Jennifer M. Hickey
This is our 2012 team, we also had 2 others with us that had not arrived at team photo time yet. Gold balloons are carried in Remembrance of lost loved ones.
In a calmer more intimate room you will find lit candles and beautiful flowers and plants. In this room they hold a remembrance ceremony giving people a rose and tree to plant in memory of their loved one. This was a very emotional thing for everyone in the room as people walked up to the podium saying their loved ones name.
Complete with fun activities for the kids it really is like a party celebrating what has been accomplished by events like these.
Batman even walks and supports our team in memory of his Grandma Jane.
We were about the 10th team back at the start of the walk. Red balloons are carried in support, and white are carried by people battling or cured.
The walk is a 2 mile trek around the water from the convention center and over the bridges. There are pedi-cabs along the way offering free rides, as well as free beverages and entertainment along the way.
Blazer Dancers even come out to support the walk and to entertain walkers.
Held in the middle of the walk before crossing the bridge and beginning the 1mile walk back to the convention center.
Held in the middle of the walk before crossing the bridge and beginning the 1mile walk back to the convention center.
Held in the middle of the walk before crossing the bridge and beginning the 1mile walk back to the convention center.
After the 15minute show walkers return for free snacks, coffee, hot chocolate and a concert.
Light The Night
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
On August 22nd 2008 I lost my Mother two short months after an Advanced Stage 4 Lymphoma Diagnosis. She spent approximately 3yrs before this with various specialists trying to figure out why her health was declining. March 15th 2008 my first son was born and she was in the hospital less than 2 weeks later. She quickly declined and in June received the Lymphoma Diagnosis. The 5 months between my sons birth and losing my mom were supposed to be the most joyous as a new mother, however that was hard as I was losing my very own mother. I became a new mother and Motherless Mother within 5 short months.
In 2011 after the birth of my daughter and my Mom not being there I vowed to make a difference. Just one short month before the 2012 walk I had created the team Janes Angels and started raising funds. My team was able to raise $432 and I vowed to do make a bigger impact in 2013. I wanted to help step out cancer. There is no reason I should've been left a Motherless Mother so quickly and unexpectedly. If my fundraising efforts can help one daughter live a longer life with her mother, or one mother live a longer life with their child battling leukemia then I will have done my part.
Light The Night helps support life saving research, medical payments for uninsured patients, informational packets, and new medical advances. It is a night filled with fun, friends, fireworks, food and festivities. It is both a celebration of the advances being made, as well as a remembrance for those we have lost and that are battling.
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