WOT: Please help a great cause here in NC!!!
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 11:03 am
As several of you may already know am training to participate in the Latta Plantation Triathlon in Charlotte being held on June 15th (right before Expo 8- wooot!) as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training. All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. I'm completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers.
The race will be a tiresome 1/2 mile lake swim, followed by a 17 mile bike ride, and finished up with a 5k trail run. This may sound grueling, but it pales in comparison to the strife that many people and their loved ones contest with in their daily lives while battling these blood cancers.
So now I am personally asking you, my friends and family, to please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance the Society's mission.
There is no donation too small or too large and there are two ways to help me reach and exceed my fundraising goal of $2,200 for research:
1. Visit my webpage and make a donation in less than a few minutes:
http://www.active.com/donate/tntenc/mcgrain
2. Or simply mail a check made simply made out to “LLS” for any amount and mail to my workplace:
Matthew & Therese McGrain
C/O Creative Playthings Swing Sets
5221 Capital Blvd.
Raleigh, NC 27616
I hope you'll visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thank you again for your contribution- it means a lot to me and those who need your help the most. If you have any questions or even if you just want to say hello, call my work phone any time before 6:00 EST, (919) 862-9661.
Moderators: I really hope this isn't too far out of line, but there are several cyclists in the greatest caR forum ever and unfortunately cancer is not yet curable, but we can't stop trying!
Sincerely,
Matthew P. McGrain
ITR Relevance:
The race will be a tiresome 1/2 mile lake swim, followed by a 17 mile bike ride, and finished up with a 5k trail run. This may sound grueling, but it pales in comparison to the strife that many people and their loved ones contest with in their daily lives while battling these blood cancers.
So now I am personally asking you, my friends and family, to please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance the Society's mission.
There is no donation too small or too large and there are two ways to help me reach and exceed my fundraising goal of $2,200 for research:
1. Visit my webpage and make a donation in less than a few minutes:
http://www.active.com/donate/tntenc/mcgrain
2. Or simply mail a check made simply made out to “LLS” for any amount and mail to my workplace:
Matthew & Therese McGrain
C/O Creative Playthings Swing Sets
5221 Capital Blvd.
Raleigh, NC 27616
I hope you'll visit my web site often. Be sure to check back frequently to see my progress. Thank you again for your contribution- it means a lot to me and those who need your help the most. If you have any questions or even if you just want to say hello, call my work phone any time before 6:00 EST, (919) 862-9661.
Moderators: I really hope this isn't too far out of line, but there are several cyclists in the greatest caR forum ever and unfortunately cancer is not yet curable, but we can't stop trying!
Sincerely,
Matthew P. McGrain
ITR Relevance: