Welcome to our Team Jacob - Light The Night Walk Team homepage.

Jake has requested that we continue to participate in this event so that we can make sure that other kids who are battling leukemia get the chance to be cured.

This year, Jake will be participating in the walk and will be able to do so cancer free!!!! This is a great opportunity for him (and us) to give something back to an organization that has done so much for him over the last few years.

If you do not know Jake's story, you can read a little about it here:

http://carlsonchronicle.blogspot.com

We are looking for sponsorships for our walk coming up later this month. If you are interested in donating towards Team Jacob, you can do so on the right-hand side of the page. If you want to join our team and walk with us on October 22nd, you can scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the JOIN button to get registered.

We thank all of you who have been there for Jacob as well as our family over the last 3 1/2 years - it has meant the world to us.

Below are some additional details regarding the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and what role they play in a patients treatment.

Light The Night Walk is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's annual fundraising walk to pay tribute and bring hope to people battling cancer. Hundreds of thousands of participants raise funds for lifesaving research and patient services.

For more than 60 years, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has been solely focused on people with blood cancers. Presently, we have more than $250 million committed to research across the United States and in ten other countries. Every dollar is provided by concerned donors. We invest in the best, outcome based science:

• Anywhere, with no geographic or institutional boundaries
• Without profit incentive
• To meet unmet Medicare needs of people with blood cancers

And LLS funded advances are helping patients beyond those for whom they were originally developed, including people with solid tumors and auto-immune diseases. In the past decade, nearly 50% (19 put of 39) of the cancer drugs approved by the FDA were approved as treatments for blood cancer patients. Twelve are already approved for people beyond those for whom they were first developed. With your help, we are saving 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 join our team's effort today by registering to walk or by making a donation. Your participation in the Light The Night Walk will help save lives. Be sure to check our team Web site frequently to see our progress, and thanks for your support!