Yes, I'm returning for my 9th season fundraising with TEAM in Training to raise at least $2900 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in memory of my nephews Mavrick Veal and Aidan Peterson and my daughter's birth mother, Patricia Steinly, whom were all lost to us while battling blood cancer.

Why is it so important that these funds are raised? I could ramble off a bunch of statistics about blood cancers and how many different types there are, the number of people affected every year, the number who survive and make it into remission, the number who die, and so on. I could tell you about the new drugs and therapies that are being created and how through the LLS advocacy teams that our congressional leaders are being petitioned every day on behalf of those who suffer from these diseases.

Or I could just simply list the reasons as such:

Mavrick

Aidan

Noah

Lucie

Bea

Patricia

Grayson

Philip

Theresa

Zack

Allie

Cory

Mike, Sr.

Jackson

Chad

Alannah

Dana

Aunt Sid

Nory

P.J.

Talia

Ali

Maria

Just to name a few.

My oldest daugther Tranette has completed two fundraising campaigns and two Century Cycle Rides with TEAM in Training but this season is stepping out of her comfort zone so that we may fundraise and run together as a TEAM.

We have a goal to raise $8080 in memory of our beloved Aidan, Mavrick, and Patricia this season as a team.

Please help me by donating to this campaign as I train to run the half marathon with Tranette at the Nike Women's Half Marathon in our nation's capitol, Washington, DC.

Thank you.