Category Archives: No-Theme Thursdays

It’s Time to Step it Up!

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. ~Wayne Dyer Let’s face it, life is short.  There are so many goals and dreams and just plain experiences to have and never enough time to do it all.  … Continue reading

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National Philanthropy Day Recounted

In 2009, the eighth grade class of Ida Price Middle School participated in a charity walk-a-thon organized by the students and history teacher Dan Kirwan.  Their walk raised $7,500 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, funding important blood cancer research … Continue reading

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Tips to Prevent Running Injuries

Today’s post comes to us from one of our excellent Community Friends, Sports and Orthopedic Leaders (SOL) Physical Therapy.  Their mission? To help active individuals meet their performance goals.  This means they are experts at treating, and even better, preventing activity-related … Continue reading

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And the Winners of the Corporate Cup Challenge Are…

…The Silicon Valley Bank!!! Congratulations, for working so hard and helping us come that much closer to a cure! And if you’re not sure what the Corporate Cup Challenge is, read on for our write-up about this exciting event! Throughout … Continue reading

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Eating and Drinking While Riding

As I’m sure you all know by now, our Team In Training winter season is kicking off next week.  If this comes as a surprise to you, don’t worry – there’s still plenty of time to learn about it.  In … Continue reading

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The Story Behind Our Second Light The Night Walk

As I’m sure most of you know by now, we had a very successful second LTN walk in Palo Alto last weekend, raising over $70,000 for blood cancer research! We have now completed two of our three walks, with the third … Continue reading

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This Just In – Official Race Report!

For today’s post, we’re checking back in with special correspondent Rodney Gluck, who’s promised to give us the dirt on the San Jose Rock and Roll Half Marathon.  This was Rodney’s first endurance event, which he completed earlier this month … Continue reading

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Gleevec: It’s Not Just For Blood Cancer Patients Anymore

For today’s No-Theme Thursday post, we thought it might be fun to share with you something on the research side of LLS.  This comes direct from our home office and outlines some of the surprising ways Gleevec is helping people.  … Continue reading

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First Connection Story

For today’s blog post, I’m shamelessly borrowing a first connection story from our home office blog.  Please forgive my lack of originality, but it was such a great story I wanted to share it.   This is the story of Stacy, who found out … Continue reading

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Let the Nominations Begin!

Calling all candidates! The nomination process for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Man & Woman of the Year (MWOY) campaign is now open. Man & Woman of the Year is a 10-week fundraising competition in which participants vie for the … Continue reading

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