I received the following and wanted to share a wonderful cause:
THE STORY:
Family and Friends,
This May I will be running in
the Pittsburgh Half Marathon for the first time and there is no other
foundation I would rather raise money and awareness for than the
Mario Lemieux Foundation. As many of you know, my dad was diagnosed with Acute
Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in September of 2012. After four rounds of
chemotherapy, and a bone marrow transplant, he is on his way to beating
this very rare and serious form of cancer.
The
Mario Lemieux Center for Blood Cancers is a state-of-the-art center at the Hillman
Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute that has
become our second home this past year providing comprehensive care for
patients with blood diseases. The doctors and staff at the Hillman have
gone above and beyond their call of duty to closely monitor all of their
patients progress.
Thank you for all the prayers and support you
have all sent the [our] family the past year. Now in 2014, we ask for
your continued support and are very grateful for any amount of donation
towards this insipiring and incredible foundation.
Thank you in advance,
Elizabeth R
To donate:
http://www.mariolemieux.org/main/donate/
