Thank you to everyone who has donated so far!!

It is truly a blessing to know how many people cared.

Here is another picture of my mom at my wedding. Always the dancer and smiling and such a light in this world!! Here she is smaking my brother on his booty!!!! She smiled so much that day! We love you Mommy!!!!

Please donate to help find a cure.

It is a small thing we can do to help in a BIG way!!

Welcome to my Light The Night Walk homepage.

“Her eyes always twinkled when she smiled.”

She always replied, "I love you more!" when you told her, “I love you.”

She was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. She taught me how to be a good wife, mother, and friend. On March 30, 2009 heaven received another angel and her name was Blanche Polidura, my mommy. To her grandchildren, she was Mom-Mom. And to my son who never had the pleasure of meeting her on this Earth, she is also Mom-Mom and hears about her most everyday. She is our guardian angel.

Multiple Myeloma is bone marrow cancer, from which she passed away. After chemo, a bone marrow transplant, more treatment, remission, an adventure to Puerto Rico, where she got the home she always wanted, she returned to her loving family and extended network of family and friends in New Jersey. She fought a long hard battle and though her spirit never faltered her body gave out.

I am trying to reach a personal goal of $500. Please give, if you can’t be here to walk. I know she touched a lot of lives and always gave to worthy causes. This is a worthy cause that gave me my mom, for more years than we thought we had, and could help another family never have to feel the loss we felt, WHEN they find a cure.

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. New targeted therapies that kill cancer cells without harming normal tissue are providing drugs and procedures that are improving quality of life.

In fact, in 2009 alone, LLS researchers were conducting more than 90 clinical trials, a critical step in the development of new treatments and cures that will help patients live better, longer lives.

• A donation of $25 provides patients and their loved ones with FREE booklets that contain up-to-date information on their disease and help them make informed decisions about their treatment options.
• A donation of $50 makes possible a Family Support group with a trained facilitator where comfort can be found and experiences can be shared among patients and family members.
• A donation of $100 helps supply laboratory researchers with supplies and materials critical to carrying out their search for cures.
• A donation of $1,000 makes possible one- on-one conversations with health care specialists who provide patients with information about their disease, treatment options, and helps prepare them with questions for their health care team.

Please make a donation to support my participation in the Light The Night Walk and help save lives. Be sure to check my Web site frequently to see my progress, and thanks for your support!