What Can You Do?

Become a hero - get involved

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society has many programs to assist both patients and their families as well as funding research. The Society has chapters across the country. For more information contact the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. They also sponsor the annual "Light the Night" walk to raise funds to find a cure. This year the walk will take place in cities across the US. For more information, go to the Society's Light The Night web site.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society sponsors a program called "Team in Training". This year the Society will train over 26,000 people to run, walk or cycle while helping to find a cure for Leukemia and Lymphoma. While training for their event, Team members are asked to raise funds for the Society. Each Team member trains in honor of a local patient. For more information go to the Society's Team in Training web site.

Here is a list of my heroes, TNT Teammates who have signed up to run or walk in a Marathon or cycle in a Century Ride in my honor:
Shawn Lord Emily Lyons Amy Gilday Leigh Canon Donna Canty Courtney Gates Jan Leja Melanie Sestokas Rebekah Thomas Janet Franz Jayna Guilford Tony LaHendro Jennifer Knowlton	Terrie Wood Janet Bramley Julie Abeling Karen Wilbur Denise Anctil Christine Chaloux Kelly Chaloux Kyle Silon Laura Chadwick Lisa Guerreri Alison McKain Danielle Mowrey Jacqueline Pond Michelle Sheehan Barbara Wing Barbara Worgan Maureen Thornton Gabrielle Young-Glatz	Laura Chadwick Michelle Donlan Jennifer Wolfson Ed Gyukeri, Jr. Susan Batchelder Wade Hodge Kyra Wilson Sharon Woods Nicci Micco Cristen Pantamo Kim Barnish Anne Schneideler Edward McCauley Melinda Eggleston Anne Scheideler Melissa King Tamara Damarjian Sarah Martin	*ALLISON!!!* *Also* Robyn Haberman and Wendy Pella both coordinators for Vermont's Team in Training and Coach Jan Visit the Vermont Team's Web Site

Go here to read Dave's TNT Marathon Speech.

Become a Bone Marrow Donor

It's pretty much been up to me (my system) to survive the pre-transplant "conditioning" (that's the fancy word for chemotherapy and radiation),and to let Jon's bone marrow set up shop in my bones, and rebuild my blood supply (a 12-month process). I'm finding out what it's like to be Type B.

Many people with Leukemia aren't as fortunate as me to have a relative who is a match, and must go through a national search for a matching donor. To be a donor, you must be in good health, willing to give up a couple of days for the process, and be willing to be sore for a few days in order to save someone's life. They take about 5% of your bone marrow, which you quickly replace.

Get your "Life Is A Team Sport" Wristband. Help the Marrow Donor Program.

Think about it! If you are interested in more information, there is a National Marrow Donor Program, call 1-800-MARROW-2, or visit http://www.marrow.org.

Donate blood!

During my hospital stay, I needed several transfusions. Blood is always needed. Call your local American Red Cross Blood Center and make a donation in my honor. While your blood may not get to me, it will go to someone in desperate need. I'll feel better knowing that somehow I helped.

Another one of my heroes is my friend, Greg Epler Wood.
When he heard of my illness, he organized a Blood Drive and
Bone Marrow Donor Drive back in Bennington,
which resulted in over 45 potential bone marrow donors
added to the list.

CHOICES (go to this link!)

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