Tag Archives: Fundraising

Meet our 2011 Light The Night Honorees

Did you know that more than 1,012,533 Americans are currently living with blood cancer? Our 2011 Light The Night Honored Heroes are just a few of the many patients supported by LLS in the Silicon Valley and Monterey Bay Area … Continue reading

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Celebrating our Community HEROs!

As I’m sure you all know, September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month, and in honor of this, we here at LLS have organized a series of events, deals, and other fun activities with several local businesses.  These businesses have signed … Continue reading

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Partners Mortgage Goes Purple!

Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Kim Yearry from Partners Morgage.  Kim and her coworkers recently completed their first Team In Training event together through TNT corporate, raising over $100,000 for blood cancer research! Read on to find out what that … Continue reading

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Stanford Researcher Makes Change!

Today’s post comes to us from one of our Stanford Researchers, Dr. Suparna.  Dr. Suparna helped her daughter participate in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Pennies for Patients program at her school a few years back.  This year, she was determined to … Continue reading

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Crushing Cancer – And Styrofoam Heads

For today’s post, we wanted to share with you all a truly unique fundraising idea.  Read on! I recently had two friends who were diagnosed with cancer, one of whom is currently undergoing an arduous series of chemotherapy treatments. I … Continue reading

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Team Ireland Takes on the Avenue of the Giants

Let’s hear it for the Irish!!! Team Ireland not only tackled the Avenue of the Giants Half Marathon, but they also raised almost $30,000 for blood cancer research! We had the pleasure of interviewing Sue Harty, a member of Team … Continue reading

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Fall Info Meeting Time!

Our Fall Season of Team In Training is just about to start, and you know what that means – Info Meeting time! We’ve made a few changes to the TNT program, so stop by a local info meeting near you … Continue reading

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Putting the “Fun” Back in Fundraising

For today’s post we are shamelessly stealing, er, I mean, borrowing fundraising captain Amy Doherty’s first letter to her summer season team.  But first, I asked her to answer a few questions for us.  Read on! When did you first … Continue reading

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“Dexter’s” Request – Walk As if Your Life Depends on it

Breaking news, straight from our Home Office! Read on! A new public service announcement released by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) features award-winning actor Michael C. Hall who encourages people to participate in LLS’s Light The Night® Walk events … Continue reading

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Submission Instructions For The Got Louie? Video Contest!

The video submission date is here!  You can start uploading your Louie videos to the Got Louie? Video Contest YouTube.com page now! Look over the instructions below to make sure you know exactly how to submit your video into the contest. Here … Continue reading

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