When malicious gossip or slander is passed along, the humanity of three people is thereby diminished .... the one who repeats the gossip, the one who listens to the gossip, and the one who is the subject of the gossip. When a person refrains from gossiping or tale-bearing, the angels rejoice from up above.
Posted by Linds on 9/8/2005, 5:14 pm Every ten minutes, a child or adult dies from leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma. An estimated 712,145 Americans are presently living with leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma. Light the Night is the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s major annual fundraiser, and the funds are desperately needed to both work towards finding a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s Disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life for patients and families. While the statistics on blood cancers are sobering, it is devastating to hear the impact that leukemia has on children. Leukemia accounts for just over 30% of cancers diagnosed in children under the age of 15, and approximately 3000 children die from a blood cancer every year. The Friends of Allie team walks in memory of Allie Scott, a baby girl from Texas who died from acute myeloid leukemia just before turning 9 months old, and in honor and memory of many other brave children fighting cancer. We are a team several thousand strong, walking all over the globe for these children. Working hard to raise money and raise awareness for these children, as well as to reach out and help their families. As a young girl, I had a classmate and friend fighting leukemia, I will never forget Jerome, and even at the tender age of 6 ~ my heart was touched. No child should have to fight this disease. UPDATE: 09-06-05 - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has dedicated resources & funds to assist blood cancer patients displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The Society is reaching out to treatment facilities in the surrounding region to find out which ones are able to help displaced patients from the evacuated areas. They are offering financial aid to eligible patients and will provide support to overburdened cancer centers that are caring for patients displaced by the hurricane. In order to help meet the critical need to restore health care to the communities ravaged by the hurricane, the Society will commit $1 million to help get blood cancer treatment centers and patient support services in the devastated areas up and running again. The organization will carry out this commitment through two of its major fundraising campaigns with a half-million dollars coming from the 2005 Light the Night® Walk. Please consider donating to Light the Night, to help these patients who are not only suffering Please visit my online donation site and give as your able. No amount is too small and every dollar helps! Thank you!!!! www.active.com/donate/ltnPortla/ltnJCooper8 To learn more about Light the Night or to find a walk near you, visit: http://www.lightthenight.org To learn more about the national Friends of Allie team, visit: http://www.friendsofallie.org __________________________________________________
Hello! My name is Jennifer and on Friday, October 7, 2005, I will be walking in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's annual Light the Night walk to raise money to cure blood cancers. I am participating this year as a member & team captain of the national Friends of Allie team.
Did you know??
In one school day, 46 children will learn they have cancer.
Every five minutes, someone in the United States learn that they have leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma – nearly 300 people a day!
Leukemia is the leading fatal cancer in young men and woman under the age of 20.
It is my hope that you will support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission to work towards eradicating this horrible disease. In 2004, Friends of Allie became The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's first National Friends and Family Team. This amazing group of 2,200 walkers together raised more than $428,000!! With your support, we will surely surpass Team Friends of Allie's goal to raise $600,000 nationwide. My own personal goal is $500. I can’t do it without the support of people like you!
from cancer, but the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina.
"What good is a house, if you haven't
got a decent planet to put it on?"
- Henry David Thoreau
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