Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training Fundraiser

This letter will confirm what you already know: that I cannot sit still for the life of me and that I am indeed crazy. First I will tell you of my plans to race around the streets and bays of St. Petersburg, Florida by swimming for one mile, biking for 25 miles, and running for 6 miles. Then I will ask you to help me achieve this for a wonderful cause.

You see, earlier this year I joined the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training. Team in Training teaches people like me to participate in endurance events, like a triathlon, as a way to raise money for the more than 1110,000 people in the United States who will be diagnosed with some form of blood cancer this year alone.

Nearly everyone has been personally affected by cancer and few organizations are as proactive in finding a cure for this disease as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. If you are thinking you don’t know anyone who has had these diseases, consider this: the funds raised by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society are what enabled chemotherapy to come into existence, which as we know saves lives of those suffering from all types of cancer.

As an admissions counselor, I did the math and figured that for every two college applications I read (or a quarter of a basketball game if that’s more you’re style), one person will die of a blood cancer.

Please consider supporting the society and me as we fight this disease. My personal goal is to raise $4100 by triathlon race day on April 29, 2007. Any donation of course is 100% tax deductible, and much appreciated.

You can donate easily online on my secure site. Go to:

http://www.active.com/donate/tntnyc/tntnycTRosenb

Thank you so much for your support!

Love, Tracie