We Need Your Help and Participation

Vanessa and I have become very active with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We have signed up to walk during the Light The Night Walk on October 11, 2008. The event is going to be held here in Tyler from 6-8pm. We are looking for team mates, sponsors as well as donations. We have set a team goal of $10,000. We are thinking that if we can get at least ten of our friends to walk with us and each of us raise $1,000, that it is very possible to reach our goal. Vanessa and I will also be guest speakers at the Light the Night kick-off party on August 26th.

There are 3 ways that you can donate. You can mail us cash or check made out to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. You can also go to our team site, Lympho Blasters and click on a team mates name on the right hand side. From that page you can click on a specified amount or select other.

To join our team, you can also click here and click join at the bottom of the page next to our team name. We would love to have each of you here with us that evening. We really NEED your help in making this a successful walk not only for Vanessa and I, but for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. They have been a great support channel for us while Vanessa battles this cancer.

For everyone that has asked us how you can help us, well this is a great way to do that. We want to thank you in advance for your contributions as well as those that are walking with us, it is going to be fun. To learn more about the Light the Night Walk, you can click here



The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Light The Night Walk is an annual event to raise funds for cures. It's the nation's night to pay tribute and bring hope to thousands of patients and their families.Funds raised through Light The Night Walk support the work of hundreds of the world's best and brightest researchers in their search for better therapies and cures for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.Anyone can take part—children, adults and seniors are all welcome. This is a casual Walk with no fitness requirements.

Now in it's 10th year, Light The Night is celebrating a Decade of Difference. During this time:Nearly half a million patients and their caretakers have called the LLS Information Resource Center and received critical information about blood cancers, therapy options and issues surrounding treatment and survival. Nearly $40 million was disbursed to patients through the LLS Patient Assistance program to help them get the treatment they needed to fight their cancer. Over 100,000 patients and family members found comfort and hope through LLS First Connection and Family Support Groups.

LLS granted $425 million to more than 400 scientists searching for cures and improved treatments for patients. LLS funding contributed to the development of a host of new drugs that are affecting patient survival and quality of life. LLS-funded researchers began working in novel areas that hold great promise for finding cures and better treatments including new, less toxic stem cell transplants, immunotherapies and other targeted therapies. Our Advocacy Network has successfully supported pro-patient legislation that will: Help advance blood cancer research Extend Medicare coverage to include oral anti-cancer drugs Help fund efforts to reach underserved blood cancer patients

Please bring help and hope to thousands of people battling cancer.

Click here to learn more about the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

With God, We Will Beat This!!