Racing to Save Lives with the Inaugural Georgia IronTeam!

I am back, with your help, for My Do More!!

I'm training to participate in my third 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.

This time I am even more FIRED up! I have had good friends lose their loved ones this past year. Others have had their loved ones diagnosed or seen the cancer return. We MUST continue to raise money to fund the research to stop this deadly disease.

To show my support for those afflicted with blood cancer and their families I will be participating in the Ironman Arizona on November 20, 2011. The Ironman consists of:

Swimming - 2.4 miles Cycling - 112 miles Running - 26.2 miles

You too can show your support by helping me meet my fundraising goal of $8,000. Together we can make a difference for the patients and families afflicted by blood cancers.

My immediate goal is to have $4,000 raised by April 30, 2011.

Over the seasons that I have been involved with Team in Training you have shown me how generous and caring you all can be.

TOGETHER WE CAN KICK CANCERS BUTT!

I am completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers. This race is dedicated to:

Ted Bennett - My Honored Hero

Ollie Ketcheson,Bob Lyon, Ed Mitchell, Edward Hetherington

If you have someone you want me to race for please send their name to seanrbennett@gmail.com so I can place them on my website.

These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!

Below is an example of the power of your donation:

$2,000-$1600: will help pay the co-pay for a 30 day supply of a cancer drug

$1,500: will help pay the co-pay for 3 weeks of chemotherapy

$1,000: will help a child travel to outpatient treatment for 1 year

$800: will help a patient pay 1 month co-pay of the medical costs

$500: can help pay for 12 anti-nausea pills for a patient on chemotherapy

$400: will help pay for 1 lab chemistry

$300: will assist with 1 round of radiation treatment co-pays

$250: will help pay for 1 IV therapy session co-pay

$200: will pay for 1 lab test co-pay

$100: will pay for 1 round trip per day for 5 days for a patient living in rural Georgia to drive to treatment in Atlanta

$42: will pay for 1 anti-nausea pill for a person in treatment

$30: allows 1 patient to make a First Connection with a trained peer volunteer.

$20: will help pay for 1 round trip per day for 5 days of treatment at a facility for an urban patient.

$5: will cover the costs to send a packet to a newly diagnosed patient, which includes information on support and their specific disease.

For more information on the the society you may visit: www.lls.org.