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My friend Alan is participating in the 2009 WALT DISNEY WORLD Marathon Weekend. He could use your donations!
He is doing an amazing thing! So Please help by donating a few dollars to a good cause!
Here is the letter I received from him;
Hello Greensthings, or it's Jacque, isn't it?
Thank you for your comments and for checking up with me. I also hope that all is well with you. You and I have been friends here for a little while now. So, now I'd like to share the details of what I am currently involved with. I have taken the fight against cancer to another level. And after seeing the Stand Up 2 Cancer broadcast, my resolve is stronger than ever! There is an age of cooperation and collaboration on the horizon like never before. I am glad to be part of it.
I've taken on an incredible challenge. On January 11 2009, I will be participating in the 2009 WALT DISNEY WORLD Marathon Weekend with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training Program. The Team in Training program is the world's largest endurance sports training program with a mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. The marathon I am training for is a symbol of the endurance and hope that a patient diagnosed with a blood cancer goes through during treatment.
As a four-year survivor of Hodgkin's Lymphoma, I know first hand how tough the fight can be. But I'm alive today because of the medical advances that have been made over the last 20 or so years, many that were funded by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. But there is still much more that can be done.
I have committed myself to run and have agreed to raise a minimum of $2400.00 to help fight blood cancers. I hope to raise $3500.00 or more because proceeds from my fundraising benefit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to fund research, patient financial assistance and education programs aimed at informing the community about the devastating effects of blood cancers.
Jacque, I'd like to add you to "MY HONOREE LIST" for this Marathon.
When I participate in this event, I'll be doing it in honor of many other survivors and also in memory of those people that have lost their fight. As a three-time Patient Honoree, I have had many participants in past Team in Training events that ran in my honor. Now it will be my turn to run in honor of others. I will be compiling "My Honoree List" and it may get long. Everyone's name will be on my site and on me during the Marathon. I've got a start on the list and it's up on my site now.
In order to reach my goal, I need your help.
Would you please consider making a donation? Your tax-deductible contribution can be made online at: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nfl/wdw09/aharmon
This is a very easy, safe and secure way to donate, plus my site gives you access to the Team In Training Program and LLS so you can see what they are all about. I have been volunteering for this organization for over a year and a half now, and I was recently given the 2008 Patient Volunteer Award.
So, please pass this on to family and friends, tell them that a fellow survivor here in Jacksonville, Florida is running a marathon in your honor. Send them to my fund raising web site so they can see your name, and while they're at it make a donation. Send them to my fund raising web site so they can see the names, and while they're at it make a donation. It's quick, easy and secure; and a tax-deductible receipt will be sent out with-in minutes. Maybe you know of others that would like to support my efforts.
As I expressed, this is an incredible challenge, not just the marathon but also the fund-raising. Although it's important to me to do well in finishing the marathon when the time comes (it will be my first ever marathon), that is secondary to the fund-raising. This is not entirely about me; it's all about the cure and that is my motivation to push myself harder when I feel like stopping. All the people that I know of that have been touched by cancer compels me to go to all the trainings, even when my body feels tired and sore. I have been training hard and it's tough, especially now, while my wife is on deployment with the Navy, so I've got alot on my shoulders.
I would also be proud to add anyone else you might know to "My Honoree List" and run for that person as well. As you can see from the honorees that I have on my list, I am respecting ALL types of survivors. Even though LLS is primarily a blood cancer charity, the research done in those areas are very beneficial to the treatment of other cancers. This is that cooperation that I was referring to. Besides, we've all walked down similar paths, felt similar fears and anxieties, so we're all in this fight together.
So, without a cure, in the time it has taken you to read this message, someone has been diagnosed with a blood cancer. Take the next step and be a part of the solution. I hope that you'll share in this incredible adventure with me. Thank you in advance for your generosity in giving!
Sincerely,
Your Survivor Brother,
Alan
My friend Alan is participating in the 2009 WALT DISNEY WORLD Marathon Weekend. He could use your donations!
He is doing an amazing thing! So Please help by donating a few dollars to a good cause!
Here is the letter I received from him;
Hello Greensthings, or it's Jacque, isn't it?
Thank you for your comments and for checking up with me. I also hope that all is well with you. You and I have been friends here for a little while now. So, now I'd like to share the details of what I am currently involved with. I have taken the fight against cancer to another level. And after seeing the Stand Up 2 Cancer broadcast, my resolve is stronger than ever! There is an age of cooperation and collaboration on the horizon like never before. I am glad to be part of it.
I've taken on an incredible challenge. On January 11 2009, I will be participating in the 2009 WALT DISNEY WORLD Marathon Weekend with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training Program. The Team in Training program is the world's largest endurance sports training program with a mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. The marathon I am training for is a symbol of the endurance and hope that a patient diagnosed with a blood cancer goes through during treatment.
As a four-year survivor of Hodgkin's Lymphoma, I know first hand how tough the fight can be. But I'm alive today because of the medical advances that have been made over the last 20 or so years, many that were funded by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. But there is still much more that can be done.
I have committed myself to run and have agreed to raise a minimum of $2400.00 to help fight blood cancers. I hope to raise $3500.00 or more because proceeds from my fundraising benefit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to fund research, patient financial assistance and education programs aimed at informing the community about the devastating effects of blood cancers.
Jacque, I'd like to add you to "MY HONOREE LIST" for this Marathon.
When I participate in this event, I'll be doing it in honor of many other survivors and also in memory of those people that have lost their fight. As a three-time Patient Honoree, I have had many participants in past Team in Training events that ran in my honor. Now it will be my turn to run in honor of others. I will be compiling "My Honoree List" and it may get long. Everyone's name will be on my site and on me during the Marathon. I've got a start on the list and it's up on my site now.
In order to reach my goal, I need your help.
Would you please consider making a donation? Your tax-deductible contribution can be made online at: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nfl/wdw09/aharmon
This is a very easy, safe and secure way to donate, plus my site gives you access to the Team In Training Program and LLS so you can see what they are all about. I have been volunteering for this organization for over a year and a half now, and I was recently given the 2008 Patient Volunteer Award.
So, please pass this on to family and friends, tell them that a fellow survivor here in Jacksonville, Florida is running a marathon in your honor. Send them to my fund raising web site so they can see your name, and while they're at it make a donation. Send them to my fund raising web site so they can see the names, and while they're at it make a donation. It's quick, easy and secure; and a tax-deductible receipt will be sent out with-in minutes. Maybe you know of others that would like to support my efforts.
As I expressed, this is an incredible challenge, not just the marathon but also the fund-raising. Although it's important to me to do well in finishing the marathon when the time comes (it will be my first ever marathon), that is secondary to the fund-raising. This is not entirely about me; it's all about the cure and that is my motivation to push myself harder when I feel like stopping. All the people that I know of that have been touched by cancer compels me to go to all the trainings, even when my body feels tired and sore. I have been training hard and it's tough, especially now, while my wife is on deployment with the Navy, so I've got alot on my shoulders.
I would also be proud to add anyone else you might know to "My Honoree List" and run for that person as well. As you can see from the honorees that I have on my list, I am respecting ALL types of survivors. Even though LLS is primarily a blood cancer charity, the research done in those areas are very beneficial to the treatment of other cancers. This is that cooperation that I was referring to. Besides, we've all walked down similar paths, felt similar fears and anxieties, so we're all in this fight together.
So, without a cure, in the time it has taken you to read this message, someone has been diagnosed with a blood cancer. Take the next step and be a part of the solution. I hope that you'll share in this incredible adventure with me. Thank you in advance for your generosity in giving!
Sincerely,
Your Survivor Brother,
Alan
