LIVESTRONG Leader Runs The Boston Marathon
LIVESTRONG Leaders are individuals that make a yearly significant commitment to those in their community affected by cancer by spreading the message of LIVESTRONG. They do this by fundraising, hosting events, bringing LIVESTRONG resources to their local hospitals and more. One of our amazing leaders from California, Phil Toomey, talks about why he is involved with LIVESTRONG and what he is doing in his community to help spread the LIVESTRONG message.
What is your name and where are you from?
Phil Toomey, Redondo Beach, CA
What is your cancer connection?
I am a survivor and am deeply invested in the cancer survivor communit...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 24, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
Young Adult Cancer Survivor and LIVESTRONG Leader: Valerie
LIVESTRONG Leaders are individuals that make a yearly significant commitment to those in their community affected by cancer by spreading the message of LIVESTRONG. They do this by fundraising, hosting events, bringing LIVESTRONG resources to their local hospitals and more. One of our amazing leaders from France, Valérie Sanja, talks about why she is involved with LIVESTRONG and what she is doing in her community to help spread the LIVESTRONG message.
What is your name, where are you from?
My Name is Valérie Sanja, a french national currently living in Germany following my recent surgery and medical follow up treatment.
...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 21, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
Getting It
It can be difficult to understand the devastating impact cancer has on a person’s life unless you’ve been there. It can be hard to “get it” if you’ve never helped a loved one through treatment. Reliable information when you are faced with big life altering decisions, like cancer treatment, is imperative to making your personal plan to fight cancer. We shared Melissa’s story this week to show just how LIVESTRONG helps people face cancer. We invite you to read her story and share your own.
This week, we launched a fundraising campaign where every dollar up to $250,000 will be generously matched by the Shine Foun...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 20, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
A Young Adult Survivor Story: 15 Years in the Making
Nearly 72,000 young adults, ages 15-39, are diagnosed with cancer every year. April is the time when we highlight the unique challenges that young adult cancer survivors face like school, jobs, dating, getting married and having children. Over the years, LIVESTRONG has interviewed thousands of cancer survivors. Many of those survivors were filmed for our website including a woman named Kim Bergeron. Kim applied to become a LIVESTRONG Leader this year and we jumped at the chance to share her survivor story again 15 years in the making.
Kim’s 2003 interview with LIVESTRONG
LIVESTRONG:
We interviewed you in the early 2...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 17, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
You Don’t Have to Walk the Journey Alone
Stories like Melissa’s are why it’s more important than ever for LIVESTRONG to continue providing free programs and services to people facing cancer. Your generous support makes it all possible. And, when you make a gift today, your dollars will DOUBLE thanks to a matching gift challenge from the Shine Foundation. Your $25 gift becomes $50…your $100 gift becomes $200…even your $1,000 gift will become $2,000, all the way up to $25,000! Please donate now and share Melissa’s story with your friends and family.
My name is Melissa Gilley and I am 58 years old. I’ve been married to my husband, Gary, for 41 y...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 17, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
#AllInForLIVESTRONG
My name is Jeri Mulder. Jeff and I are so excited and proud to announce a challenge that has been a long time in the making. Our family has dedicated $1,000,000 over the past 12 years to this organization and we just formally announced yesterday our pledge for an additional $1,000,000 to LIVESTRONG. You may wonder “Why LIVESTRONG? Why now?” Normally my husband Jeff does all the talking – he’s good at that – but today I want to share with you my story. I want you to understand why we have made the choice to go #AllInForLIVESTRONG.
Many years ago, I had to make the difficult decision to leave my ex-husband after a ...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 13, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Guest Source Type: blogs
Team LIVESTRONG Spotlight: Jill
It’s the people in our lives that make life more interesting, fun and ultimately meaningful.
I was reminded of this truth recently as a group of colleagues joined together for our annual spring picnic. The air was thick with the smell of a charcoal grill, the sun was shining and of course, we played good ol’ fashioned team-building games. The team favorite was the egg toss. You know, when two people toss an egg back and forth, all while stepping farther away from each other to create more distance between themselves. Who doesn’t love a game where someone has an egg break on them? We started with approximately 12 team...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 12, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
Walking the Talk and Running the Run for LIVESTRONG
I’m 3 months into my role as Chairman of LIVESTRONG, and I couldn’t be more fired up. The Board and the staff at LIVESTRONG put together a great 2016 plan focused on doing what we do well even better for more people. We’ll do by focusing in on 3 key areas:
Individuals through navigation: Providing free emotional support, insurance assistance, clinical trial matching and other services to 8,000 cancer fighters and fertility counseling to 1,800 more.
Communities and survivorship: Increasing the number of YMCA associations whose facilities will offer our free LIVESTRONG at the Y cancer recovery program by 15 percent, a...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 6, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
LIVESTRONG Leader Spotlight: Joe
LIVESTRONG Leaders are individuals that make a yearly significant commitment to those in their community affected by cancer by spreading the message of LIVESTRONG. They do this by fundraising, hosting events, bringing LIVESTRONG resources to their local hospitals and more. One of our amazing leaders from Texas, Joe Volpe, talks about why he is involved with LIVESTRONG and what he is doing in his community to help spread the LIVESTRONG message.
What is your name and where are you from?
My name is Joe Volpe and I am from Austin, Texas.
How are you affected by cancer?
As a physician, I have had to inform patients that they ha...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 5, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
LIVESTRONG Leader Spotlight: John
LIVESTRONG Leaders are individuals that make a yearly significant commitment to those in their community affected by cancer by spreading the message of LIVESTRONG. They do this by fundraising, hosting events, bringing LIVESTRONG resources to their local hospitals and more. One of our amazing leaders from Chicago, John Mahoney, talks about why he is involved with LIVESTRONG and what he is doing in his community to help spread the LIVESTRONG message.
What is your name and where are you from?
My name is John Mahoney and I am from Chicago, IL.
What is your connection to cancer?
I am a brain cancer survivor. Although my prognos...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 4, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
LIVESTRONG Leader Spotlight: Christina
LIVESTRONG Leaders are individuals that make a yearly significant commitment to those in their community affected by cancer by spreading the message of LIVESTRONG. They do this by fundraising, hosting events, bringing LIVESTRONG resources to their local hospitals and more. One of our amazing leaders from Iowa, Tina Metz-Anderson, talks about why she is involved with LIVESTRONG and what she is doing in her community to help spread the LIVESTRONG message.
What is your name, where are you from?
Christina Metz-Anderson, Bettendorf, IA
How are you affected by cancer?
My family was affected by Cancer in 1975 when my mom was dia...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 3, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
Our Favorite Team LIVESTRONG Memories
LIVESTRONG Foundation staffers do more than just work in the office from 9-5. This is not the kind of place where you clock in and out. Our staff members live and breathe the mission and they even fundraise and participate alongside you at events.
It is difficult to express just how moving and fun these events can be for all involved unless you have actually participated. This week, we put out a request to staff to share their favorite Team LIVESTRONG memory. We got some really great replies! We hope you’ll share your favorite memories below and bring along a friend to join you this year.
Thank you all for making these e...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - March 31, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
Step up to the plate. Raise your hand. Go all in.
This week many of you have made the commitment to step up for cancer survivors by volunteering to become LIVESTRONG Leaders. The Leaders Program engages volunteers across the globe in support of our mission to improve the lives of people affected by cancer now. We rely on these highly engaged volunteer leaders to spread the word about LIVESTRONG programs in their area. Thank you for your dedication. I look forward to meeting each one of you and hearing your plans to amplify our LIVESTRONG voice in your communities.
You’ll hear a lot about “stepping up” for cancer survivors in the next few weeks:
Team LIVESTRONG is ...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - March 30, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Greg Lee, President Source Type: blogs
Reflections on Survival Through My Summer in Africa
- by Patricia A. Ganz, MD
Director, UCLA-LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence
The LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of ... (Source: LIVESTRONG Blog)
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - September 1, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Guest Source Type: blogs
A Team LIVESTRONG Profile: Andrea Seton
Team LIVESTRONG is taking on the Marine Corps Marathon in October with more than 50 ... (Source: LIVESTRONG Blog)
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - August 28, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Chris Brewer Source Type: blogs
