Posts tagged fundraising
Gap’s Give & Get Campaign supports cancer research
02 years ago
Download a Coupon for 30% Off with 5% going to LLS
Leukemia survivor, Lance Bigelow, is someone who knows first-hand the importance of Gap’s Give & Get program benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). He participated in the spring campaign. Lance and his family knew that taking advantage of the Give & Get program’s 30% discount, they would also be contributing to LLS’ blood cancer research efforts, research that helps kids like Lance — research that fights the number one cancer among children.
Thanks to the efforts of families like the Bigelows, the spring campaign raised $600,000 for research to find a cure.
By participating in our summer campaign you can help blood cancer patients live longer, better lives — and look good doing it!
Then visit any Gap, Inc. store from July 30th to August 2nd to take advantage of the 30% discount offer. Please note that this offer is good from July 30th through August 2nd only! The Gap Give & Get coupon is good for purchases at any Gap, Inc. store, including Gap, Gap Outlet, Banana Republic, Banana Republic Factory Stores and Old Navy. The coupon is for in-store purchases only and is good in both the United States and Canada.
Remember, when you download a coupon for discounted clothes from this site you’re helping The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society fight the number one cancer among children. Send this page to your friends and family and help our cause even more!
more info: http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org//all_page.adp?item_id=552506
Lance’s Story: http://community.lls.org/blogs/atlls/2009/07/27/licking-leukemia-with-lls-and-gap
Coupon (English): http://www.gapinc.com/giveandget/lls/
Coupon (French): http://www.gapinc.com/giveandget/fr/lls/
Source: LLS.org
Every Dollar Counts Toward a Cure!
3 years ago
Thank you for stopping by! It’s Day 3 of the Blogging for Blood Cancer event! Today’s prizes include a Beautiful Handmade Soap set from 5-year-old Tasha and 5 pairs of assorted sterling silver earrings (valued at $25) from Designing-Diva. Yesterday’s winner was Commenter #2 – Carrie from PA. Click here to see what walk is closest to you and how you can join the Light The Night Friends of Heroes team.
To qualify to win, leave a comment with an answer to the question after reading the post.
So far we’ve blogged about the importance of blood cancer research and the Light The Night Walk. The one important component that ties these together is money.
Not only is the Light The Night walk an evening to honor blood cancer patients in the biggest battle of their lives, it is also to celebrate the teams of volunteers who fundraise to support blood cancer research and patient service. Funding is absolutely necessary for research to continue and this research will SAVE LIVES.
HOW YOUR DOLLARS ARE USED:
75 cents of every dollar spent goes directly towards supporting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission of a cure. Society-funded research has led to key advances in understanding blood cancer and the life-saving drugs to fight them.
- $500 provides a patient with leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma with Patient Financial Aid to support medical treatment, medications and travel to medical appointments for one year.
- $500 allows 10 patients to login to a Webcast and receive the latest medical breakthroughs.
- $400 funds a Family Support Group program for one year.
- $100 provides three patients with access to an information teleconference.
- $100 allows four patients to make a first connection with a trained peer counselor.
THE TRIUMPHS:
- A newly FDA approved drug, Gleevac, has been shown to normalize blood counts in nearly all patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Dr. Brian Druker, a Society-funded researcher, is responsible for this remarkable innovation in cancer research.
- In 1974 the 5 year survival rate for children with the most common form of leukemia was just 53%. Today, 86% of children diagnosed will survive.
- The five year survival rate for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma has nearly doubled from 40% in 1960 to 83% today.
PUTTING THE FUN IN FUNDRAISING:
Fundraising does not have to be a chore! The local Light The Night Staff is trained to help teams raise money and has easy and free tools available. To get new walkers started, some fundraising ideas include:
- Partnering with a business to sell Light The Night Paper Balloons can help contact donors that you wouldn’t normally reach. (Check our Walker Resources or this post for details.) Sometimes companies also have a matching gifts program to boost fundraising dollars.
- If you register for Light The Night and provide an email address, you’ll automatically have a secure online fundraising page created. You can personalize the page like this one or this one and send the URL to family and friends. Participants using the onine fundraising tend to raise about 200% more than those that don’t!
- What do you enjoy? Bowling, scrapbooking, barbeques, golf… turn it into a fundraiser! Visit our Fundraising Idea Sheet or the FOH Newsletters for more ideas.
- Anyone can fundraise! All it takes is a little creativity and passion. One of today’s sponsors is 5-year-old Tasha who sells her handmade soaps to help raise money for her two young friends with leukemia. If she can do it, so can you!
For even more ideas, see all posts under the Fundraising category.
ENTER TO WIN TODAY’S PRIZE:
For a chance to win, leave a comment answering
“How much of every dollar donated goes directly to
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission?”
For an extra chance to win, leave another comment with an answer to this question:
“If you were raising money for Light The Night,
which fundraising activity would you pick?”
(or post your own creative fundraising idea!)
Ends at MIDNIGHT PST today.
You’ll also be entered for our grand prize to be drawn Monday for a $900 Timberland and Lacoste product assortment, courtesy of Samsonite. (Comments are moderated.)
Make sure to stop back all week for more information and even more chances to win!
Source: LLS.org
