http://www.standup2cancer.org/
I ask you all, please visit this website. The three major television networks are banning together this coming Friday, September 5th, in an effort to raise money for cancer research. The reason for this: government spending and public dollars for cancer research is dwindling, and money is needed to continue the research and development of new ways to battle cancer.
Money raised from this hour-long show will go not only to the more conventional methods of cancer research, but money will also be provided to some of the more out-of-the-box research. Who knows - maybe some seeminglyunrealistic cancer research will result in the cure for colon cancer, breast cancer, etc. It's those odd, unknown ideas that often bring the best results.
Please consider donating to this cause. You can now say, without a doubt, that you know (and hopefully love...) someone with cancer. I read a statistic the other day that said 41% of people in America will be affected by cancer personally. Wouldn't you like to be able to say that you donated $1, $5, $10, or $500 to this cause, and to know that your money helped researchers find the cure that allowed you and your family to be cancer-free in the future?
Please, if only for me, consider not only watching this show, but donating to the cause. Any funds that can be raised will help me, help your friends and/or family that are affected by cancer, and may someday help you fight this disease. This is very important, and your money is going to the research companies directly - none of this money will be kept as "administrative" funds, as some of the races and such do. Please, watch and donate. My life is in your hands....
I ask you all, please visit this website. The three major television networks are banning together this coming Friday, September 5th, in an effort to raise money for cancer research. The reason for this: government spending and public dollars for cancer research is dwindling, and money is needed to continue the research and development of new ways to battle cancer.
Money raised from this hour-long show will go not only to the more conventional methods of cancer research, but money will also be provided to some of the more out-of-the-box research. Who knows - maybe some seeminglyunrealistic cancer research will result in the cure for colon cancer, breast cancer, etc. It's those odd, unknown ideas that often bring the best results.
Please consider donating to this cause. You can now say, without a doubt, that you know (and hopefully love...) someone with cancer. I read a statistic the other day that said 41% of people in America will be affected by cancer personally. Wouldn't you like to be able to say that you donated $1, $5, $10, or $500 to this cause, and to know that your money helped researchers find the cure that allowed you and your family to be cancer-free in the future?
Please, if only for me, consider not only watching this show, but donating to the cause. Any funds that can be raised will help me, help your friends and/or family that are affected by cancer, and may someday help you fight this disease. This is very important, and your money is going to the research companies directly - none of this money will be kept as "administrative" funds, as some of the races and such do. Please, watch and donate. My life is in your hands....
Comments:
Kevin said...
For
those that can't donate money, there are other ways you can help. You can
donate your computers extra energy. A project sponsored by IBM called
"World Community Grid" uses your computers idle processing units to
process cancer research data and reports this data back to the grid (as
frequently or infrequently as you like). It runs in the background when your
computer is not in use and doesn't interrupt your normal computing activities.
If there is alot of interest in this we can set up a specific group (a group of computer statistics) dedicated to Michelle.
I have been running it for over 5 years now, and my computers have alone processed 200,000 units (or cells) to aid in cancer research.
You can read more here:
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/hcc1/viewHcc1Main.do
If there is alot of interest in this we can set up a specific group (a group of computer statistics) dedicated to Michelle.
I have been running it for over 5 years now, and my computers have alone processed 200,000 units (or cells) to aid in cancer research.
You can read more here:
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/hcc1/viewHcc1Main.do
September
2, 2008 at 6:58 AM
The
URL appears to have gotten cut off. You can read more by going here:
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
And clicking on the "Help Conquer Cancer" link.
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
And clicking on the "Help Conquer Cancer" link.
September
2, 2008 at 7:00 AM
I
created a group for everyone to join to support Michelle.
Click here to join: Michelle WILL Win
Group Statistics Statistics
Click here to join: Michelle WILL Win
Group Statistics Statistics
September
3, 2008 at 11:54 AM
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