Yesterday, I received an email from the Leukemia and Lymphoma society. They were letting me know that a great friend donated in honour of me this holiday season.
I was thrilled to tears! In all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, they didn't forget about something that I received a couple years ago- the greatest gift of all- the gift of life!
If you are struggling to find something for someone, or want to give one more thing. Or, want to help out a great cause. You can do it on behalf/honour of someone, or just donate. Of course all the money goes to a great cause!
Thank you so much to our great friends for donating! You truly made my day, and Christmas!
If you would like to donate as well, you can go to the LLS web page
This is directly from their page, but I thought it had great information for all of you on the fence about donating this holiday season! Please remember while you are reading this, I benefitted from these points, and it all boils down to giving someone dealing with blood cancers the greatest gift of all!
Your gift will help LLS...
1. Ease the fears and give hope to newly diagnosed patients by linking them with others who have been through the same diagnosis or treatment.
2. Extend remissions with a new immunotherapy for CLL patients for whom standard chemotherapies do not work.
3. Predict and prevent serious bone damage that can occur after lymphoid cancer patients receive high steroid doses. A clinical trial is already testing one prevention strategy in young ALL patients.
4. Advocate on behalf of blood cancer patients to ensure that oral anti-cancer medications are covered under the same "medical benefit" provision as injected drugs rather than the less generous "pharmacy benefit."
5. Complete a Phase III clinical trial initiated by Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. that could lead to the FDA-approval of a new targeted drug for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.
6. Continue investing in partnerships with commercial enterprises to move promising new therapies more quickly toward F.D.A. approval such as one currently being tested by Acetylon Pharmaceuticals for myeloma patients.
7. Develop state-of-the-art tests that measure the activities of various blood cancers, so that new therapies can be identified for patients who do not respond to standard treatments.
8. Advance clinical testing of a new drug that inhibits a molecule involved in certain aggressive lymphomas as well as leukemias that are particularly difficult to cure.
9. Sustain an alliance with Epizyme to develop a new targeted drug for patients with mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) against which today's standard therapies are largely ineffective.
10. Provide the most current, comprehensive disease information and treatment options to North Americans who receive the alarming news of a blood cancer diagnosis.
11. Ensure co-payment and financial assistance to patients who would be forced to choose between expensive treatments and essential needs when health insurance doesn't cover their therapies.
12. Partner with Avila Therapeutics on a clinical trial that advances a drug for B-cell leukemia and lymphoma patients that was originally developed for arthritis patients.
(taken from http://www.lls.org/#/waystohelp/yearendgiving/)
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