Purple Stride 2010
And now for something completely different. In less than 2 weeks, Me, my family (including my brother and wonderful nieces), my friends (from scouting, church, karate and work) are going to join me to help raise awareness of pancreatic cancer. We all will walking in the Atlanta Purple Stride around Perimeter mall. Before we can get the legislature to start spending more money on Pancreatic Cancer research (currently, PC get just about 2% of the national cancers institute’s annual budget, even though it is one of the top 5-diseases associated with cancer related death and has the highest mortality rate than any of the other top 10 cancers). I know that’s a lot of numbers, but it’s all to say that we need people to be aware of the problem and donate funds to help solve it.
It was suggested by a dear friend today that I remind people how they can help. Of course, one way would be to make a donation to my fund raising efforts at: http://pancan.kintera.org/purplestrideatlanta10/merle
Better yet, though, come join us. Collect donations from your family and friends so that we can take a step closer to finding a cure (an effective treatment; a useful method of early detection). To do that, do your own fund raising once you have joined my team at: http://pancan.kintera.org/purplestrideatlanta10/indy.
I hope you have a great and safe Halloween (you know there was a time that eating the candy that the kids didn’t want was a joy — now, bleah! <sigh>).
Merle
Just a note to say that we are thinking of you every day and sending all the mental energy we can muster.
It was nice to hear Kevin’s voice today. I’m so pleased that he is in an orchestra and I’m happy to support it. My request is that if you attend and take a picture of the orchestra with double bass prominently displayed, please send me a digital copy of it.
Love, Arlene