Ricky Nichols Team In Training Page
Raising Funds for a Cure!
Welcome to my Team in Training web page. I will be walking in the Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska this June in honor my 5 year old daughter Samantha who was diagnosed with acute lymphomblastic leukemia.
I had heard the worst words that a parent can hear are "Your child has cancer" On March 8, 2004, my wife and I found out just how true that is. Our daughter Samantha was diagnosed with leukemia. She was just 2 years old. For the past three years she has endured countless spinal taps, bone marrow biopsies, finger sticks, surgeries, chemotherapy and to many hospitalizations to count. Samantha is now experiencing a life that is a little bit closer to normal. She is currently off treatment and will be celebrating 3 years in REMISSION this April. She is fighting this battle and winning but this would not be the case if there wasn't a group like the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training program is committed to raising money to help fund cancer research. The society invests $36 million in research each year. The research done with this money not only helps in the cure for leukemia's and lymphoma's but also serves as a window to the treatment and cure for all types of cancers. I have committed myself to help in the fight against cancer and the race for a cure.
I am very committed to this cause and determined to see it through to the finish line, but I NEED YOUR help. To be able to participate in this event I will have to raise a miniumn of $5,100 for LLS in honor of my daughter. I know that you are asked to give to numerous charities, but I am urging you to contribute to this charity, this year!
To give you an idea where your money goes......
$150 provides 10 patients access to an informational teleconference about their specific blood cancer disease.
$300 will train 25 peer volunteers who can provide emotional support to newly diagnosed patients.
$400 provides 40 teachers with an educational Pediatric Manual to assist with a child's return to school after cancer treatment.
$500 provides a patient with blood cancer with Patient Aid to support their medical treatment and travel to medical appointments for an entire year.
If you make a donation and want to honor or memorialize a loved one who has or has had a blood related cancer, Email me and I will write their name on my race singlet. Email me by clicking here.
To learn more about Samantha, please visit her website by clicking here. We would love to have our financial donors stop by and sign Samantha’s guest book!
