Calling All Bloggers!

2011 is going to be another amazing year for Light The Night Walk, and we are looking for blog contributors to share in the excitement!

• Share your story of survival
• Let everyone know about the successful fundraiser you held
• Write about why you walk
• And more!

If you are interested in being a contributor to the Light The Night Walk blog, please contact Nicole DeBalko at Nicole.DeBalko@LLS.org. We look forward to hearing from you!

P.S. Don’t for get to register for the 2011 Light The Night Walk!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you for a great year! We are thankful for all of you and the overwhelming support we have received this year. We wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays. See you next year!

Sincerely, The Light The Night Team

Stay Involved with Light The Night

Join the 2011 Light The Night Planning Committee! Have your ideas be heard and contribute to the success of the Walk. Planning Committee members are actively involved in event planning, recruitment, marketing and more. Light The Night would not be possible without the efforts of all our wonderful committee members. If you are interested, please contact your local Walk staff member. We look forward to meeting you soon!

Light The Night Eyeshadow

Bare Escentuals has teamed up with LLS and Light The Night to help find a cure. The limited edition Enlightened Eyecolor created exclusively for LLS is now for sale! Click here to purchase your eyecolor today. Every purchase of Enlightened Eyecolor will help Bare Escentuals’ donation to LLS. Buy yours today and share it with all your friends and family. It’s a great stocking stuffer, just in time for the holidays!

Holiday Gap Give & Get

Shop for the holidays early! Enjoy 30% off at Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy November 11-14, 2010.

Get 30% off at Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic stores and support LLS! Simply use the special coupon at www.LLS.org/gap and 5% of what you spend will go to LLS. And don’t forget to share the pre-holiday cheer with friends, family, co-workers, fellow shoppers, etc. Spread the word!

Coupon link: http://www.gapinc.com/giveandget/lls/

Awards Reception

It’s time to celebrate! Please join us for the Awards Reception as we celebrate all that you’ve accomplished. Thank you to all teams, top fundraisers and sponsors. Please RSVP to one the following Awards Reception dates:

North Bay:

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 6pm

Sheraton Sonoma County located on 745 Baywood Dr in Petaluma, CA

RSVP: Tiffany.O’Neil@LLS.org or 707.303.4800 ext 2009

East Bay:

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 6pm

Pyramid Alehouse located on 1410 Locust St in Walnut Creek, CA

RSVP: Jordan.Bouza@LLS.org or 415.625.1107

San Francisco:

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6pm

Parc 55 Hotel located on 55 Cyril Magnin St in San Francisco, CA

RSVP: Nicole.Chapman@LLS.org or 415.625.1126

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thank You!

Thank you everyone for all your support and participation in this year’s Light The Night. This year was a huge success and it would not have been possible without the efforts of all of you. On behalf of the patients and families we serve, thank you!! You are all stars! See you all next year!

Sincerely, the Light The Night Team

Tina Fey on Access Hollywood

CLICK HERE to view national spokesperson Tina Fey’s interview with Access Hollywood – promoting LLS and Light The Night!

Piver Skunk Train Gang

 

Five years ago I was diagnosed with Lymphoma stage 4. Thanks to a lot of great doctors at UCSF and the medical breakthroughs for this disease, I’m happy to say I’m in full remission. Events like this one today will help further medical research and cures for Lymphoma & Leukemia for generations to come. No one knows when something like this will hit your family. We all need to do our part to help fund the advancement of medical research for our future. Thank you for all your support.

Vern Piver

Gemma’s Mafia

My name is Sheila and one of the co-team captain’s for Gemma’s Mafia. Gemma is my mother-in-law and she was diagnosed in late 2008 with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Our family was hopeful when we heard that usually CLL patients have “watchful waiting”. Unfortunately, within a year her numbers started to climb faster than anticipated and she was referred to Dr. Kipps at UCSD. They determined that she had a gene deletion (P19) that is more aggressive than most CLL. Dr. Kipps had a trial that was open that was looking at modifying the genes in her white blood cells and reinfusing it back into her. They then followed the infusion with chemotherapy. LLS helped financially support the trial that has recently brought her into remission after a long year of treatment. We found out this awesome news last week! They had told her that without the trial, the percentage of success with just chemo was somewhere between 5-11%. The knowledge of the staff at UCSD and the support of LLS, have created this clinical trial to increase her survival.

This is the main reason that I have decided to do the Light the Night Walk. One of Gemma’s nieces asked me if I wanted to do the walk. I wanted to do it last year, but she was just starting treatment and it seemed all overwhelming. This year it was different. We felt we needed to celebrate and have hope for the future. It has also given the cousins and grandkids an opportunity to feel that they are supporting Gemma in her fight against the leukemia. I think it is great that this walk is family oriented and something we all can do together. It gives us an opportunity to give back to the LLS. We also hope that it will make everyone aware of leukemia, clinical trials and a cure for cancer.