Support Gateway’s CML Superheroes Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Light the Night Walk Fundraiser

 

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night Walk funds research to advance therapies and treatments that are saving lives every day. Friends & family, children & seniors, neighbors & co-workers all have the power to walk to the end of cancer!

 

Local residents have put together a team to help support and give back to an organization that has meant so much to them.  The team is CML (Chronic Myelogeneous Leukemia) Superheroes and they are asking for support from the community.

There are several ways to help

 

• Visit their Team page at http://pages.lightthenight.org/sfl/swfl14/CMLSuperheroes to make a donation or sign up to join the walk. 
  The Southwest Florida Light the Night Walk is this Saturday, October 4th, 2014,  5:00 PM at Centennial Park, 200 West First Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901

 

• Join their special event at the Melting Pot in Fort Myers for Cheese, Chocolate & Wine for the LLS Light The Night on Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 6:30 PM
  Benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night walk!

  Ticket includes cheese fondue course, chocolate fondue course and a glass of wine. A portion of ticket sales will go to our LLS Light the Night walk including 15% of any additional drinks/food.

  $35 advanced ticket
  $40 at the door ticket

  You can purchase tickets (cash or check made payable to Gateway Gives), by contacting myself or Gina Heck, feel free to text or call anytime.
  Noelle 239.989.2450
  Gina 239.633.2247
  For More information visit the event Facebook page by clicking here.

  The Melting Pot – Fort Myers
  13251 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, Florida 33919

 

 

The LLS Light the Night page for the CML Superheroes provides the following information on the team:

 

Welcome to the CML Superheroes Light the Night team!  We are thrilled to be able to participate in Light the Night again this year and hope you can join us in the mission to end blood cancer!

My name is Noelle Childs and I was diagnosed with leukemia in August 2013. I am so happy to share that I reached full molecular remission in August 2014.  The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society funded the trial for the drug created 16 years ago which has saved my life, and also the clinical trial I just completed which gave me the chance to reach full remission.  It is now my responsibility and mission to help other people with blood cancers and save more lives in the future.

I have learned by working with the LLS over the past year that over 77% of their donations go directly to helping people with blood cancer and research for a cure.  In addition, LLS research grants have funded many of the therapies first approved for blood cancer patients which are now helping patients with other types of cancers and other serious diseases.

Saturday October 4, 2014 05:00 PM EST
Volunteer Hosted Walk-Centennial Park in Fort Myers, FL

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night® Walk funds research to advance therapies and treatments that are saving lives every day. Friends & family, children & seniors, neighbors & co-workers all have the power to walk to the end of cancer!

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s “Light the Night” walk is coming up again, and we’re excited to say there is a walk here in Fort Myers this year!  We are looking forward to make an impact at this new walk, and to bring a tremendous amount of awareness and support to this incredible organization.

To all of our local friends, if you would like to join us at the walk, we’d love to have you on our team, the CML (Chronic Myelogeneous Leukemia) Superheroes!

If you feel are able to make a donation, every dollar counts, and we can’t thank you enough!

 

For more information on the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk visit www.lightthenight.org.