I am now 2 days away and those donations that were supposed to come in haven't - I am in need of YOUR HELP!!!!  I haven't met my goal yet and need to raise an additional $717 still!

PLEASE Help ME to help Others!  

This has been my first time fundraising for Team in Training and the Leukemia and Lymphomia Society and I have learned a lot!  I still need your help though!  Help me to reach my goal in the TWO DAYS remaining!!!

OK all - we are getting down to the wire and I really need your help.  

I am 6 weeks away from heading out to Alaska to run in the Mayor's Midnight Marathon.  I will be running a full 26.2 miles and I am short of my fundraising goal.  

I really really need your help in raising the last $1,000.00 that I need for this.

PLEASE remember that ALLLLLLL proceeds go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  

What is it with all of the Baseball logos?!?!?!?!  Well, keep reading - you'll see!

I have sadly been away from my fundraising due to other issues with life and I shouldn't really complain about it because what I have going on is NOTHING compared to those in life who are fighting the fight of their lives right now.

I did some number crunching and I am currently at $1578 toward my minimum of $2900.00 (My goal is $4900.00)  That means I am only $1322.00 away from my MINIMUM GOAL!  When I was a kid, I grew up at the street address of 1322!!!!  I do have $635.00 currently in another fundraiser that has yet to be applied so I am only $687.00 away from my MINIMUM GOAL!  Ummmmm Hello - I KNOW we can do this.  

I would love to be able to meet my personal goal of $4900.00 (we are only $2687.00 from that number) 

SOOOOO I am hoping that I can get some of you WONDERFUL and Loving people to help me out.

Who would like to help me out with a belated birthday gift?  I didn't ask ON my birthday - LIFE got in the way but hey - it happens!  I would like to have those Birthday Gifts now!  Who will be the one(s) to help push me OVER the edge - not literally - and get me to the $2900.00 (Ok Ok OKKKKK You can put me at $4900.00) 

Since I turned 47 this year - I would LOVE to see who would like to donate in ANY of the following amounts for turning 47

$4.70 

$47.00

$470.00

$4,700.00 

OR if you don't like those numbers, I was born on 03/25/1967 sooooo

I'll take the following too:

$3.25

$32.50

$325.00

$3,250.00

$1.96

$19.67

$196.70

$1,967.00

OR if you want to be that stellar generous donor and donate that remaining $687.00 I am NOT going to complain!  

SO, now is when we get to the Baseball Logos!!!!

NOW - here is the fun part - For those of you who REALLY know me, you know I am a Sports GEEK.  I love my sports and I go crazy when I don't have any sports to watch on TV or on my phone.  I HAVE to have my sports.  Since we are in the beginnings of baseball and I REALLY want you to help me I am willing to offer up to you, my loving and loyal family and friends this opportunity.

For every $25.00 donation from April 16, 2014 through April 30, 2014 I will allow you to vote one time ($25 = 1 vote, $50 = 2 votes, $75 = 3 votes and $100 = 5 Votes - Missouri Math)

These votes are for you to decide WHICH TEAM I will represent!  Those who REALLY know me know my teams but here are five that I will let you select from.  I will wear the winning (or will it be a losing team to me?!?!?!) via a pair of scrubs to work once a week for the entire remainder of Baseball season!  SOOOOO now is your chance to either love me or get even with me!  LOL You know who you are!  When you make your donation - PLEASE don't forget to put in the Comments section WHICH Team you want to vote for - or against for some of you - LOL You know who you are!!!  And Yes, I will take a picture of me in my scrubs one day a week at work throughout the baseball season.  OH AND if your team you choose for me to wear wins and goes into the Playoff, I will wear and represent for them too - OMG did I really just say that?!!?!?!?  Y'all better be giving me some votes for the RIGHT team!!!!

Let's get to voting!

As I prepare for my birthday, I come to thank God that I have made it another day and that I will be able to celebrate one more year of life with my family and friends.  How many people were taken toooo early that haven't been able to spend as much time with loved ones?!?!

On March 25th I will turn 47!  YUP, The big 4-7!  I am actually happy with that number because I made it and for 22 of those years, I have been seizure free!  Win win for me - I'm alive and seizure free.  

The two things that I DON'T like about turning 47 are:

1.  I am now 2 years shy of the age my father was when he lost his battle with Lung Cancer.  He was such a young man to have lost his battle.  Today there have been such advances due to amazing research that most people are living longer.

2.  I have been alive longer without my Father than I have been alive with him.  That isn't right!  I don't want any other child to go through life like this and have to out live their parents from their teen years.  NOR do I want any parents to outlive their children due to this horrible disease called Cancer!!!!!

WE can end this and WE can end it together.

Today was another wake up call - I had to tell a patient that their child has a tumor on their bone in their leg.  WHY am I havingn to tell a parent of a child that they need to have this checked ASAP?!?!?  WHY are we still having this happen to children and adults?  WE need to stop this and Eradicate Cancer TODAY!  

Let's make Today The Day That we Kick Cancer in the ASS!!!!!

Join me and let's celebrate my 47th birthday by remembering my Father and make donations to help fund the research to kick cancers ass and eradicate it now!

Today while finally getting a chance to rest and relax after what I thought was a horrible week, I came across a Facebook post from a classmate of mine.  Someone in her family had just been diagnosed with Leukemia!  Wow - that was a close one.  Needless to say, What I thought was a bad week, it really wasn't.  Here is why.

Did you know that Approximately every 4 minutes one person in the United 
States is diagnosed with a blood cancer.  That is just here in the United States, what about Canada, Europe, EVERYWHERE?!?!?!?!?  That means that in one hour 15 people will have life altering news delivered to them.  In ONE DAY, Only ONE DAY, 360 people in the United States will be told that they have some form of Blood Cancer.  

Here I was thinking that I was having a bad day/week because my work week was busy, my life didn't go as I had planned and things just weren't going my way!  My week was NOTHING in comparison to any one of those 360 people who were told JUST TODAY that they have a form of Blood Cancer.

Now, Approximately every 10 minutes, someone in the US dies from a blood cancer.  WHAT?!?!?  Do you realize that is SIX people in an hour and 144 people who have just lost their battle with their form of Blood Cancer.  

Those numbers are TOTALLY unacceptable to me.  They should also be unacceptable to you.  We, as a collective group, need to help eradicate and put an end to this.  If we work together to help fund the research we can bring these numbers down.  I would LOVE to read a headline that says "CANCER CURED" but for now, I would even be willing to accept one that reads "Now, every 1 day, someone is told they have a form of Blood Cancer as well as Death Rate Drops among Blood Cancer Patients"

However, Neithr You or myself will see those headlines without the much needed research which is already making great strides.  SO, I beg of you to PLEASE take a moment and donate today to help eradicate Blood Cancers.

As an added bonus, Did you know that some of the research has gone on to help others with MS and other disorders?  

Let's help to eradicate this today - make your donation.