Racing to Save Lives

Welcome to my Team In Training home page.

I'm training to participate in the Rock N Roll Marathon in Seattle on June 27th, 2009 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 joined in the beginning of February and I will be training all the way up until the big day in June. Above is a picture of me and our honored team mate Micah at practice. Micah was diagnosed with Leukemia at age four. He luckily has survived and has been one of the strongest little boys I have met! He shows up at all of our training days to cheer us on. I am

completing this event in honor of Micah and all of the other children, men and women battling these blood cancers. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we

need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!

DID YOU KNOW...

...that a child could come through all three years of treatments successfully and still pass away due to the SIDE EFFECTS of the medications that were used to save his life and rid his body of this horrible cancer? When we find a cure this will no longer be a possibility.

...that your donation of $25 will provide up-to-date infomation for a patient on their specific disease and allow them to make infomed decisions for their personal treatment options or that $150 can supply laboratory researchers with supplies and materials critical to carry out their studies? Did you know that $10,000 equals one year of Children's Hospital Orange County (CHOC) parking for 100 parents to visit their hospitalized child following a bone marrow transplant or $100,000 or can fund one research grant?

...that blood cancer is the number one cause of death for individuals UNDER the age of 20? If we find a cure, this ends! They could finish college, have a career, start a family or work toward a cure for another life threatening disease.

...that the best news of all is that we are advancing this darkeness of blood cancers. Through research from over the last 20 years we're currently experienceing about an 80% survival rate. With your help we'll be well on our way to 100%.

Would you please partner with me in this? I CANNOT DO IT ALONE. Please make a 100% tax deductible donation to support my participation in Team In Training, which has raised over 800 million dollars for the Society since it's inception in 1988 and of which 75% directly benefits the Society's work toward a cure (more then the majority of all other fundraising organizations), and help advance LLS's mission.

Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In

Training and help advance LLS's mission.

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

frequently to see my progress. Thanks for your support!

UPCOMING EVENTS!!!!!!

Hey guys just wanted to give you an update of upcoming events and other ways you can participate!

SUNDAY MARCH 22nd

Will be holding a garage sale/bake sale. If you are interested in donating any unwanted items or your time to help out please let me know!

TUESDAY MARCH 31st

Come to California Pizza Kitchen in Victoria Gardens and present the Philanthropizza Flyer (contact me for details) and CPK will donate 20% of your check to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

TUESDAY APRIL 7th

Come to BJS in Rancho Cucamonga and present the flyer (contact me for details) and BJS will donate 15% of each check to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

SUNDAY APRIL 19TH

Like to golf? Register for the Leukemia and Lymphoma golf tournament that will be held on Sunday April 19th at Upland Hills Golf Course. There will be many oppurtunities to win a variety of things! Contact me with more information about registration.

SATURDAY APRIL 25th

The Bacchus Society will be hosting a Wine Tasting Event at the Orange County Pavaillion. Many different wineries will be present as well as food and entertainment. Tickets are 75 dollars and tickets are limited so let me know as soon as possible if you are interested!

For more information about any of the events or The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, please contact me at:

Jamie Pellettera

7892 Marshal Ct.

Fontana, CA 92336

909-767-8642

jemay313@msn.com

If you prefer to send a check rather than donate online, please make all checks payable to The Leukemia and Lymohoma Society and address the envelope to the address above.

(Please remember that online donations will process faster.)