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$10 donation gets you 1 raffle ticket! WIN GREAT PRIZES!

Sunday, April 26, 2009, 3:00pm-7:00pm.

Raffle drawing will begin at 5:00pm.

Join us at City Beach Fremont and help us raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society & Team in Training!

Donate online now and we will give you a raffle ticket for each $10 increment. You can donate to an individual or to the group by using the links to the right. You will be entered to win some fabulous prizes! You do not have to be present to win but as an added bonus, City Beach will donate a portion of the proceeds from all rock climbing or games purchased during this event to LLS.

Prizes listed below, more to be added so check back frequently! If you'd like to donate your services for the raffle, please contact us.

City Beach Fremont - 4020 Technology Place, Fremont, CA (510) 651-2500

Prizes!!! Thank you to the individuals and businesses who have generously donated to this cause.

-Apex Pilates Personal Training, Milpitas - 3 Private Lessons ($180 value)

-Spa Aventine, Pleasanton - 1 Hour Massage ($100 value)

-Gift card for Autopia Car Wash, Fremont ($39.95 value)

-2 tickets to the Harlem Ambassadors basketball game on 5/1 @ Newark Memorial High School ($16 value)

-Gift card to Blockbuster ($10 value)

-Bikram Yoga, Fremont - 10 classes ($130 value)

-Classic Facial, Lavender Beauty Spa, Fremont ($60 value)

-Stepz Bollywood Class, all around Bay Area - 5 sessions ($75 value)

-LeMans Karting, Fremont ($75 value)

-Save Mart gift card - courtesy of Lucky in Brookvale Shopping Center ($20 value)

-2 gift certificates for an Experiential Flight Jump - courtesy of iFlySFBay ($119.90 value)

-4 movie passes to Grand Lake Theater - courtesy of Renaissance Rialto Theaters ($38 value)

-6 Month Free Membership @ Bally Total Fitness - courtesy of Bally Brookvale Shopping Center ($180 value)

-4 tickets to Tommy T's Comedy Steakhouse, Pleasanton ($80 value)

-1 free golf lesson from Rodney Wilson @ Harding Park Golf Course, San Francisco ($75 value)

-1 free round of golf with Baltazar Ibanez (former morning Radio DJ from MOViN 99.7FM) @ Bridges Golf Club, San Ramon ($75 value)

...more to come!

The priority for all of us on the Team is to raise funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. We are doing this in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers, especially for:

Adrianna Tucker - 11 years old, battling AML.

Maddie Badger-Scherer - 12 years old, battling ALL, diagnosed Jan 4, 2008.

Louis Lai - Diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in August 2004.

Matt Parrott - Diagnosed with B-cell follicular lymphoma in July 2007.

Michael Friedman - 60 years old, in complete remission from CLL.

Rene Nguyen - 69 yrs old, diagnosed with multiple myeloma in Jan 2008.

Raphael Volpe - 3 years old diagnosed with AML on January 26, 2007 (on behalf of Aurelia de Colle).

Cole Regan - October 22, 2002 - July 28, 2004. Passed away from AML M5 9/11 Chromosome.

Brenda Donato - July 6, 1970 - April 4, 2007. Passed away from AML.

Hoang Truong Viet (David) - December 4, 1939 - September 23, 2004. Passed away from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (on behalf of Louise Hoang).

William Francis Wagner - passed away from acute adult onset Leukemia about 9 years ago (on behalf of Cyndi Wagner).

Please make a donation to support our participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission.

Let your family, friends, and coworkers know about my goal and ask them to make a tax-deductible donation by going to my website here. The Tax ID number for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is 13-5644916. (Select the Northern California - San Francisco Chapter if that's an option.)

Don't forget to check with your employer to see if they will match your donation! Be happy to know that your donations are spent very wisely by LLS. 27% goes to Patient Services, 26% goes back into research, 17% is used for Public Health Education, another 17% gets applied to Fundraising, 8% is Administrative costs, and 5% is for Professional Education. LLS makes every effort to keep expenses below 25% of their budget, unlike many other non-profit organizations.

City Beach Fremont (http://www.citybeach.com/) is a 42,000 square foot facility that includes a rock climbing gym, an indoors challenge ropes course, four state-of-the-art combination volleyball/basketball/badminton courts, an entertainment center including pocket billiards, air hockey, foosball, and darts, outdoor bocce ball courts with courtyard, meeting facilities and shower change locker rooms. The facility is highlighted by a centrally located bar restaurant with outstanding decor and menu fare.