Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

OK, I just realized that I'm posting this on April Fool's Day, but ignore that -- this is no joke.

I want to encourage you to consider donating to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Man and Woman of the Year fundraiser.

Specifically, I want to encourage you to contribute to Kyle Smith, who runs the Check 15 website. I've linked to Check 15 before. They feature a new video on the 15th of every month, reminding people to do a monthly cancer check for breast, testicular, and skin cancer. They also remind people to get colonoscopies and other preventative tests. And they do it with humor, honesty, and really good-looking videos (Kyle works in the film industry). Check out this recent example. And if you want to see Lympho Bob on video, keep your open about 2 and a half minutes into this one.

So Kyle and the Check 15 folks have been doing great work for a while. Kyle is a testicular cancer survivor -- preventing cancer is his life's mission.

And now he is helping to take on blood cancers like Follicular Lymphoma. As Kyle points out on fundraising page, he's not a blood cancer patient or survivor, but he knows that research on blood cancers often leads to advances that help other cancers.

He's trying to raise $151,515 -- a figure that honors Check 15. 

So please consider going to Kyle's fundraising page and making a donation. Funding blood cancer research helps all of us.







So you want to support a Woman of the Year, too?

We have that covered. Radiant Racheli, a lymphoma survivor who does a video series for Blood-Cancer.com, is also raising money. You can donate to her Woman of the Year campaign here.

You really can't go wrong with either one, folks. And every little bit helps.

Thanks for considering it.