Relay for Life

Last night I gave the closing "why I Relay" speech at an American Cancer Society Relay for Life kick-off event. One of the things that I said was,

Another side effect (of witnessing cancer, care giving, and having cancer) has been the sharing of information about cancer, and about lung cancer. I have been blogging about it since December 2005-the original intent was to keep family and friends up to date on what was happening. It has also let me, I hope, show what cancer looks like, sounds like… make cancer visible. We need to be shouting it from the rooftops.

I hope that this blog has done that-put a face to it. I also hope that it has given you information, hope, and some understanding about cancer.

Our Wyoming Libraries Relay for Life team has a fundraiser underway. Our team and Mountain Avenue http://www.mountainave.net/index.html have teamed up just in time for the holidays. Make a jewelry purchase through their website, and 25% of the total sale will be given to our team/ACS as a donation. All you need to do is select our team from the "charity of your choice" for the donation at the time of checkout. This sale is only good for 30 days, November 28 - December 28, 2007.

Thanks for all your support-for me, our team, for cancer research.
hugs,
chris

p.s. In the photo I am actually standing behind a podium that has a t-shirt hanging from it. I am not wearing a giant purple dress! BTW the shirt says, "I am Living Proof."