My Goofy Challenge

I am training for The Goofy Challenge!! I have committed once again to fundraise for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. My goal is to raise $4200.00. I have also committed to running a Half Marathon (13.1 miles) on Saturday, January 9, 2010 & a Full Marathon (26.2 miles) on January 10, 2010 -the next day as reward for my fundraising. Some people call this GOOFY and others have different adjectives for it. I will complete my journey.

DID YOU KNOW.....

"GIMME 5"

5 is the number of years that some blood cancer patients have to stay in remission in order to be considered cured.

$5 can get you a latte at Starbucks or a beer at your local bar, but to see how

$5 makes an impact on cancer patients, check out how every dollar really does count:

If 2 people gimme 5....

$10 provides two hours of microscope use to determine if a new medicine will stop a life-threatening lung infection in a bone marrow transplant patient.

4 people....

$20 pays for a bottle of nutrients that will nourish 10 million leukemia cells grown in the laboratory for a week, enabling scientists to test whether a new anti-cancer drug halts their growth.

8 people....

$40 purchases enough razor-sharp blades to prepare bone-marrow biopsy samples from 200 patients, enabling doctors to make accurate cancer diagnoses.

20 people....

$100 pays for the cost of an antibody used to determine the precise characteristics of lymphoma cells, allowing doctors to determine the best treatment for a patient.

50 people....

$250 buys an instrument to measure tiny volumes of liquid, which allows scientists to accurately measure the solutions needed to prepare a patient sample for a diagnostic test.

100 people....

$500 purchases 10 hours of time on a flow cytometer, a machine that reveals a multitude of characteristics of blood cancer cells that could be developed into effective diagnostic tests

Every 5 minutes someone new is diagnosed with a blood cancer - money for research is desperately needed - so PLEASE donate now.

And many thanks to those who have already donated!!!

Alfreda Lyden$40.00

Angela Snyder$40.00

Coleen Finley$40.00

Danielle Finley$40.00

David Robbins$40.00

Denise Tamuts$40.00

Diana Sansone$40.00

Edgar Newell$40.00

GM Slusher$40.00

Joanne Buckalew$40.00

Joseph Messore$40.00

Kathleen Forgnoni$40.00

Richard Bertonazzi$40.00

Scott Brosman$40.00

Suzanne Foster$40.00

Suzanne Foster$40.00

Timothy Wagoner$40.00

Charles Pritchard$25.00

Christopher Gervasi$25.00

Diane Lillia$25.00

Donald Robbins$25.00

Eric Delfava$25.00

Felix Donato$25.00

Friends of Romano for Mayor$25.00

Joseph Nickels$25.00

Joseph Nickels$25.00

Kristen Rainear$25.00

Michael Dresh$25.00

Norbert Vondra$25.00

Peter Monaghan$25.00

Robin Ruberti$25.00

Susan Cherwien$25.00

Teresa Rosa-Rhoades$25.00

Valerie Tomer$25.00

Wm Thomas Bright$25.00

Yvonne Lewis$25.00

Amy Kocher$20.00

Andrea Murphy$20.00

Anita Formisano$20.00

Anthony Jadick$20.00

Arthur Hannah$20.00

Asthur Capriotti$20.00

BC Salon Services$20.00

Benjamin Baggett$20.00

Beth Ann Thesing$20.00

Beth Mog$20.00

Betsy Tasker$20.00

Brian Coyle$20.00

Cantoni Enterprise LLC$20.00

Christopher Dwyer$20.00

Cosmo Terrigno$20.00

David D'Orio$20.00

David Long Wallace$20.00

Deborah Asselta$20.00

Debra Kobriger$20.00

Deno Venturi$20.00

Douglas Hesser$20.00

Edgar Castor$20.00

Edward Gibbons$20.00

Elizabeth Skedzielewski$20.00

Ellen Wolcott$20.00

Frank Oertle$20.00

Garry Homan$20.00

Glen Miller$20.00

Isabel Colon$20.00

J Michael Fralinger$20.00

James Edwards$20.00

John Carson$20.00

John Gentile$20.00

Joseph Asselta$20.00

Joseph Pfeifer$20.00

Kimberly Angelo$20.00

Leo Rizzo$20.00

Leslie Dennis$20.00

Linda Rone$20.00

Lisa Falasca$20.00

Lynne Compari$20.00

Maria Gaunt$20.00

Melissa Colon Lopes$20.00

Michael Formisano$20.00

Michael Levari$20.00

Michael Welch$20.00

Nita Lim$20.00

Patricia Blauth$20.00

Paul Selleck$20.00

Perry Barse$20.00

Richard Grouser$20.00

Robert James$20.00

Robert Mount$20.00

Robin Ruberti$20.00

Rocco Tedesco$20.00

Rosemary Taylor$20.00

Salvatore Degirolamo$20.00

Sharon Odenath$20.00

Stephanie Sedeyn$20.00

Thomas Ianni$20.00

Thomas Quinlan$20.00

Thomas Tedesco, Jr$20.00

Velton Koons$20.00

Virginia Tamuts$20.00

Wendy Kunze$20.00

Yolanda Lopez$20.00