading researchers around the world who are working to cure blood cancers
• Valuable information for blood cancer patients and families
• Assistance programs for patients and their families
• Education on the latest medical advances for healthcare professionals
• Advocacy efforts that draw government attention to cancer-related issues

It's fun.

The Walk culminates in a community celebration with music, entertainment and camaraderie where friends, family and co-workers walk to celebrate their fundraising success and demonstrate their support in the fight against cancer.

What is a Champion For Cures?

We all know people battling cancer - men, women and children. And we can all do something about it.

Every Light The Night walker is encouraged to become a Champion For Cures by raising $100 or more to help people fighting cancer live better, longer lives. A Champion For Cures will receive night-of-walk benefits* including a:

• Light The Night t-shirt
• Light The Night illuminated balloon
• Wristband which entitles the walker to food and refreshments

How to become a Champion For Cures

Raising $100 is easy! Send your online fundraising webpage to 20 or more people and ask each person for a donation of $10 or more. Even if only half of the people donate $10 or more, you will have raised $100 and most likely more.
*All patients and survivors will receive these items regardless of their fundraising levels.

How $100 Can Help Patients With Cancer

• "You have cancer." Those three words change everything. In communities across the country, LLS support groups provide patients and their families with a place to listen, learn and share with others in the same situation.
• Cancer can be overwhelming. But help is just a phone call away. LLS information resource specialists help educate and empower patients with individualized disease information and treatment options.
• In 2009 alone, LLS researchers were conducting more than 100 clinical trials, a critical step in the development of new treatments and cures that will help patients live better, longer lives.

Walkers who have raised less than $100 are welcome to attend and walk, but the night-of-walk benefits listed above are reserved for those who are a Champion For Cures.

Thank you and I hope to see you on Sept 25th!

Stacie