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| John Quensen's Race for a Cure |
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| I have given the name "Save a Mermaid" to my own campaign to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in remembrance of my girlfriend Olga Maltseva. Olga was so at home in the water; she loved swimming and snorkeling. After we went SCUBA diving off Cozumel, I began calling her my Rusalochka - Russian for "dear little mermaid." Olga died of a rare and aggressive form of lymphoma in December 2003.
Olga and I sought the best medical treatment for her that we could find, but there was hardly any medical literature about her form of lymphoma, and there was no specific treatment for it. To better treat Mermaids like Olga, doctors need better treatments to specifically target cancer cells. They need more information about how to control the outcome of bone marrow transplants. It is my hope that research supported by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will provide knowledge enabling more effective treatment for other Mermaids in the future. It is with that hope that I ask you to support my participation in the upcoming Leukemia Cup Regatta at the Port Huron Yacht Club by making a tax-deductible donation to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Help Save a Mermaid.
Thank you.
John Quensen |
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| "Rusalochka" |
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Total Donations: $2,360.00
Goal: $1,500
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