Day 3 - where the money goes - a little here, a little there

Hello all.  First THANK YOU!  All the donations this week have been amazing.  I am humbled and just in awe of all my heroes out there. 

For today's challenge, I don't have a specific target amount.  Instead I'd like to see what we can do if we all work together.  How many donations can I get no matter the amount?  $5, $10 - whatever you can give.  It all adds up!  Can I get 10 people to make a donation today?  20 people? 

I'm looking to show what we can achieve if we all work together!  PLEASE HELP!  Take a few minutes, go to the website, and donate if you can.  

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If everyone can give just a little bit, think of how much we'd collect as a group?

Team DetermiNation (our charity team name) is the group running the NYC marathon with about 200 members.  Together we've raised over HALF A MILLION DOLLARS so far!!

 
The theme for the week has been to explain where the money you donate goes.  I mentioned some of the support that Brenda received.  The wig.  The Look Good Feel Better seminar.  We were lucky to live in a major city close to the hospital where Brenda got treatment, but we made a friend who was also being treated for Cancer and she lived a few hours away.  When it came time for her to have radiation treatment that would have meant every day for 6 weeks she'd be driving hours back and forth.

The American Cancer Society provided her with subsidized lodging in the city so that she wouldn't have to commute back and forth every day during treatment.   

 Here's a breakdown of how all the money collected gets distributed.  





72% of all the money raised goes towards fighting cancer.  Only 6% is their management expenses, and that's outstanding.  The other 22% of their expenses is also understandable.  It takes money to make money, right?  Flyers, websites, banners at events, etc.  That's actually really great for an organization of this size.    

But notice that the LARGEST percentage of the money goes towards Patient Support.  The people that are affected by cancer.  The people that really need help.

The other reason I chose to support the ACS was that they support research and prevention, so that hopefully one day cancer will be a thing of the past. 

Did you know that the American Cancer Society is the nation's largest private funder for cancer research?  

Cancer freaking scares me.  1 in 2 men will develop some kind of cancer within their lifetime.  I'm trying to do something about that, and I really need your support.

So today, if you can spare a fiver or whatever - please consider making a donation.

Let's see what we can accomplish when we all work together!  

THANK YOU!!

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