Light the Night

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is a non-profit solely focused on people with blood cancers. They have annual fundraising walks across the country, called Light the Night, in which participants raise funds for lifesaving research and patient services.


Some of you may not know, but my father passed away last April after an 18-month battle with Myeloma, a blood cancer just like leukemia. His mother, my grandmother, was also diagnosed with myeloma many years ago. My Aunt Barb contacted me and proposed that our extended family join in the Light the Night walk this year. I wholeheartedly agree! There could not be a better fit for our family.

Barb has registered a team, Charly’s Angels, for the October 13th walk here at Sugar House Park. I will unable to join in the walk, as I will be traveling for work. I am sad to miss the opportunity; however, I know Naomi will be extremely thrilled to walk on behalf of her sister and her grandfather. Right now, I don’t know if we would want to bring Charly out. That depends on how her counts are and how nice the weather is. Both are unpredictable. If she can go, Sean will probably take her.

The LLS would like the participants to have a goal to raise $100 each for the walk to help LLS in their goals for research and patient service. If you would like to go online and donate $5-10, I know Naomi will quickly achieve the $100 goal. Being such an overachiever, she’ll probably start canvasing neighbors this weekend for donations.

Help sponsor Naomi: http://pages.lightthenight.org/ut/saltlake12/NMoore  OR - Donate to the team Charly’s Angels at http://www.lightthenight.org/donate. Please use the team name “Charly’s Angels”.

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