Virginia College Online Division Staff Members to Run for Cancer Cure
Posted: Monday, March 15, 2010
Two staff members from the Online Division of Virginia College are training to participate in an endurance event as members of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training. Admissions Associate Mackenzie Moore and Financial Planner April Holley are running races to call attention to these diseases. Moore is participating in the Country Music Half-Marathon in Nashville, TN on April 24th. Holley will be running in the Rock 'N' Roll Marathon in San Diego, CA on June 6th. Team In Training raises funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives.
Holley says, "We are completing these events in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!"
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is a national voluntary health agency dedicated to curing leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, and to improving the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS was established in 1949 as The de Villiers Foundation. In 2000, LLS changed its name from The Leukemia Society of America to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to emphasize its commitment to fighting all blood cancers. Today, LLS supports the following major programs: research, patient services, public and professional education, advocacy and community services. With headquarters in White Plains, NY, LLS has 68 chapter offices across the United States.
Since its founding in 1949, the Society has invested more than $550 million in leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research. Society-funded research has led to key advances in understanding blood cancers and has produced new treatments to enhance and prolong lives. Innovation in cancer research over the years have included radiation and chemotherapy, stem cell transplantation and new targeted therapies that kill cancer cells without harming normal ones.
Each society office conducts life-enhancing patient service programs, including support groups, peer counseling and patient financial aid. The Society's Information Resource Center (IRC,) staffed by oncology social workers and health educators, provide the most current information on blood cancers and clinical trials free of charge. Call the IRC at (800) 955-4572 or visit the Society's web site at www.LLS.org.