NET cancer fight never ends
No sooner does one Net cancer campaign wind down than the next begins. My attention has begun to shift from the Marathon Walk to a new set of priorities.
We quietly began our Walking with Jane 2013 Relay for Life campaign this weekend with a table at a massive community yard sale at one of our captain’s homes this weekend. Over the course of two days we raised over $400 while handing out information on NET cancer and selling Walking with Jane-themed items.
…if you can find a way to help, please do.
Our blue zebra striped NET cancer ribbons were a huge success as were the bead bracelets originally created for the College Relay at Bridgewater State University this spring. Many thanks to the entire Atkinson family for hosting and manning the tables. Both their children have hatched plans for NET cancer fundraisers in their schools that they are currently pursuing.
And many thanks to Remi and Dan who assembled the NET cancer bracelets and the ribbons beforehand.
Relay ready
We will also be at a Westport craft fair in November–and anywhere else we can find to get the word out about NET cancer and raise some money.
I also registered our Relay for Life of Greater Fall River team this weekend. This will be our third year at that event–an event I have been asked to co-chair again this year. That will, again, put a bit more pressure on my co-captains as I now know how much commitment of time and energy the leadership position requires. And I have some plans for this year that I hope will help us reach the goals the rains wiped out in June by eclipsing those numbers before the walking begins.
We will also be at a Westport craft fair in November…
If you want to join our team–or renew your membership–doing so should be pretty easy following the links above. I hope that tomorrow I will finish the set-up on the contributions page for a direct link from there.
More NET cancer events
Meanwhile, I have to begin planning for NET Cancer Awareness Day on November 10 and our end-of-the-year campaign for the Walking with Jane Dybowski Fund at Dana-Farber. We are looking at lots of projects over the next several months for these events as well.
Many thanks to the entire Atkinson family…
There is much to do–and if you can find a way to help, please do.
A non-NET cancer plug
But last night I took a night for recreation. I went to Trinity Rep’s new production of King Lear. It was amazing–and left me completely wrung out and emotionally unfit for much of anything most of today. I’m still shaking and on the edge of tears. If you are anywhere close to Providence, RI in the next couple of months you owe it to yourself to go see this play.
I have not cried for anything that was not relatable to Jane’s death in over 21 months but by the end of this play the tears were running down my face. It is that good.
The production will move to Houston early next year.
