Let our loss be the glimmer of hope in some childs eye
We will be walking on September 22,2007 in Uniontown PA. You are welcome to walk with us or you can join our team with your donation.
Thank You
Thanks for visiting my Light The Night homepage. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night Walk is the nation's night to pay tribute and bring hope to thousands of patients battling blood cancers and to commemorate loved ones lost.
The Society funds lifesaving cancer research that has contributed to major advances in the treatment of blood cancers and many other types of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and stem cell transplants that have prolonged and enhanced the lives of patients. New targeted therapies that kill cancer cells without harming normal tissue have already begun to provide drugs and procedures that are improving quality of life.
But more research is critically needed:
- Every five minutes someone is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every ten minutes, someone dies.
- Leukemia causes more deaths among children than any other cancer
- More than 20,000 Americans died from lymphoma in 2006
- The survival rate for myeloma is just 33 per cent
While receiving his treatments at the Seattle Cancer Institute, Denny was especially saddened to see children going through what he knew was a tough situation. If we can help even one of these children, I am sure that Denny will be smiling.
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