Help Team Chesney Carry the Light of Hope
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The above
pictures are of Pam. She was an accomplished piano player and
singer. She owned her own medical transcribing company and could type over 150
words per minute. She loved reading books and spending time with family.
Pam was diagnosed with Leukemia in October of
2001. She went through many chemotherapy treatments and a bone marrow
transplant. On December 16th, 2002, after battling this terrible disease for over a year, her body finally gave up and her life on this earth ended.
Pamela Marie Chesney Stanifer left behind a husband, 2 young children and
hundreds of friends and family members. She was 39 years old..
Leukemia is so weird, there is no rhyme or reason
as to why, when, or to whom it will strike next. We have always felt so helpless
and angry that there was absolutely nothing that we could do to help Pam.
After sitting around brewing about it for the
past 3 years, we finally decided that enough was enough. There is something that
we can do after all. No, we can’t bring Pam back but perhaps we can make a
difference in someone else’s life in the future. That is why we have decided to
join the
Tennessee
chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as volunteers. The Society's
mission is to find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma,
and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
The reason we are writing to you today is to give
you the opportunity to help out as well. We are not asking you to go out of your
way, we're simply asking you to consider sponsoring "Team Chesney" for the Light The Night
Walk at Volunteer Landing in
Knoxville
,
TN
on October 12, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. We have set a team goal to raise $1000.00
in memory of Pam, to go toward Leukemia research.
Did you know that:
- Every
five minutes, someone in this country is diagnosed with blood cancer: Every
ten minutes, someone loses the fight.
- Leukemia
causes more deaths than any other cancer among children.
- Lymphomas
are the most common blood cancers.
- The
myeloma survival rate is only 32 percent.
Thank you for considering donating your money or
time in this fight against Leukemia.
Sincerely,
"Team Chesney"
-Byron, Mary, Jessica, Matthew
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