My Fundraising Page

Hiking to Save Lives

Welcome to my Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fundraising page.

I participated in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Shenandoah Hike. All of us on Team In Training raised funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. I am completing this event in honor of my friend Jen, who gave cancer the boot after a brave fight against Hodgkins Lymphoma and 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.

An estimated 138,530 people in the United States were diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma in 2008, according to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, an organization committed to fighting blood cancers. Jen learned she was sick when she felt a lump in her neck on Halloween 2008.

Jen did the healing. I did the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Shenandoah Hike, a five-hour journey to Hawksbill Peak. in honor of Jen's fight. We can all make a difference through the work of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In

Training and help advance the mission of LLS. A $500 donation could mean a treatment for a patient. A $100 donation could pay for transportation to care for someone without a car. A $75 donation could provide a bone marrow screening. A $50 donation could mean countless resources and information to someone who just got a diagnosis.

***SPECIAL DRAWING***

For a donation of $50 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at http://pages.teamintraining.org/nnj/shenhke09/kwhitely, you will be entered to win an autographed copy of Bob Harper's "Are You Ready?" Bob sends his good wishes to you with a message, "To your health... XO, Bob Harper."

For a $25 donation at http://pages.teamintraining.org/nnj/shenhke09/kwhitely, you will be entered to win an inspirational hand-written note from Weight Loss Reality Star Ruby, plus a Style pedometer. Put this amazing message on your refridgerator, on your mirror, or wherever it will give you a boost in your own weight loss journey. Ruby has lost more than 100 pounds and the second season of her show on Style begins again on July 5.

Each month of 2009, I am taking on a physical event for charity. I call it the Save the World Diet.The Leukemia & Lymphoma Socety's Shenandoah Hike was my June Challenge, and I hiked in honor of my friend who was diagnosed last year with Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

You can make a difference right now, and have a chance to win some awesome, inspiring prizes, by making a donation at:

http://pages.teamintraining.org/nnj/shenhke09/kwhitely

Donations are tax deductible. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training fundraising pages are secure websites.

The rules of the contest are:

-- Those who make $25 donations are entered in the contest to win the Ruby note and pedometer.

-- Those who make $50 donations are entered in the contest to win for signed Bob Harper book.

-- You may make multiple donations to increase your chance of winning.

-- Donations must be made online at: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nnj/shenhke09/kwhitely and must be done so by midnight Friday, July 3.

-- The names of the winners will be picked at random from the list of online donors.

-- The winners will be posted on the LL&S Fundraising Website and on this Blog July 5. Winners will also be contacted that day.

Thanks for your support!

PS. I'm not a Miley Cyrus fan, but someone passed this on to me, and I thought it was appropriate lyric for my mission:

There is always gonna be another mountain

I am always gonna want to make it move

Always gonna be an uphill battle

Sometimes I am gonna have to lose

Ain�'t about how fast I get there

Ain�'t about what�"s waiting on the other side

It� is the climb.