Seattle....Here I Come!!

Aug 08, 2010

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Welcome to my Team In Training home page.


I'm training to participate in an endurance event as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training. All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. I am completing this event 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!


My Grandma, Ione Vanderlin, was diagnosed with Leukemia in her mid-eighties and because the treatment for the disease is harder on an elderly person than the disease itself, she was left to just let the disease run its course. Well, I am "running" my own course in Seattle to help raise money so that people who are my Grandma's age don't have to sit around and let some disease take over because there isn't a treatment that is less harsh on the body. Please help me reach my goal so that I can go walk my heart out for 13.1 miles in memory of my Grandma.


I have passed the double digit mark and completed 10 miles on 5/23. That was pretty exciting! The only negative thing is that practice is at 5:30am for the rest of the season because of the heat. Anyone who knows me at all knows that I am anything but a morning person so for me to get up that early means a whole lot!! It's only downhill from here in regards to mileage. The big day is approaching.....


Send some happy thoughts and strength my way on June 27, 2009 as I walk the Rock N' Roll Seattle 1/2 Marathon.


Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission. Don't forget that it is tax deductible!! :o) If you would rather write a check and you don't have my mailing address, please email me at NauTweety@aol.com and I will get that to you.


Check in and see updates on my blog: http://joygaeraths.blogspot.com/


I hope you will visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your support!

Make a Donation

We are no longer accepting donations for this event, however you can still make a donation to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Supporter Comments

"Mom, I still miss you so much."
Helen Corkran
Wed Feb 25 09:01:25 EST 2009
"Joy, You are awesome! Good Luck. Love the Ewarts"
Sarah Ewart
Fri Mar 13 06:34:23 EDT 2009
"Joy ~ Good luck and have fun. There is a light at the end of all the training and fundraising, I promise. I have completed three 1/2 marathons, two for Phoenix Childrens Hospital. It is such a awesome feeling when you step over the finish line knowing that you have completed the race and raise money for a great cause : ) "
Shelly, JJ and Gracie
Mon Mar 16 12:49:44 EDT 2009
"Go Joy Go!!!"
Lisa and Olivia Corprew
Thu Mar 19 11:28:40 EDT 2009
"We are proud of you! - Ed and Buddy G."
Ed Gaeraths
Wed Apr 15 10:35:25 EDT 2009
"Great work, Joy!"
Brooke Linderman
Fri May 15 03:13:54 EDT 2009
"I'm inspired by your motivation! Good luck!"
Tina Ceppo
Tue Jun 9 10:01:36 EDT 2009

My Fundraising Total

108%
108 %

Make a Donation

We are no longer accepting donations for this event, however you can still make a donation to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

In Memory of

Grandma Vanderlin

My Thanks To

Imax Corporation
Ed Gaeraths
Joy Gaeraths
Fr. Philip Vanderlin...
Barbara McCloud
Richard Vanderlin
The Miller Family
Katie Caufield
Catherine Adney
sheila alimonos
Bruce Turner
Joy Gaeraths
Joyce Niemiec
Kimberly Ott
lois knudsvig
Paul Lobianco
Edwin Anderson
Marsha Owens
Judi Burk
Becca Myers
Tracie Petro
Lisa and Olivia Corp...
Helen Corkran
Sarah Rappleye
William Snyder
Katherine Marshall
Tina Vanderlin
Deisy Rodriguez
Kathleen Walker
Michael McDermott
Kenneth Hartley
Katherine Thompson
Don Thorson
Nancy Serenbetz
Joyce Corkran
Katy Kennedy
Krista Perkins
Tina Ceppo
Sara Murphy
Becky Hewitt
Katherine Kennedy
Marcie Patrovich
Gerry Moore
Shelly, JJ and Graci...
Sarah Ewart
Jackie Vanderlin
Julie DeYoung
Julie Goehring
Teresa Anderson
Joy Gaeraths
Scott Eggen
Joy Gaeraths
The Tolar Family
Joy Gaeraths
Beth Bourget
Joy Gaeraths
Melva Villa
Carol Bratt Leal
Wendy Reinhardt
Tracy Malone
Brooke Linderman

Supporter Comments

"Mom, I still miss you so much."
Helen Corkran
Wed Feb 25 09:01:25 EST 2009
"Joy, You are awesome! Good Luck. Love the Ewarts"
Sarah Ewart
Fri Mar 13 06:34:23 EDT 2009
"Joy ~ Good luck and have fun. There is a light at the end of all the training and fundraising, I promise. I have completed three 1/2 marathons, two for Phoenix Childrens Hospital. It is such a awesome feeling when you step over the finish line knowing that you have completed the race and raise money for a great cause : ) "
Shelly, JJ and Gracie
Mon Mar 16 12:49:44 EDT 2009
"Go Joy Go!!!"
Lisa and Olivia Corprew
Thu Mar 19 11:28:40 EDT 2009
"We are proud of you! - Ed and Buddy G."
Ed Gaeraths
Wed Apr 15 10:35:25 EDT 2009
"Great work, Joy!"
Brooke Linderman
Fri May 15 03:13:54 EDT 2009
"I'm inspired by your motivation! Good luck!"
Tina Ceppo
Tue Jun 9 10:01:36 EDT 2009