Reston VA

“We were one of five walks held this season in the Greater Metro DC area. They announced some statistics that really floored me into FOA. Greater Metro DC LLS has been doing LTN walks for 8 years now. In those eight years they've raised 1.7 million!!!! They're trying to break $2 million with this years walks. And FOA is trying to break $1 million in three years? WOW! What an awesome group we are!I can't wait for next year!” - Carole Franklyn

St. Paul MN

“We had a BEAUTIFUL evening. It was a perfect way to enjoy a fall evening. We had 7 adult walkers, my 2 adorable kids and 2 furry friends who didn't behave and had to go sleep in the car! I believe we have raised somewhere in the $2,200 range, but I don't have final numbers yet and have a few donations still coming in. I hope everyone has successful walks and enjoys the walk as much as our Twin Cities team did! I can't wait to see the $1 million mark! ” - Jill Donahue
Tucson AZ

“We had 62 walkers show up (not all were registered). We fed them 90 hamburgers and 30 hotdogs.
We collected almost $17,000! At Jazzercise the morning after the walk, I collected another $125 and I know there is more money still coming in.
Matthew Haines’ grandmother [from affiliate Team Matthew] came and walked with us. She brought $50 that night. We had included his name on our banner in Memory of.
My grandson and son were unable to attend so my co-worker and I made a life size cardboard cutout of Gavin so he is in the pictures. He also went on the walk with us with his white balloon. He now resides in my office at home.”
- Renee Rubio, grandmother of FOA Hero - Gavin

Nashua NH

Captain Penny Duffy rallied her team to raise over $3,000. Her innovative awareness and fundraising ideas also helped her teach the spirit of compassion and charity to her children. She produced a PSA with her kids and auctioned their artwork. Donors who supported her kids’ fundraising also received magnets featuring their designs.

Menlo Park CA

“As we were lining up, the kids were bursting with excitement and I was teary-eyed. The sight of all the blinking red balloons is always so amazing! RED representing life-giving blood and bone marrow, and twinkling LIGHTS representing hope in the darkness.
Even though one balloon in the darkness stands out, all the balloons together create such a tremendous glow in the dusky evening light. Such a powerful symbolism of how each person, each fundraiser, each walker is so important.
Nationally, we did reach the $100,000 needed to secure the research grant-naming on the night of our walk. Go FOA! How fitting as Dr. Wiemels' lab (our grantee) is just a half hour north of this walk site. I'm so proud of the hard work being done on the part of the walkers and the cancer research side - I hope a cure, or at least, better treatments are on the horizon. I’m thrilled to be a part of this amazing team.” - Jennifer Burgess

Vancouver BC

“We just got in from the walk and for the second year in a row they predicted rain, and it held off until we were on the drive home!!!
Preliminary totals for our 2nd LTN walk in Vancouver were announced to be $239,000!! Over $100,000 more than last year, and almost twice as many people registered!!
Our team consisted of 16 walkers. My 4 y/o raised $105 because she wanted her own t-shirt!
I came home from the walk to find a donation confirmation that someone donated $100 to my fundraising this afternoon while I was on my way to the walk!!” - Donna Robertson

Pinellas FL

“I captained two teams: the Friends of Allie team and the Raymond James affiliate team.
My co-worker next to me was on the FOA team instead of Raymond James (she couldn't make the walk). Her dad is currently in remission for lymphoma--his 2nd battle with it.
The Raymond James team was walking for a young man named Matt who works in one of the departments and was just recently diagnosed with leukemia. He is undergoing treatment. The cool part was that he showed up! I got him a survivor shirt, and of course, a white balloon. It was beautiful and so touching to see how much it meant to him that we did this for him. He couldn't walk because he just had a treatment that day. His doc said no to the walk, but yes to showing up. I believe the team raised a little over 2k.
The walk itself was awesome...there were about double the amount of people that were there last year! That was so amazing! I could easily see thru the crowd last year...but this year I couldn't and had to squeeze thru people to get where I needed to
go.” - Sara Thoroughman

Eugene/Springfield OR

“Friday night could not have been more perfect! The weather was gorgeous to begin with - it was about 80 during the day - and I never even needed a sweatshirt that night, it was great!! :) I had 2 team members call me at the last minute to tell me they weren't going to be able to make it - but our small team had fun anyway! :) I'm the only one who did any fundraising, but that's ok too!
I showed up about 4:00 at the location to help set up - I ended up blowing up a LOT of balloons! Then I was moved over to the registration table - which is what I did last year - and I think it is a lot of fun. It's cool to talk with everyone as they come in.
I'm not sure exactly how many people were there that night, but there were a lot - and we raised a preliminary total of $32,000. Our goal for the walk was $47,000. Three of the businesses at the shopping center had percentage nights for LTN that evening - so that will add to the final total for sure!
I set my personal goal at $1,000, and I really didn't think I was going to make it. But when my mom showed up and Brandon (my boyfriend) came with a couple of donations from our work - it brought my total to $1,041! I was SOOOO happy!!!
- Jennifer Cooper

Toronto ON

“The FOA team raised $1,350 (not bad for a team of one!)
The walk itself had over 900 participants, and raised over $200,000!! There were a lot of teams represented. One team represents a little boy (I believe he's 3), who was diagnosed last year with AML. At the time of the event last year, he was undergoing his 3rd round of chemo. This year, he's 9 months in remission after receiving a transplant from his older brother!! Yeah!! He wasn't at the event, but there was a big team there in his honour!
I worked at the registration table for the second year. It's great to meet people and to help out. Overall, a great night!” - Robin Brunet

Fresno CA

Four families comprised the Fresno team. Jennifer Burgess and a friend spent three weeks at the local Farmer’s Market raising awareness, recruiting and accepting donations for LTN.

Calgary AB

“We beat last year, and have less than half the people! I'm so happy… of course, more than half of that total was raised by my husband at his work. They were very generous.
“Special thanks to Christine who is going to drive more than 7 hours tomorrow with a 4 year-old... can't wait to meet her!
“It looks like it's going to be a stunning night... we're having a late summer here in the Great White North!” - Connie Greenshields
“Well I made it home safe and sound at around 12:30 AM!! My 4 yr old daughter was fast asleep in the car. Thankfully we got home because I was past ready for bed. All that fresh air from the walk made me sleepy! Seven hours return trip driving, all for 2 hours in Calgary’s LTN walk. Hopefully next year, there is a second Alberta walk here in Edmonton.” - Christine Usborne

Athens GA

“My friend, David, and I walked. I am a leukemia survivor, as you see from the poster. I raised $650 and was very proud to be a FOA team member. Thank you for all your hard work.” - Kelly Beardon

Crown Point IN

Co-captains Beth Fletcher and Lynette Murphy worked diligently all year to make their team goal by holding a Pampered Chef fundraiser, a yard sale with donated items, and hosting a booth at the 29th Annual Popcorn Festival to raise awareness and sell Plushland animals and handcrafted bracelets.

Memphis TN

Kim Jones and her daughter represented FOA along with a display of giraffes and butterflies on their hand-crafted wagon and banner.

Los Angeles CA

After two years, Caroline Neal was glad to fully enjoy the UCLA walk. The first year she had a foot injury and last year she was 38 weeks pregnant!

Oklahoma City OK

“Hi everybody, I'm actually team captain for the Tulsa walk but I walked in the Oklahoma City walk last night.
I got to meet another fellow FOA. There were 5 people that walked. We were small in numbers but big in spirit. I brought my friend Megan with me, and I now have another FOA for my walk next year.
There were lots of touching stories and a few tears. I got to share Allie’s story with a few people.” - Mary Lowe

Livonia MI

“We had a PERFECT night for our walk. Our team had 8 registered walkers who raised money, and many family supporters and children who also walked. It's only this site's second year.” - Denise Coleman

Newport RI

Team Reynolds, led by Sarah Pratt, rocked the Newport walk and sailed in as their #1 team with $20,129 raised. Their team was formed last year in honor of Sarah’s cousin Janice. Sadly, Janice passed away earlier this year from cancer.

Tampa FL

Perfect weather reported from Florida! Affiliate Team Logan participated in their second LTN, their first with FOA. Logan is doing well and nearing the end of his treatment for ALL. He is pictured here with his grandparents. Team Logan is glad to join FOA for LTN in the future!

Morgantown WV

“WOOOHOOO! Believe it or not, we raised $715 and had 15 walkers! I know it's small potatoes compared to a lot of walks, but for a group of college students, well, they did A-OK!
Do you all realize that I was planning to step down as team captain in August, since I could not recruit anyone who was not related to me? I was feeling really ineffectual and since I'm kind of nuts right now with work, I was just about to throw in the towel. I figured I'd pick it up again next year, when I'll hopefully be less crazed at work (I've been working steadily for the past 12 hours... yes, that translates to 3:00 am this morning until now).
Of course God and Allie had other plans, and the very day I tearfully decided to call off the whole Team Allie Morgantown thing for this year, one of my summer school students emailed and told me that the class was going to use this as their service project this year. So I'm extremely happy I stuck with it!
Takes our three year total up to just under $1,350. That's $1,350 more than was in the pot without us, right? I know some of you have individual walkers who blow that amount out the window all by themselves, but for us, this is pretty good, and growing stronger all the time.” - Lisa Weihman

Montclair NJ

Co-captains Jenny Feeney and Michele Zabnicki had 18 walkers at their LTN .
“Our walk was so much fun! We were a team of ten walkers, and our total team of 18 raised $1667 with money still coming in!!! My best friend Cara hand painted our banner and we carried it with great pride, and got many nice comments on it. I was happy to be able to represent Friends of Allie as our team co-captain and glad to be able to take part in this wonderful event as part of this fantastic team!” - Jenny Feeney

Sacramento CA

Beck Marko drove two and a half hours from Nevada to the CA state capitol where she met up with two other FOA families. She was so proud to walk and be a team captain.

2006 Year End Team Statistics*

Team Captains 104
Walkers 974
Super Star Fundraisers 82
Affiliate Teams 27
$ Raised This Year $160,564
$ Raised in 2.5 Years $848,864
Finding a CURE Priceless

* As of 11/28/2006