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Top Walkers 2008

Dec 26th

Each year, Friends of Heroes walkers generously give their time and efforts to raise money for an amazing cause – ultimately, to find a CURE for blood cancers. From the bottom of our hearts, we salute our walkers listed below who raised over $100 for Light The Night this year. ltn_decade_logo

We especially recognize our top 14 walkers: Renee Rubio, Angie Adams, Devan Griffin, Sean Haines, Kevin Wichers, Eric O’Neil, Howard Brunetti, Michelle Brunetti, Kathie Eberle, Candy Bartsch, Beck Marko, Robin Brunet and Brandon Kelley!!! Each of these walkers raised over $1,000.

THANK YOU to our walkers for making a difference with each dollar!

Walker Name	Team Name – Walksite, State	Raised
Renee Rubio	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$9,189.00
Angie Adams	Wesley’s Journey – Montgomery, AL	$6,218.09
Devan Griffin	FOH – Louisville, KY	$5,150.00
Sean Haines	Team Matthew – Greater Phoenix, AZ	$3,735.00
Kevin Wichers	Team Ken – Tucson, AZ	$3,525.00
Eric O’Neil	Jackson’s All Stars – Santa Rosa, CA	$2,569.00
Howard Brunetti	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$1,330.00
Michelle Brunetti	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$1,320.00
Kathie Eberle	FOH – St. Charles County, MO	$1,232.50
Candy Bartsch	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$1,141.00
Rebecca Marko	FOH – Reno, NV	$1,125.00
Robin Brunet	FOH – Toronto, ON	$1,105.00
Brandon Kelley	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$1,080.00
Patricia Brunetti	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$890.00
Dennis O’Keefe	Jackson’s All Stars – Santa Rosa, CA	$820.00
Alison Bazeley	FOH – Chester County, PA	$790.00
Holly Bullins	Jackson’s All Stars – Santa Rosa, CA	$750.00
Carole Franklyn	FOH – Reston, VA	$675.00
Bill Clifton	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$636.50
Helen Bailey	Angel’s Wings – Fresno, CA	$600.00
Judy Clifton	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$575.00
Tish O’Callaghan	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$525.00
Megan Donnelly	FOH – Queens, NY	$510.00
Pamela Bowles	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$500.00
Jennifer Hodge	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$485.00
Jennifer Perryman	FOH – Wichita, KS	$475.00
Jaclyn Menton	Jackson’s All Stars – Santa Rosa, CA	$465.00
Dawn Boulter	FOH – Surrey, BC	$450.00
Lori Badger	FOH – Colonial Park, NJ	$435.00
Jennifer Feeney	FOH – Colonial Park, NJ	$435.00
Michelle Maroot Diebert	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$410.00
Karen Clifton	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$397.95
Kristen Selvage	Jackson’s All Stars – Santa Rosa, CA	$375.00
Judi Clifton	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$350.00
Rebecca Trombley Domegan	Ann Arbor FOH – Ann Arbor, MI	$350.00
Theresa Stone	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$350.00
Cathy Haw	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$345.00
Michelle McDougald	FOH – Volusia County, FL	$345.00
Jenni Villane	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$345.00
Sandy Del Casale	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$340.00
Dennis Brodjeski	Team Baby Vaughn – Southeastern WI	$335.00
Chandra Tontsch	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$325.00
Angela Byrns	Angel’s Wings – Fresno, CA	$320.00
Megan Riley	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$300.00
Donna Robertson	FOH – Surrey, BC	$300.00
Vince Moreci	FOH – San Francisco, CA	$290.00
Denise Coleman	Ann Arbor FOH – Ann Arbor, MI	$285.00
Mary Ann Stolfa	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$277.00
Tiffany O’Neil	Jackson’s All Stars – Santa Rosa, CA	$276.00
Beth Ann Higgs	FOH – Birmingham, AL	$275.00
Christina Fasanella	FOH – Mercer County, NJ	$274.00
Lois Whittaker	FOH – Mercer County, NJ	$270.00
Katie Miller	FOH – Katie – Tulsa, OK	$266.00
Mark Coppola	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$250.00
Pam Tashjian	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$250.00
Marla Robold	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$235.50
Teri Rodriguez	FOH – Philadelphia, PA	$225.00
Madeline Delgado	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$212.00
Raymond Delgado	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$205.00
Kathlynn Lewis	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$205.00
Judith Riley	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$205.00
Cheryl Silvain	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$205.00
Nora Murphy Bruemmer	Jackson’s All Stars – Santa Rosa, CA	$200.00
Melissa Saunders	Jackson’s All Stars – Santa Rosa, CA	$200.00
Barbara TeNyenhuis	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$200.00
Lisa Bartels	FOH – New Orleans, LA	$185.00
Christy Abney	FOH – Wichita Falls, TX	$180.00
Wendy Butterfield	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$175.00
Leticia Cano	Angel’s Wings – Fresno, CA	$175.00
Patricia Williamson	Ellen’s Equipe – Philadelphia, PA	$175.00
Margaret Wadzinske	Team Baby Vaughn – Southeastern WI	$165.00
Maureen Schoch	Ellen’s Equipe – Philadelphia, PA	$155.00
Kim Tierney	FOH – St. Charles County, MO	$155.00
Chad & Kimberly Hawkins	Jackson’s All Stars – Santa Rosa, CA	$150.00
Courtney Butterfield	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$145.00
Theresa Williamson	Ellen’s Equipe – Philadelphia, PA	$145.00
Laurie Bruder	FOH – Toronto, ON	$135.00
Jennifer Burgess	FOH – Fresno, CA	$135.00
Carla Bryant	FOH – Lincoln Walk, NE	$125.00
Joan Hacke	Jackson’s All Stars – Santa Rosa, CA	$125.00
Carmen Rodriguez	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$125.00
Ashley Stirsman	Ann Arbor FOH – Ann Arbor, MI	$125.00
Pazao Xiong	Angel’s Wings – Fresno, CA	$125.00
Maria Elrod	Kremen School – Fresno, CA	$120.00
Cathi Hiscock	FOH – Surrey, BC	$120.00
Tasha Marko	FOH – Reno, NV	$120.00
Madeleine Murray	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$120.00
Jennifer Owens	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$120.00
Jazmine Jones	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$112.00
Paul Donahue	Ellen’s Equipe – Philadelphia, PA	$110.00
Anna Wietrak	Ellen’s Equipe – Philadelphia, PA	$110.00
Gabbie Butterfield	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$105.00
Ray Whittaker	FOH – Mercer County, NJ	$105.00
Judith Ann Maroot	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$102.00
Michelle Biebert Maroot	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Amanda Brunetti	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$100.00
George Brunetti	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Victoria Brunetti	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Nicole Bustinza	Angel’s Wings – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Grant Clifton	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Stan Diebert	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Kate Donahue	Ellen’s Equipe – Philadelphia, PA	$100.00
Erin Ellis	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Patrick Ellis	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Connor Foster	FOH – Louisville, KY	$100.00
Karen Foster	FOH – Louisville, KY	$100.00
Jennifer Furuya	FOH – Seattle, WA	$100.00
Chris Gaffney	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Shelia Goodwin	FOH – Louisville, KY	$100.00
Hal Hacke	Jackson’s All Stars – Santa Rosa, CA	$100.00
Danielle Hughes	FOH – Louisville, IN	$100.00
Moore Mayfield	FOH – Louisville, KY	$100.00
Cindy Michael	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Elmira Najafi	Angel’s Wings – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Ashley Nola	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Christopher Nola	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Dereh Nola	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Kelly Nola	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Laura Nola	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Carlo Prandini	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Jeanne Prandini	Ryan’s Knights – Fresno, CA	$100.00
James Rodriguez	Angel’s Wings – Fresno, CA	$100.00
George Rubio	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$100.00
Amy Sousa	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Anthony Sousa	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Kerstin Stanley	FOH – Reno, NV	$100.00
Lauren Stefanopoulos	Simple Man – Fresno, CA	$100.00
Edna Stirsman	Ann Arbor FOH – Ann Arbor, MI	$100.00
Lisa Thebeau	Ann Arbor FOH – Ann Arbor, MI	$100.00
Lisa Weihman	FOH – Mountaineer Area, WV	$100.00
Cindy West	FOH – Tucson, AZ	$100.00
Lauran Williamson (Tuck)	Ellen’s Equipe – Philadelphia, PA	$100.00

Where the candidates stand on the fight against cancer

Nov 4th

Posted by Christy in Announcements/News

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Winning the Fight Against Cancer

Since declaring a war on cancer in 1971, we as a nation have taken incredible strides in addressing the devastating impact of this disease. Despite achieving many life-saving advances, the war against cancer is an ongoing struggle that continues every day. This year alone cancer will claim 565,000 Americans lives.As President, John McCain will support the efforts to win the fight against cancer through a comprehensive public-private strategy:

Stronger and More Coordinated Research

John McCain has been a strong supporter of cancer research programs both in public and private sectors. He sees a coordinated and strong research effort as a foundation for defeating cancer.

Ensuring that our doctors and scientists have appropriate funding to continue their research efforts is an important priority. John McCain has voted to double the funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), and as President will make sure that our researchers have necessary funding to defeat cancer once and for all.

He will work to better coordinate the efforts between the government sector, including the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the private sector, especially with a focus on translational research so new discoveries in laboratories can be translated quickly and more efficiently to patients’ bedsides. He will also engage the next generation of researchers early in this fight through academic curriculums and internships.

As co-sponsor of legislation which aimed to provide better access to clinical trials including cancer, John McCain understands their critical role as essential testing grounds for new break through treatments. He also supported the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act that, among other changes, modernized the registry for clinical trial information. John McCain will continue to stress the importance of clinical trials.

Importantly, John McCain recognizes the need to understand the reasons behind the onset of cancer are just as important as the research to treat it. He has co-sponsored legislation that would create research centers that would study environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.

Greater Focus on Healthy Living and Early Detection

The key to winning the fight on cancer is to ensure that we focus on creating a healthier lifestyle for all of us. The McCain health plan focuses on working with businesses and insurance companies to widely employ common sense approaches like smoking cessation programs, healthier eating habits, and more active lifestyle to not only reduce incidence of cancer but also chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension.

John McCain authored comprehensive legislation reducing the sale, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products to minors and educating the public about the dangers associated with tobacco use, particularly cancer. He also supports wider implementation of smoking cessation programs to promote a healthier lifestyle for all Americans.

Early detection is an essential element of a successful cancer treatment regimen. For breast cancer, we need to continue to refine imaging and screening techniques that identify onset of cancer sooner. John McCain has been a champion on these issues:

Co-sponsored and fought for implementation of mammography standards and succeeded in getting Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) passed in 1992.
Lead efforts to reauthorize this important legislation to ensure that the new digital mammography technology advancements were incorporated into the national standards to ensure that women all across America have access to state of the art detection technology.
Fought to expand Medicare coverage to include mammography and colorectal screenings.

Access to Quality and Affordable Care for All

Throughout our health care system, the great goal is to make the best care available to everyone. Underlying the many things that trouble our health-care system are the fundamental problems of cost and access. And these rising costs are by no means always accompanied by better quality in care or coverage.

The key to real reform is to restore control over our health-care system to the patients themselves. John McCain will build on the employer-based coverage, by offering generous tax credits directly to individuals and families for the purchase of health insurance of their choice, including keeping their current coverage. While fully protecting employer provided health care benefits, this plan will offer additional assistance to those without employer provided coverage and to those who move in and out of the work force and don’t want their health coverage tied to an employer’s plan. These health plans would be yours, and yours to keep.

Most importantly, John McCain believes that no American, simply because of a pre-existing condition like cancer, should be denied access to quality and affordable coverage. This is a very important priority in his health care plan. And to make sure they get the high-quality coverage they need, John McCain has proposed a Guaranteed Access Plan (GAP) that will combine industry, state, and federal resources to help in the purchase of coverage for those hardest to insure, including patients with pre-existing conditions like cancer. There would be limits on premiums, and lower-income Americans would get additional financial assistance.

This cooperation among states in the purchase of insurance would also be a crucial step in ridding the market of both needless and costly regulations, and the dominance in the market of only a few insurance companies. John McCain will break down these barriers to competition, creativity, and excellence, with the goal of establishing a national market to make innovative policies and lowest prices available to every person in every state.

Finally, John McCain will continue to be a leader in pushing for greater competition in the drug and biotechnology industry through faster introduction of generic drugs and by allowing safe and effective follow-on biologics (FOBs) to enter the marketplace while ensuring that future research and development is not hindered. This will ensure that all patients, including cancer patients, have access to more affordable life-saving medications.

THE OBAMA-BIDEN PLAN TO COMBAT CANCER

Nearly 1.5 million Americans are expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year, joining over 10 million Americans who have experienced cancer in their lifetime.

1 Fighting cancer cost families and businesses $78 billion in medical costs last year, and the overall cost of cancer to our economy was estimated to be over $200 billion.2

Barack Obama understands firsthand the toll cancer takes on families – his mother died from ovarian cancer in her early 50s and his grandfather battled prostate cancer. Barack Obama has spent his career fighting to improve prevention and treatment of cancer. As an Illinois State Senator, Obama passed laws to mandate insurance coverage of colorectal cancer examinations, ensure Medicaid coverage for treatment of breast and cervical cancers, promote early detection of prostate and testicular cancers, and helped create the Illinois Task Force on Cervical Cancer Elimination. As United States Senator, he has fought for increased funding for cancer research, and championed genomics and personalized medicine to identify new and better treatments for cancer and other diseases. As president, Barack Obama will build upon his career-long efforts and launch a new campaign to combat cancer and provide greater lifetime support to cancer survivors and their families.

Double Funding for Cancer Research:

Barack Obama and Joe Biden are committed to reversing this trend, and providing our nation’s scientists with the resources they need to expand and accelerate bench-to-bedside research that will lead to enhanced prevention and diagnostic tools and innovative treatments. The Obama-Biden plan will double federal funding for cancer research within 5 years, focusing on NIH and NCI. Obama and Biden will also work with Congress to increase funding for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an under-resourced agency that plays a critical role in ensuring that advances in cancer research make a difference in the care of the millions of Americans who experience cancer. And, their plan will provide additional funding for research on rare cancers and those without effective treatment options; for the study of health disparities and evaluation of possible interventions; and efforts to better understand genetic factors that can impact cancer onset and outcomes.

Ensure All Americans Have Affordable, Accessible and Quality Health Care:

The Obama-Biden administration will ensure affordable health coverage for all Americans. His plan maintains patient choice, and establishes a National Health Insurance Exchange with a range of private insurance options as well as a new public health plan to allow individuals and small businesses to buy affordable and accessible health coverage similar to that available to federal employees. The Obama-Biden health plan will provide tax credits to people so they can afford health care and will reduce the typical family’s medical expenditures by $2,500 per year while providing them with more health care options and greater security.

Ensure All Americans Have Access to Preventive Health Care:

End Insurance Discrimination:

Improve Access to Clinical Trials:

despite their importance in advancing cancer research and development of effective new treatments. There are multiple reasons for low participation, including poor reimbursement for clinical research and a growing shortage of clinical researchers. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will seek to increase participation in clinical trials to 10 percent of adult cancer patients by requiring coverage of patient clinical trial costs in the new public and private plans offered through the National Health Insurance Exchange, increasing NCI reimbursement for patient participation in clinical research and requesting the NCI Director to identify regulatory barriers that prevent the timely implementation and completion of successful clinical trials. Obama and Biden will also enforce President Clinton’s 2000 Executive Memorandum that expanded Medicare coverage to routine clinical trial costs, and reverse any successful attempts from the Bush Administration to change this important safeguard for Medicare beneficiaries.

Support Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Interventions:

Improve Federal Coordination of Cancer Research, Treatment and Awareness Programs:

Strengthen the Medical Workforce:

The growing demand for cancer specialists is expected to far outpace the number of practicing oncologists in our health care system.6 At the same time, the nation’s demand for primary care physicians, nurses and other health professionals will continue to increase as our population ages, rates of chronic disease continue to rise, and more Americans gain access to preventive and chronic disease health care services. The Obama-Biden plan will help our health care workforce grow by expanding funding for loan repayment, adequate reimbursement, grants for training curricula, the Nurse Reinvestment Act of Title VIII of the Public Health Act, and infrastructure support to improve working conditions. The Obama-Biden plan to double cancer research funding will also help recruit and retain clinical researchers who specialize in cancer by providing adequate funding for oncological study. In addition, investing in health information technology and practice redesign will free up time of physicians and clinical personnel to care for patients, not cater to insurance companies. And the Obama-Biden investment in cancer research will directly benefit our nation’s cancer centers, which are at the front line in the effort to eradicate cancer and are largely responsible for training the cancer workforce that will practice in the United States.

Support Advances in Personalized Medicine: Barack Obama has been a congressional leader in bringing attention to the potential of genomics to improve treatment and develop cures for Americans with cancer. Genomics is the study of gene structure and function, and researchers have started using genomics to increase understanding of diseases and develop better diagnostic tools and treatments. As a Senator, Barack Obama introduced the Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act to create an interagency task force on genomics research, modernize FDA review of genomics tests and expand support to genomics researchers, including funding and creation of a new mechanism to allow researchers across the country to access and analyze genomics research. As president, Obama will continue to support advances in personalized medicine to help ensure early detection and treatment of cancer and other diseases.

Provide New Supports to Cancer Survivors and their Families: Barack Obama and Joe Biden recognize that the majority of individuals diagnosed with cancer live for over five years after diagnosis,7 and they will implement a comprehensive agenda to support the unique needs of cancer survivors. Obama and Biden will direct the CDC to develop and carry out an epidemiologic study on cancer survivors to understand their long-term health needs. The Obama-Biden plan will also foster efforts to expand psychosocial supports to cancer survivors, including directing the CDC to identify and replicate successful support group programs for cancer survivors. Finally, the Obama-Biden plan will provide the CDC $50 million in new funding to determine the most effective approaches that assist not only navigation of cancer patients through diagnosis and treatment processes, but also provide easy-to-understand information on the necessary follow-up steps to ensure continued lifelong health.

Identify Health Impacts of Environmental Factors: Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe it is critical to understand the relationship between environmental factors and risk or onset of disease, particularly cancer. They support the efforts of Senators Clinton and Hatch to expand CDC biomonitoring programs, and as president, Obama will expand the collaboration between the CDC and state public health agencies across the country to increase understanding and improve treatment of individuals negatively affected by environmental factors.

The Obama-Biden plan will maximize federal cancer funding by improving coordination both within the government and across government/private/non-profit partnerships for research, treatment and awareness efforts. Currently, several federal agencies are focused on different aspects of tackling cancer – NCI focuses on research, CDC on cancer control, FDA on regulating cancer-related drugs, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on paying for cancer-related care. Too often, efforts across these agencies are poorly coordinated, leading to gaps in our national strategy to combat cancer. As president, Barack Obama will immediately direct his Secretary of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with agency officials, academic researchers, cancer survivors and advocates for people with cancer, and state public health officials, to comprehensively examine the various cancer-related efforts of federal agencies, and provide recommendations to eliminate barriers to effective coordination across federal agencies and between the federal government and other stakeholders.

The Obama-Biden health plan will improve cancer outcomes by rewarding providers for achieving performance thresholds on outcome measures. Their plan will require hospitals and providers to collect and publicly report measures of health care costs and quality, including data on preventable medical errors, nurse staffing ratios, and hospital-acquired infections, so individuals are able to compare providers. The Obama-Biden health care reform plan will also implement and fund patient-centered programs, including patient navigator and medical home initiatives that help individuals access and pursue comprehensive cancer treatment.

Today, less than five percent of patients with cancer participate in clinical trials,5

When cancer patients and cancer survivors change health insurance plans, their new insurance companies currently have the ability to deny them insurance benefits because of their “pre-existing” condition. The Obama-Biden plan will end insurance company discrimination and guarantee that all Americans – regardless of pre-existing conditions like cancer – will be able to purchase any private insurance plan at an affordable and fair price. Barack Obama and Joe Biden are also proud of their longtime support of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, a measure recently signed into law that will prevent insurance companies from using information from genetic tests to restrict or deny coverage to individuals at risk from cancer and other diseases.

The Obama-Biden health plan will ensure that all Americans have access to preventive health care services. Their proposal creates a voluntary national pool, the National Health Insurance Exchange, comprised of a range of private plans and a new public plan.These plans as well as all federally supported health plans, including Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP, will be required to cover all essential clinical preventive services with minimal or zero co-pays and deductibles. Under the Obama-Biden plan, Medicaid co-pays for colorectal and breast cancer screenings will be eliminated, and colorectal cancer screenings will be required in all group and individual health plans, for example. Obama and Biden will also strengthen partnerships between federal, state and local public health authorities to expand access to proven community-based prevention programs, extend prevention efforts into workplaces and schools, and support federal initiatives, including the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) that serves as a safety net for millions of women who would otherwise have no access to these screenings. Finally, the Obama-Biden public health plan will expand investment in proven smoking cessation programs and public education campaigns to raise awareness about tobacco-related cancer

Individuals who lack health insurance or are underinsured receive fewer preventive cancer screenings, have a greater likelihood of being diagnosed with late stages of cancer, and experience poorer health outcomes than cancer patients who have adequate insurance.4

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have made significant advances in understanding cancer biology, and translating that knowledge into effective prevention programs, diagnostics, treatments and cures. Notably, this knowledge has also benefited individuals with other diseases, such as autoimmune disorders. Despite these advances, cancer funding has stagnated in recent federal budgets.3

Light th Night Week 8

Oct 24th

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This week we enter week 8 of our walks. Here is a list of walksites this week. To find a walk in your area visit www.lightthenight.org. Thank you for all your support!

Date	State	City	Location

10/23/08	Florida	Naples	Vineyards Community Park
	Florida	Ocala	Tuscawilla Park

10/24/08	California	San Diego	Qualcomm Stadium
	Florida	Boca Raton	Mizner Park
	California	San Jose	Plaza de Cesar Chavez
	Connecticut	New Haven	Lighthouse Point
	Florida	Fort Lauderdale	Downtown Fort Lauderdale
	Florida	Sarasota	Ken Thompson Park
	Maryland	Harford County	Cal Ripken Sr.’s Yard
	Maryland	Ocean City	Ocean City Inlet
	Texas	San Antonio	HemisFair Park
	Virginia	Virginia Beach	31st. Street Park

10/26/08	Texas	The Woodlands	Market Street

Week 7 Of Light The Night

Oct 15th

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This week we enter week seven of our Light The Night Walks. Its not to late to join! Stop by www.lightthenight.org to look for a walk in your area.

This weeks walks are

10/16/08	California	South San Francisco	Oyster Point Marina
	Florida	Gainsville	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
	New York	New York	Brooklyn Bridge
	North Carolina	Asheville	McCormick Field
	South Carolina	Charleston	Charleston Maritime Center
	Tennessee	Nashville	LP Field
	Virginia	Charlottesville	Lee Park
	Florida	West Palm Beach	Meyer Amphitheater

10/18/08	Canada	Victoria	University of Victoria
	Arizona	Tempe	Tempe Town Lake Beach
	California	Fresno	CSU Fresno- Maple Mall
	DC	Washington	Freedom Plaza
	Florida	Debary	Gemini Springs Park
	Florida	Tampa	Legends Field
	Kanasas	Topeka	Washburn University
	Maryland	Frederick	Baker Park
	Maryland	Hagerstown	Fairgrounds Park
	Nevada	Las Vegas	Town Square Las Vegas
	New York	Poughkeepsie	McCann Center – Marist College
	New York	Queens	Queens
	Ohio	Columbus	Fred Beekman Park – OSU
	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	FDR Park
	Pennsylvania	Wyomissing	Gring’s Mill Recreation Area
	Rhode Island	Lincoln	Chet Nichols Field
	Texas	Austin	Dell Children’s Medical Center
	Texas	Wichita Falls	River Bend Nature Center
	Virginia	Roanoke	Elmwood Park

10/19/08	California	Santa Clarita	Bridgeport Park
	Massachusetts	Worcester	Assumption College
	Texas	Dallas	Southern Methodist University

Team captains walking this week 10-4

Oct 2nd

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We’re cheering on our Friends of Heroes teams who are walking in Light The Night this week!!!!

These women have been a part of FOH since the beginning. A very special thank you for your continued support and for leading a team each year. We are grateful for your dedication!!!
Chester County – Alison Bazeley
Springfield – Celina Biggs
Toronto – Robin Brunet
Colonial Park – Jennifer Feeney
Reston – Carole Franklyn
Louisville – Devan Griffin, Friends of Sheila
Surrey – Donna Robertson

What would you do with a million dollars?

National Light The Night Team Friends of Heroes officially surpassed the million dollar mark in fundraising dollars!

With the dedicated support of our donors, walkers, team captains and affiliate teams, Friends of Heroes is well on its way to making a difference in the lives of blood cancer patients.

For every dollar donated, 75 cents is directed towards cutting edge cancer research and patient services that many patients depend on during and after treatment. That amounts to over $750,000 from our team!!!

To celebrate our first million dollars raised, Team Friends of Heroes is hosting a fun drawing. To enter, leave a comment on this post with an answer to the question:

What would you do with a million dollars??!!

Please include a valid email address with your comment so we can contact you! One lucky comment will win a Light The Night gift package. Comments will close on October 30, 2008.