I took this to be somewhat of a jest. But from what I have read about the M&G this probably will not work and for the same reason. However if one of the few that have my email were to ask for help, I would be there with whatever I could bring. Thank you Miss.
Please find an event near you ,, or just come to the home of the NC Zoo on 5/17. Cancer does not care what you do for a living. Join the fight, and have some fun too.
You are such a thoughtful person.
xoxo,
Steph
I would have to look up exactly where all the money is spent before I give any.
I know Susan G. Coleman is not a cause I'd donate to. Most of the $ is spent purely on advertising (bracelets, shirts, those terrible "save the ta-ta" stickers, etc). It's all (or very well should be) public record.
Please forgive me if I am not as well written as some of you, but this comes from my heart...
I am a Proud Caregiver.
I have taken care of my best friends grandmother (mine is passed, so she's my surrogate "Granny") while Granny had cervical cancer & radiation treatments at the triangle. It was not a bed of roses, I assure you.
It was a very humbling experience for me.
Today, she is a few years cancer-free & I to this day live with her (as her other health complications continue, Altzhiemers- onset dementia.) I care-give still.
I attend the annual Relay for Life event here.
I invite my friends, I walk the laps, I take my child, we spend money at the booths that raise money for the cause, we eat from the many concessions, let all the children who came with us play on the bouncy houses, I proudly push Granny around in her wheelchair...
When it is time for people to be acknowledged & ceremonies...
I can not lie, I get misty eyed & choke up a bit when they ask the care-givers to stand for applause. I received my lapel pin 6 years ago, and I proudly wear it every year.
I can not help but feel pride in knowing, however small, I have made a difference, and that I have cared enough to "take care"- her continued life & good health being the reward, her family does acknowledge & thank me as well... Always... I am crying before it is over with (in a good way here!)
It hits me with the sharpest sense of reality when I go.
Last year, a boy I used to babysit, was there, crying because his grandmother had passed from cancer, and en masse, we lit candles during the blackout & had a moment of silence...
It was surreal to have hundreds of people hushed & focused on one moment.... And a sea of candle-light in honor.... It is almost other-worldy, seeing as how the world is always on fast forward, a blur, and filled with much apathy...
Life is short.
Cancer happens.
Most people have been affected by it some way.
Please go & support the cause, support the sufferers, support the care-givers.
This is a good cause and it is well worth it.
It is worth your time, it is worth the paltry few dollars you may choose to spend.
And if you have been touched in your life by someone having cancer, or by someone whom has lost the battle, you never know, it may even be... (dare I say) cathartic...
Thank-you for posting this, it is close to my heart.
Alice, I understand and agree with ,no I encourage your skepticism. I would not judge or try to sway your choice of charity. It is almost as personal as this "hobby". In calling for accountability you help protect the rest of us. Thank You.
Foxy, Thank you for being so caring in real life. Take care of yourself too.
The rest of you, if you can be satisfied in making a donation, or not, to the American Cancer Society, Join me tonight at Relay.
Thanks
You have a PM.
Trained and. Have raised $$$$ for Relay for Life. Also purchased a few purple bows. Finally I have run several 1/2 marathons with RFLP. Last race the Governors Mansion was near the Finish Line!
I am a Proud Caregiver.
I have taken care of my best friends grandmother (mine is passed, so she's my surrogate "Granny") while Granny had cervical cancer & radiation treatments at the triangle. It was not a bed of roses, I assure you.
It was a very humbling experience for me.
Today, she is a few years cancer-free & I to this day live with her (as her other health complications continue, Altzhiemers- onset dementia.) I care-give still.
I attend the annual Relay for Life event here.
I invite my friends, I walk the laps, I take my child, we spend money at the booths that raise money for the cause, we eat from the many concessions, let all the children who came with us play on the bouncy houses, I proudly push Granny around in her wheelchair...
When it is time for people to be acknowledged & ceremonies...
I can not lie, I get misty eyed & choke up a bit when they ask the care-givers to stand for applause. I received my lapel pin 6 years ago, and I proudly wear it every year.
I can not help but feel pride in knowing, however small, I have made a difference, and that I have cared enough to "take care"- her continued life & good health being the reward, her family does acknowledge & thank me as well... Always... I am crying before it is over with (in a good way here!)
It hits me with the sharpest sense of reality when I go.
Last year, a boy I used to babysit, was there, crying because his grandmother had passed from cancer, and en masse, we lit candles during the blackout & had a moment of silence...
It was surreal to have hundreds of people hushed & focused on one moment.... And a sea of candle-light in honor.... It is almost other-worldy, seeing as how the world is always on fast forward, a blur, and filled with much apathy...
Life is short.
Cancer happens.
Most people have been affected by it some way.
Please go & support the cause, support the sufferers, support the care-givers.
This is a good cause and it is well worth it.
It is worth your time, it is worth the paltry few dollars you may choose to spend.
And if you have been touched in your life by someone having cancer, or by someone whom has lost the battle, you never know, it may even be... (dare I say) cathartic...
Thank-you for posting this, it is close to my heart.
I took this to be somewhat of a jest. But from what I have read about the M&G this probably will not work and for the same reason. However if one of the few that have my email were to ask for help, I would be there with whatever I could bring. Thank you Miss.