"Light the Night"

The”Light the Night “ walk is a wonderful family event which celebrates and commemorates the lives of people touched by leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma and raises money to support critical research and provide education and services to patients and their families. Participants at the walks carry illuminated balloons -- white for survivors, red for supporters.. {{In Austin Texas it will be happening on October 18,2008. Meet at Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas (located at the Mueller developement) Registration and Activities start at 6pm (food, live music, kid's stuff). I will be walking with John Wagner's Team (I'll be wearing my TNT shirt) Walk at 7:30pm.}} Find out where & when your local “Light the Night” walk will be at : http://www.lightthenight.org/
...help us make people aware..... just walk with us...

2008 -See it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DOQIYbSySs

About past “Light the Night” walks
(2007)Actress Cynthia Nixon is lending her face and fame to help The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society raise awareness for one of its key campaigns, Light The Night(R) Walk, an annual fundraiser held each fall in approximately 250 communities in the United States and Canada..

As national spokesperson for the 2007 Light The Night Walk, Nixon has filmed a public service announcement and lent her image to brochures, email blasts and other publicity materials.
"The Society's mission is very close to my heart and I am honored to be the national spokesperson for Light The Night. Nixon became familiar with the urgent need to support blood cancer research because of friendships she made through her acting career. She performed in the Pulitzer Prize winning play "The Heidi Chronicles" written by Wendy Wasserstein, who succumbed to lymphoma just over a year ago. And while playing the role of Miranda Hobbes in "Sex and the City" she came to know the actor Evan Handler, who played Harry Goldenblatt, the lawyer husband of Charlotte York, Kristin Davis's character. Handler is also a leukemia survivor.

(2006)Honorary chairpersons for this year's Walk are Cleveland Indian's pitcher Cliff Lee and his wife Kristen.
The Lee's 5-year-old son, Jaxon, was 4-months old when diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in September 2001. A bone-marrow transplant in February 2002 saved his life. Jaxon Lee had a 30 percent chance of survival when diagnosed five years ago and has been in remission for 4 1/2 years.
"We hope that something can be gained by sharing the experience our family went through and that those who are touched by cancer will find hope and strength to fight their disease." - Kristen & Cliff Lee

~~~Just give us some of your time-----Just walk with us ~~~~~~~~~