What an exciting week this has been!
A big announcement from LLS showing just how the funds you raise really make a difference.
LLS announced it has awarded $1.68 million in funds to Dr. Anand Jillella of Georgia Regents University to improve patient care and decrease early deaths among those with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL). The project aims to reduce the mortality rate by educating community oncologists and hematologists with a straightforward treatment of the newly diagnosed APL patients. This award is part of the LLS strategic initiative known as Therapy Acceleration, to speed the development of drugs, treatments and supportive diagnostics that have the potential for him impact on the current treatment of outcomes for patients with blood cancer, especially in areas of high unmet medical need.
And how about that extra mentor email with details of the BC2 - Blood Cancer Benefit Concert! That is the big event February 23 at the Sky Lounge. We have 200 tickets and the ones YOU sell are credited to your fundraising totals. Check Andrea’s email from Wednesday and watch for the upcoming one on Monday for all the details. People have been posting this all over Facebook and we can’t have too much publicicty! Tell everyone!
GO! Weekend – Of particular note for Columbia teammates but available to all, we have arranged with the Westin St. Louis to make rooms available for LLS participants who want to stay there. The cost is $109/night and the Westin will give LLS a $10 rebate for each night booked. You are responsible for booking and paying for your room. Here is the contact number:
Westin St. Louis
314-621-2000 (phone)
314-552-5800 (fax)
The cut off date for reserving a room is 5 pm, Friday, March 22. Contact me if you have any questions.
See you at training tomorrow at 7:45 in Forest Park. As you know, Coach Jeffrey has been getting the training started very close to on time. GO TEAM!
-- Rich
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