AMP UP! FIGHT BLADDER CANCER

PLEASE JOIN ME IN WALKING OR RUNNING TO FIGHT BLADDER CANCER. - 

THE 5TH MOST COMMON CANCER IN THE U.S.  

YET THE LEAST TALKED ABOUT CANCER

We are doing this walk again this year on MAY 12TH!

Who wants to join my Team "WEE WALK" Saturday May 20th? --- 
virtual team members welcome, too!  -
Our family and Frank's doctor
have been the beneficiaries of this research and support at UW 
and know directly how important these fundraisers have been
 to families with cancer. 

BCAN sponsors physicians Think Tanks and consortiums with the goal of genetically personalized treatments for their bladder cancers.

Join or donate here:
http://support.bcan.org/site/TR/Walk/General?team_id=3926&pg=team&fr_id=1571

SATURDAY MAY 20TH  --12TH THIS YEAR

Location: 

Lewis Creek Park
5808 Lakemont Blvd. SE.,
Bellevue, WA 98006

Time:
9:30 AM — Check in/Registration open
10:30 AM — BCAN program starts (speeches)
11:00 AM — walk/run: there are options for a 1/2 mile walk, 1.5 mile walk/run, or doing the full 3.0mi ~ 5K

- See more at:support.bcan.org

DEFEAT MYELOMA - Remission Possible 2017

  Team REMISSION POSSIBLE is running again this year to raise funds for Multiple Myeloma Research.

  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!