My Fundraising Page

Nicole is Running to Save Lives

UPDATES:

Thursday, May 28th- Fundraising Happy hour at Public House was a blast AND a success. I raised $350.00 thanks to my NYC bound friends!!

Saturday, May 24th- I ran 18 miles. Enough said.

April 9th- US led scientists identified a gene that can potentially protect against leukemia and other blood cancers. This is a huge development and also manifests the importance of research! http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/04/09/Scientists-identify-key-leukemia-gene/UPI-99061239309545/

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4 - years Lindsay has battled AML- Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

6 - recurrences since July 2004

11 - number of tumors Lindsay has had

14 - rounds of chemotherapy Lindsay has received

8 - rounds of radiation Lindsay has endured (about to start her 9th)

1 - stem cell transplant Lindsay received from an anonymous donor

27 - Lindsay's age

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Friends, family, & colleagues, welcome to my team page. On June 20th, 2009 I'm taking on the biggest challenge of my life - running a marathon.

I've done a lot of difficult things in my life - a backflip on a 4 inch balance beam, skied a double black diamond in the Rocky Mountains, jumped out of a perfectly good airplane...but one thing I haven't done is run a marathon, and for that I need your help!

I'm packing up my bags and heading to Alaska 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 in 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. And don't forget, it's a tax write-off for 2009 - wouldn't you rather give to charity, than to our government???

I hope you will visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress.

Thanks for your support!

Love,

Nicole