Welcome to my Light The Night Walk homepage.

Light The Night Walk is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's evening walk and fundraising event. It is the nation's night to pay tribute and bring hope to thousands of people battling blood cancers and to commemorate loved ones lost.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) funds lifesaving research that has contributed to major advances in the treatment of blood cancers and treatments for other types of cancer, such as chemotherapy and stem cell transplants. These treatments have helped patients live better, longer lives. New targeted therapies that kill cancer cells without harming normal tissue are providing drugs and procedures that are improving quality of life.

For a decade I’ve hosted the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s “Light The Night†Walk in Orlando. Of all the community events I’m involved with, this one has always been the most dramatic because it occurs at dusk, when people walk with lighted balloons in support of blood cancer survivors, and in memory of those who have lost their hard-fought battles.

As I would send everybody on their way, I would always stop and get Mexican food on the way home and then call it a night. Last year however, I had to skip the burrito, and miss the event entirely as I was home recovering from a round of chemo in my own Lymphoma fight. I had no idea all those years that this disease would become the headline of my story.

So, even though funds for you may be tighter than you like this year, I hope you’ll consider financially joining my team to help fight back against blood cancers. The website makes it easy to donate, and I will love you forever.