She is a success story!!! I hope that my efforts over the years, collecting donations from people like you while volunteering for the LLS, have helped to pay for other people's success stories... allowing for other families to be as blessed as they celebrate their own success stories.
I am 'staying the course' by personally raising funds to help the fight against blood-related cancers as I volunteer and train with the TNT program for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. During the past 9 years, I've completed 25 events including century rides, marathons, and triathlons while raising over $45,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through TNT. And, it was all made possible by people like you! THANK YOU!!!
I know that the current state of the economy makes everyone feel as though there is not enough money to spend as generously as we have in previous years (unless you're AIG?), but consider that a patient battling the disease doesn't have the luxury of putting off treatment until after the economy recovers. THEIR NEED IS NOW! In fact, this year, they may have an increased need because their bank accounts may be tapped out. CANCER DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE!!!This spring, as a coach for the cycling team, I will help to enable our WPA/WVA teams to achieve their goal of riding the distance, while raising funds for such a great cause. While coaching the cycling team this year, I've tried to keep up with the running and swimming and will compete in the in various running and cycling races and probably a triathlon or two - wearing my purple and green - showing my support of the TEAM.In the first half of this year I'll be fundraising and competing as a member of a TNT in the Pittsburgh Marathon (May 2nd) and the America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride (June 6th). My goal is to raise over $10,000 this calendar year. This challenges me to raise over $50 for every mile that I bike and run during these events! I'll be out there through the rest of this winter and spring putting in the miles in the water, on the bike and on my legs, but I need your help with the fundraising! All of us in Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. Although my mom is the reason that I became involved with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, I'm completing these events in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - A CURE!
Please make a donation to support my
participation
in
Team In Training
and help advance
the
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's mission.
You can donate online at my TNT personal fundraising web page:
http://pages.teamintraining.org/wpa/ambbr10/don_splitstone
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Look for “Make a Donation” in the upper right side of the page,
and click on the “DONATE NOW” button. Thank you for your support.
Your donations will be put to great use:
$1,000 Will help The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fund a researcher to find a cure. $500 Will provide patient aid to a person with leukemia or a related cancer for a year. $100 Will provide a patient with transportation cost associated with traveling from home to the cancer center. $75 Will provide bone morrow typing for a family member of a patient with leukemia. $50 Will register one person to be a bone marrow donor. $25 Will pay for the cost of a patient's chemotherapy drug prescription co-pay. $ Any donation will help continue the research needed to find a cure.
I hope you'll visit my TNT web page often. Be sure to check back
frequently
to see my progress. (NOTE: Check out the scale at the top
right side of my web page.) THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Donald Splitstone, 01/18/2010
http://pages.teamintraining.org/wpa/ambbr10/don_splitstone |
