Cancer Survivors Celebrate At Light The Night Walk.Business Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000 The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society -- North Texas Chapter is excited about the upcoming Light The Night(R) Walk to commemorate and celebrate the lives touched by cancer. September 21 - 24 will mark the 2nd Annual weekend for this nationwide evening Walk. "The timing is perfect for the walk," said Michelle Duca, Special Events Manager for the North Texas Chapter, "September marks the annual observance of Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month, and survivors can celebrate at our Walk." After the 2-mile Walk, participants are invited to continue the celebration of life with music, refreshments and the satisfaction that comes from working toward a common goal. "We've had so many people volunteer their time and services. It is amazing how generous people can be!" said Duca. One person who is volunteering his time is lymphoma survivor Mike Grimes. "He offered to have his band, Jay Michaels Jay "Mad Dog" Michaels is a Canadian broadcaster who co-hosts the Mad Dog and Billie morning show on 99.9 Mix FM in Toronto. From 1999 to 2005 he was a morning host at KISS 92 FM and CHFI in Toronto. His first co-host at KISS was Daryn Jones. & Company, play for our Walk in Denton," said Duca. Grimes is currently undergoing chemotherapy, and is scheduled for a Bone Marrow Transplant bone marrow transplant: see bone marrow. later this year. Grimes said, "Every dollar that can be raised helps me and others in the same boat." Participants can join Mike Grimes and other cancer survivors Cancer survivors are those individuals with cancer of any type, current or past, who are still living. The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) pioneered the definition of survivor as from the time of diagnosis and for the balance of life, a person diagnosed with in this national event by calling the North Texas Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at 972/239-0959 or 800/800-6702 or visiting our Web site www.lightthenight.org. The North Texas Chapter is proud to announce three locations for the Walk: -- Thursday, September 21 at South Lakes Park in Denton at 7:00 p.m. -- Saturday, September 23 at Guthrie Park in Longview at 7:00 p.m. -- Sunday, September 24 at Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie at 7:00 p.m. All Walks are 2 miles. Strollers and Wagons welcome. Dogs and Bicycles should be left at home. Sponsors for this year's Walk include: McCullough Foundation, WFAA-Channel 8, Lone Star Park Lone Star Park is a horse racing track located in Grand Prairie, Texas. History Lone Star Park opened in 1997. The track offers separate meets for Thoroughbred racing and Quarter Horse racing. In October of 2002, Magna Entertainment Corp. at Grand Prairie, Pro-Cuts, EFW EfW Energy From Waste EFW Estimated Fetal Weight EFW Emergency Feedwater EFW Electric Fusion Welded (pipe) EFW Electric Field and Wave Experiment (Cluster spacecraft) Inc., MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. WorldCom, i2 Technologies, Aileen S. Andrew Foundation, and The Dallas Morning News. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, with 57 chapters nationwide, is the world's largest, private organization concerned solely with funding research towards cures for blood-related cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease Hodgkin's disease, a type of cancer of the lymphatic system. First identified in 1832 in England by Thomas Hodgkin, it is a type of malignant lymphoma. Incidence peaks in young adults and the elderly. and myeloma myeloma /my·elo·ma/ (mi?e-lo´mah) a tumor composed of cells of the type normally found in the bone marrow. giant cell myeloma see under tumor (1). and improving the quality of life of patients and their families. As a result of ongoing research, overall survival rates for leukemia have tripled in the last 39 years. The Society is dedicated to being one of the top-rated voluntary health agencies in terms of dollars that directly fund the mission: close to 80% of the society's expenditures are directed to research, patient and community services, advocacy, and education. More information about The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is available at www.leukemia-lymphoma.org or by calling 800/955-4572. |
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