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Light the Night 2019

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Huge thanks to all our friends who joined us yesterday at Light the Night, and to everyone that contributed to the cause!

Apu was called on stage to raise the white lantern in support of all survivors and patients. As she raised her lantern, people raised thousands of colorful lanterns to light the night sky, for a celebration of hope and strength, bringing light to the darkness of cancer. It was heartwarming beyond words to see the love and support from such a large community of patients, survivors and supporters… One of those beautiful moments where nothing else mattered — no race, gender, age etc… What an elegant celebration of the strength of the human spirit!

Personally, we felt humbled and grateful that Apu is well enough to celebrate her first chemo-free birthday in 4 years in such a positive and meaningful atmosphere, as part of Light the Night. She and her friends had a blast! They dressed up in their Halloween costumes and had fun with various activities such as face painting, bouncy slides, and balloon animals.

And a huge shout out to all our supporters! Thanks to your generous donations, our team “Brave Kids Fight Cancer” ranked second and raised ~$25000 to help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society find better cures to end cancer. You’re all awesome – thank you for the continued support, prayers and wishes!!

Light the Night 2018

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Huge thanks to our friends and families for joining us at the Light the Night walk yesterday! As people walked and raised their lanterns to light the night sky, it was a lovely celebration of hope and the life of our young friends — Jazelle, Jack, Tyler, Drake, Theo, Paris, Gabriel, Vivien, Suvir, Tegbir, Arush, Apu and everyone else fighting cancer. Couldn’t have been a better way to celebrate Apu’s 8th birthday, in at atmosphere filled with hope, joy and strength!!

Our deepest, heartfelt thanks to neighborhood community and friends, who helped our team raise around $5000 for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to find better cures for all types of blood cancers. Thanks everyone for bringing us closer to a world without cancer!

September – Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!

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Update from Oct 14, 2017: Thanks to the help from our awesome supporters, our team raised around $5000 for the Light the Night event! Huge shout out to each one of you for helping save lives!!!

September is the month of Childhood Cancer awareness. Most people are unaware of some of the shocking facts about childhood cancer (e.g., did you know that one in every 5 children do not make it? And that only 4% of federal government cancer research funding goes to children? See the post below for more facts).

We invite everyone to join us in bringing light to the darkness of cancer by donating towards our fundraising efforts in support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s “Light The Night” walk.

Our life changed in an instant when our five year old daughter was diagnosed with B-cell Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The following months were a nightmare with intensive chemotherapy, including a series of hospitalizations, numerous chemo shots, lumbar punctures and blood transfusions (you can read about it here). Her sixth birthday was in the above setting. Today, thanks to the help from doctors, friends and family, our kid is feeling better, just started going to school, and is gearing up for her seventh birthday. 🙂

To celebrate her birthday, and those of several other children that are fighting, or fought against cancer, we invite you to join our team in LLS’s annual fundraising event,  Light the Night Walk.

You can help in any way — by registering to walk  or by donating here.

Your participation in the Light The Night Walk will help save lives. Please act today!

Thank you for bringing us all closer to living in a world without cancers!