During the month of September, leading up to Light the Night, I am participating in the 4th Annual Jim Abernethy Challenge and am raising funds in support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada; a cause very near and dear to my heart! Without the continued support of people like yourselves, allowing ongoing research and developments to be made, I would not be here today. I am grateful beyond words.
FACTS:
- Every 24 minutes, someone in Canada is diagnosed with a blood cancer.
- Blood cancer is the 5th most common cancer.
- There are 137 different types of blood cancer.
- 80% of childhood cancer survivors develop one or more chronic health conditions.
- Blood cancers can strike anyone, at any age, at any time.
- Blood cancers are the third leading cause of cancer-related death.
