Thank you for joining us at our XBOX FIFA 12 Charity Tourney w. Sounders!
Congratulations to Team A Lo Bien for winning the Championships!!
Mar
20
Posted by : | On : March 20, 2012
XBOX FIFA 12 Soccer Charity Tournament
Do you think you’re a FIFA 2012 pro? Here’s your chance to show it!
Pick a teammate and show off your skills against pro soccer players.
Win the tournament and score some awesome Sounders memorabilia.
Join your favorite Seattle Sounders players for a Charity XBOX Tournament on Tuesday, April 3rd at the Microsoft Store in Downtown Bellevue at 6:30 pm PT.
The event, benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, will feature an 8 team XBOX FIFA Soccer 12 Tournament with guest participants from your Seattle Sounders.
Registration is now open at http://xboxfifa.eventbrite.com
Feb
21
Posted by : | On : February 21, 2012
5 Minutes
Take 5 minutes to read about what I’m doing to help find a cancer cure and find out how you can help with this initiative.
5 Dollars
Take 5 dollars that you would normally spend on coffee and make a tax-deductible donation on my fundraising website: http://bit.ly/doingitagain2
5 Reasons
- One new person is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 5 minutes.
- Two $5 donations provides 2 hours of microscope use to determine if a new medicine will stop a life-threatening lung infection in a bone marrow transplant patient.
- Three $5 donations will cover the cost of sending 3 newly diagnosed patients information about their disease and how to get support
- Four $5 donations pays for a bottle of nutrients that will nourish 10 million leukemia cells grown in the lab for a week, enabling scientists to test whether a new anti-cancer drug halts their growth.
- 5 is the number of years some cancer patients have to stay in remission to be considered cure
5 Friends
Forward this page to 5 friends and encourage them to make a difference.
Feb
03
Posted by : | On : February 3, 2012
A couple of years ago, David “Grouch-O” Acosta, my friend and co-worker was diagnosed with lung cancer. Cancer had snuck up on him, and disguised itself as asthma symptoms. At the time, my friend was a few months short of receiving health insurance coverage and did not seek immediate medical attention. His symptoms worsened and by the time he went to the ER, the doctors discovered he had stage IV cancer. The few times I visited him at the hospital, Grouch-o, as we had nicknamed him, smiled. He kept his head up high and at 26 years of age, this young man never lost hope.
Jan
31
Posted by : | On : January 31, 2012
Find out how your 100% tax-deductible donation to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will help a cancer patient’s life.
Encourage scientists to pursue blood cancer research.
Grants to young scientists. Your money helps grow research talent even as federal research funding becomes increasingly limited.
Develop “targeted therapies” that kill cancer cells selectively.
By hitting specific molecular targets, these treatments don’t harm patients’ healthy cells, resulting in fewer dangerous side effects.
Test immunotherapies.
Immunotherapies strengthen a patient’s own immune system. This helps a patient fight infections and attack cancer cells, reducing the need for damaging chemotherapy.
Improve the safety of today’s cures.
LLS funds research to predict, manage and prevent complications in patients most at risk for long-term and late effects of treatment.
Help patients and their families make informed decisions.
LLS supplies information and counseling to help guide patients through their cancer journey. LLS also provides access to current treatment and clinical trial options.
Provide financial aid and co-pay assistance.
A cancer diagnosis is hard enough without having to deal with its financial burden. We provide programs to help relieve the economic strain of a blood cancer diagnosis.
Offer community services.
Among the wide array of programs LLS provides are those that link newly diagnosed patients with trained volunteers. This helps young cancer patients return to school after an absence resulting from treatment.
Encourage our state and federal legislators to support blood cancer issues.
With your help, LLS brings to the attention of lawmakers the urgent need for increased government funding and support of research and patient access to affordable treatment and quality care.
Facts from Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Donations are paramount to finding a cure for blood cancers. Your donations will help the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society reach its goal of providing a better quality of life for patients and putting us one step closer in the eradication of this disease.
Please make a 100% tax deductible donation today. Any amount will help LLS. Whether it is $5 or $100, your contribution helps.
Jan
31
Posted by : | On : January 31, 2012
Saturday Morning I joined the Summer Team as a mentor to kick-off the season! The Summer Team has over 100 registrants starting their journeys to run in San Diego and even Seattle.
As a mentor, I will be helping my mentees fundraise for their races and I will become their personal cheerleaders. Fundraising can be quite daunting at first, but it gets to a point where passion for a cure overcomes all obstacles.
As a runner, I know how difficult it can be to stay disciplined during the training. I also know that there are friends, brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers suffering from cancer, and do not even have the opportunity to get up to go for a run. Staying disciplined for the next couple of months cannot compare to the pain and suffering a cancer patient undergoes.
Completing a race will not eradicate cancer, but for every dollar I can raise along the way, will go towards the mission of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I’m proud to once again be a member of Team In Training and I really look forward to meeting dedicated members that run for a cure.
Jan
09
Posted by : | On : January 9, 2012
I am committed to finding a cancer cure! This new year brings me at least FOUR different half marathons that will benefit the Leukemia Lymphoma Society (LLS). Woohoo!
I will be training and running from now until the end of June in the following events:
- Nike + 1/2 Marathon
- Eugene 1/2 Marathon
- San Diego Rock & Roll
- Seattle Rock & Roll
Aug
05
Posted by : | On : August 5, 2011
As promised…
I'm wearing a Microsoft shirt for LLS in the GBus on my way to the Googleplex
Under the Google sign @ Charlie's 
Wearing the MS tee in the office
nom nom nom... dooooooo nut
The bee is pretty scary
Shouldn't the Gingerbread be fragmented?
Life-size e'claire....yum!
FrooooooooYooooo > Mango
Once again, thank you for all of your support!
Jul
16
Posted by : | On : July 16, 2011
Watch my video to see how you can help me fundraise
