Steph's Running the 2008 Nike Women's Marathon

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On October 19, 2008, I will participate in the 2008 Nike Women's marathon in San Francisco 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 this event in honor of Lynnseigh Hoyle and 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!

Ever wonder how far your donation can go?

• $25 provides patients and their loved ones with FREE booklets that contain up-to-date information on their disease and help them make informed decisions about their treatment options.
• $50 registers one person to be a bone marrow donor.
• $75 provides HLA (bone marrow) typing for a family member of a patient with leukemia.
• $100 helps supply laboratory researchers with supplies and materials critical to carrying out their search for cures.
• $150 provides 10 patients access to a web-conference to learn about their specific blood cancer.
• $300 will train 25 peer volunteers who can provide emotional support to newly diagnosed patients.
• $500 could provide patient aid to a person with Leukemia or a related cancer for an ENTIRE YEAR.
• $1,000 makes possible one- on-one conversations with health care specialists who provide patients with information about their disease, treatment options, and helps prepare them with questions for their health care team.

Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance the Society's mission. If someone in your life has been impacted by leukemia or lymphoma, please let me know so that I can race in his or her honor.

I hope you will check back frequently to see my progress and cheer me on. Also, check stephs.com for training updates and photos; I think this will be an awesome season. Thanks for your support!