Open Your Hearts & Wallets for Blood Cancer on Friday

Hi friends ??????

I often share that I am a 15 year cancer survivor - am I am now cancer free (which I am so grateful for) - but that is not my only connection to cancer. I have many, many extended family members who have passed from cancer - all of my grandparents - and other loved ones. I have other family members who are currently battling cancer and are having a touch time with it. So, I ask you in honor of them, in honor of loved ones on your heart ... Get ready to Open Your Hearts & Wallets tomorrow, April 22, between 8 am and 8 pm EST, for the 12 hour livestreamed fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Man & Woman of the Year philanthropic competition.

To make a donation (you don't have to wait until tomorrow), go to https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/lv/scranton22/tsohna. Let's change and save lives lives - #together.

If you are interested in sponsoring the Grand Finale or entering a silent auction item, please email [email protected]

Did you know? ... The mission of LLS is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

And ... Many LLS supported therapies not only help blood cancer patients but are also now used to treat patients with rare forms of stomach and skin cancers and are in clinical trials for patients with lung, brain, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancers. And LLS funded drugs like targeted therapies and immunotherapies are now saving thousands of lives every day.

As some of you know, I was diagnosed with chronic leukemia 15 years ago, and LLS has provided important resources to me and my family over the years including funding for medications, access to family support groups, education & much more.

In December 2021, I found out that I am cancer free (I am so grateful), and as you know, everyone wins when cancer loses.

Even though I am now cancer free, I am driven now more than ever to help other cancer survivors and supporters. ??

HOW IT WORKS

Join us at 8 am EST as we kick off the event. Go to https://pages.lls.org/mwoy/lv/scranton22/tsohna to find the link to watch the launch, and the links will be updated throughout the day.

During this hour, you will hear from me, some members of my team, some amazing folks from LLS, and there will be a special episode of Showing Up: Perspectives On Cancer with Gregory Proctor, a multiple myeloma survivor and LLS supporter.

There will be a new show each hour from a different livestream host from 8 am to 8 pm EST.

There will be conversations with cancer survivors and supporters, musicians and entertainers & more.

This event is part of the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 's Man & Woman of the Year philanthropic competition. I am a candidate for Man & Woman of the Year.

Get ready to open your hearts and wallets!

Appreciate you all so much.