DONATIONS STILL ACCEPTED UNTIL JULY 25!
This is the third year we have participated:
2015 -a few months after my diagnosis.
2016 -eight months after my stem cell transplant,
2017 -I'm now 20 months post transplant, and in my 17th cycle on maintenance meds in a clinical trial.
Originally we ran under the non-profit volunteer organization of MOVE MMORE, Multiple Myeloma Opprotunities for Research. We are now known as DEFEAT MYELOMA. And we continue to donate all funds, fees and sponsorship income to Fred Hutichinson Research Center specifically for Myeloma research.
Dr. Damian Green has used these funds in his research. Here he talks about this year's event and what it means for Myeloma and blood cancer patients everywhere.
http://www.king5.com/life/defeat-multiple-myeloma/451766857
Why do we need the kind of research Dr. Green at Fred Hutch is doing?
Because there is no cure for Myeloma..........
What does incurable mean? --
It means we get treated with one therapy combination until it no longer works. When that one stops working, we have to try another difficult treatment or newly developed chemotherapy. -- One after another, on and on and on, ----
---until there is nothing left that works.
This is why we need the kind of research Dr. Green at Fred Hutch is doing.
And why we need local fundraising in order to get bigger grants.
Donations can be made through July 24th at: https://www.crowdrise.com/remission-possible
ALL DONATIONS ARE MATCHED 1:1 from a generous donor challenging us to raise $100,000.
We still have ~ $7000 to go!
