Family and Friends,
Today starts The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Woman of the Year Fundraising Kickoff which I am participating in. Please go to the website at :
http://pbf.mwoy.llsevent.org/mstanek
As many of you know, I have been given the opportunity of a lifetime to help the more than 912.000 Americans who are living with blood cancers. Each year The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Palm Beach Chapter launches its Man & Woman of the Year fundraising campaign. During this campaign from March 23 - June 3, our team goal is to raise $50,000 which will go directly to LLS in support of its long standing mission to find a cure for blood cancers and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
My decision to play a very active role in helping the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society raise funds for its research to cure these deadly forms of cancer was an intensely personal one for me.
I remember very clearly Father's Day 2009. That was the day I learned my fiancee, Bob Youngs was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. The exact same blood cancer that his mother had been diagnosed with a few years earlier.
That awful day was also the spark that got me involved in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – which is the world’s leading private research organization dedicated to conquering these especially deadly forms of cancer.
Thankfully, on January 4th of this year, Bob was diagnosed as in full remission. Due to my execptional patient advocacy, Bob's oncologist nominated me as Woman of the Year for the Palm Beach Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society .
As part of this effort, I have committed to raise $50,000 from my closest friends, family members and relatives, as well as our business associates by June 3rd – which is a few weeks from now.
Like many of you, I have witnessed first hand the debilitating effects that leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma can have on those who suffer from these blood diseases and on the friends and family who care for and nurture their loved ones. In fact, leukemia still causes more deaths among children than any other cancer.
With your support of a tax-deductible donation, LLS can continue funding critical research in the fight against blood cancers as well as provide outstanding patient services.
I want to thank each and every one of my friends and family for their generous support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s misson. LLS is the leading non-profit organization committed to finding a cure and giving life to those who have, are and will fight the tough challenges of blood cancers.
I am hoping I can count on you to help me keep my promise to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Many thanks for your support for patients battling blood cancers and their families. Be sure to visit my Web site often to check on my progress and please ask your friends to support my efforts. Join me and help advance the mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.
Love and Thanks,
Michele
Today starts The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Woman of the Year Fundraising Kickoff which I am participating in. Please go to the website at :
http://pbf.mwoy.llsevent.org/mstanek
As many of you know, I have been given the opportunity of a lifetime to help the more than 912.000 Americans who are living with blood cancers. Each year The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Palm Beach Chapter launches its Man & Woman of the Year fundraising campaign. During this campaign from March 23 - June 3, our team goal is to raise $50,000 which will go directly to LLS in support of its long standing mission to find a cure for blood cancers and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
My decision to play a very active role in helping the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society raise funds for its research to cure these deadly forms of cancer was an intensely personal one for me.
I remember very clearly Father's Day 2009. That was the day I learned my fiancee, Bob Youngs was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. The exact same blood cancer that his mother had been diagnosed with a few years earlier.
That awful day was also the spark that got me involved in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – which is the world’s leading private research organization dedicated to conquering these especially deadly forms of cancer.
Thankfully, on January 4th of this year, Bob was diagnosed as in full remission. Due to my execptional patient advocacy, Bob's oncologist nominated me as Woman of the Year for the Palm Beach Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society .
As part of this effort, I have committed to raise $50,000 from my closest friends, family members and relatives, as well as our business associates by June 3rd – which is a few weeks from now.
Like many of you, I have witnessed first hand the debilitating effects that leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma can have on those who suffer from these blood diseases and on the friends and family who care for and nurture their loved ones. In fact, leukemia still causes more deaths among children than any other cancer.
With your support of a tax-deductible donation, LLS can continue funding critical research in the fight against blood cancers as well as provide outstanding patient services.
I want to thank each and every one of my friends and family for their generous support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s misson. LLS is the leading non-profit organization committed to finding a cure and giving life to those who have, are and will fight the tough challenges of blood cancers.
I am hoping I can count on you to help me keep my promise to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Many thanks for your support for patients battling blood cancers and their families. Be sure to visit my Web site often to check on my progress and please ask your friends to support my efforts. Join me and help advance the mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
For more information about LLS, please visit www.lls.org.
Love and Thanks,
Michele
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