Renee Rubio, Team Captain, and Friends of Heroes in the news
Walk for ‘heroes’ fighting leukemia
By Loni NanniniSpecial to the Arizona Daily StarTucson, Arizona | Published: 08.26.2007There is life after leukemia, and Renee Rubio and the Friends of Heroes are taking steps to ensure it by raising funds through the Light the Night Walk for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.Rubio is the captain of the Tucson contingent of Friends of Heroes, the largest national Friends and Family Light the Night team in the history of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Last year, the local team raised more than $19,000 to fund pediatric blood cancer research and patient services; the national team had raised almost $850,000 as of January. Rubio said the endeavor is a labor of love for many of those involved.“We consider the kids that are going through this heroes. It’s amazing how resilient they are,” said Rubio, who has experienced the reality of leukemia firsthand with her grandson, Gavin Kelley. Gavin, 5, is a survivor of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and is undergoing chemotherapy in Jacksonville, Fla.Read more at:
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/197670.phpArticle quoted from http://www.azstarnet.com
For more information, visit http://www.friendsofheroes.org or contact teamleaders@friendsofheroes.org
This entry was posted by FOH Team Leaders on August 26, 2007 at 10:45 pm, and is filed under Light The Night, Personal Stories, Publicity, Team Captains. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0.Both comments and pings are currently closed.
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