Racing to Save Lives

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!

Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission.

What does your contribution go towards?

- Research towards a CURE!

- Patient and family counciling

- Bone marrow matching

- Transportation to and from treatment for current patients

- Treatment for current patients

Blood Cancer FACTS:

In the United States:

-Every four minutes, someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer.

-An estimated 894,543 Americans are now living with blood cancer.

-Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma will cause the deaths of an estimated 52,910 people in the United States this year.

All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop these blood cancers from taking more lives - and ultimately working towards a cure.

The impact of your donations:

- $500 provides aid to a patient for one year!

- $100 provides a patient transportation while traveling to treatment

- $75 provides marrow typing for a family member of a patient

THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY MISSION STATEMENT

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. Founded in 1914, we are relentless in pursuit of our mission: to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. http://www.leukemialymphoma.org/hm_lls

Where does the money go?

• Research funding – supports basic & clinical grants to find causes, cures, and preventative methods for bloodrelated diseases.
• Patient Services – provides financial aid & peer support groups.
• Advocacy – supports access to healthcare & increased research funding.
• Community Service – referrals to local resources & sponsorship of local bone marrow donor drives.
• Education – free educational materials and professional medical symposia.

How research (funded by organizations such as The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society) and treatment efforts are paying off:

• The five year survival rate for leukemia has tripled in the past 40 years, from 14% to 46%.
• The overall five year survival rate for children with acute lymphocytic leukemia is now 85%. In 1960, the survival rate was 4%.
• The five year survival rate for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma has risen from 31% in 1960 to 55% In children, the five year survival rate is now

80%, up from 18% in 1960.

• Hodgkin’s disease is now considered to be one of the most curable forms of cancer. The five year survival rate has risen from 40% in

1960 to 85% today. In children, the survival rate for Hodgkin’s disease is currently 94%.

TEAM IN TRAINING

MISSION STATEMENT

TEAM IN TRAINING is a comprehensive endurance training program for runners, walkers, cyclists and tri-athletes to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The goal of TEAM IN TRAINING is to increase funding to support the Society’s mission while promoting fitness and healthy life styles. http://www.teamintraining.org/

Please visit my website frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your continued support! You are making such a difference in so many lives!

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