Lighting The Night – a Decade of Difference

September 3rd, 2008 Posted in Light The Night, Patient Services

This year we commemorate the tenth year of Light The Night walks which honor blood cancer patients in 230 cities across North America.

This week we embark on the first of ten weeks of Light The Nights and celebrate the $39 million dollars raised for blood cancer research and patient services.

Through The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, great strides have made “A Decade of Difference”. In the past 10 years:

Nearly half a million patients and their caretakers have called the LLS Information Resource Center and received critical information about blood cancers, therapy options and issues surrounding treatment and survival.
Nearly $40 million was disbursed to patients through the LLS Patient Assistance program to help them get the treatment they needed to fight their cancer.
Over 100,000 patients and family members found comfort and hope through LLS First Connection and Family Support Groups.
LLS granted $425 million to more than 400 scientists searching for cures and improved treatments for patients.
LLS funding contributed to the development of a host of new drugs that are affecting patient survival and quality of life.
LLS-funded researchers began working in novel areas that hold great promise for finding cures and better treatments including new, less toxic stem cell transplants, immunotherapies and other targeted therapies.
Our Advocacy Network has successfully supported pro-patient legislation that will:
- Help advance blood cancer research
- Extend Medicare coverage to include oral anti-cancer drugs
- Help fund efforts to reach underserved blood cancer patients

From: lightthenight.org

Team Friends of Heroes is proud to be a part of this tremendous cause to find a cure for blood cancers and to make a difference in the lives of patients through the free services offered by LLS!

Blood cancers can strike at any time to people of all ages, ethnicities and degrees of health. We continue to raise funds and awareness for a cure to be found and so that families do not have to lose loved ones to these diseases.

Your support is vital in this effort! Please join us by registering for our team or donating towards our cause!

Visit http://teams.lightthenight.org/friendsofheroes to start making a difference today!

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Tags: Blood Cancer Research, Light The Night

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Friends of Heroes is a national Light the Night Friends and Family team. We are comprised of moms, dads, families and friends compelled to help find a cure for blood cancers.

Friends of Heroes is the largest team of this type in North America and we have raised over $1 million for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in the last 5 years through Light The Night Walks.

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Our Mission

As Friends of Heroes, we are a volunteer organization whose purpose is:

To raise money toward pediatric blood cancer research and patient services through Light The Night walks.
To make a positive difference in the lives of families affected by pediatric cancer.
To invoke awareness in our local communities of the need for cancer research.
To build an international network of individuals and teams who share our passion and goal to raise money for an awareness of pediatric blood cancer.

Join us to make a difference!