Dear Everyone,

Who of you has not been touched by cancer? I most certainly have,
both personally through family and professionally through my
patients. For this reason, when I learned how I could help make
more of a difference, I jumped at the chance.

Recently, I learned about The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team
In Training, the largest endurance training program in the world.
With Team in Training, I am preparing to complete the Country Music
Marathon in Nashville this April. During this process, I have
committed to raising over $2000 to benefit cancer research and to
battle this terrible disease.

In this personal quest to get closer to a cure for cancer, I am
largely encouraged by those who have struggled with this devastating
disease. As I train to walk/jog/somehow propel my body over the
marathon finish line, I am dedicating my efforts to three people in
particular. The first person is Jerri E., one of my mother's
closest friends who, unfortunately, lost her lengthy and complicated
battle to multiple myeloma (a blood cancer that has its greatest
incidence in Blacks) in 2005. My second motivator is my patient
Pamela T., who was diagnosed as a teenager with non-Hodgkin' s
lymphoma and now, in her thirties, is a vibrant and inspirational
cancer survivor!!!! Last but not least, as I journey through this
process, I will be largely encouraged by Jennifer M., a charming and
resilient 13 year old who is currently undergoing chemotherapy for T-
cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, and is under the care of my very
good friend Kala, a pediatric oncologist in Houston, Texas.

What does this have to do with you, you may ask? I need your help,
in the form of donations, to meet my fundraising goal. Please give
whatever is on your heart to give, because every cent helps! By the
way, your donations are tax-deductible. You can:

A) Give online at: http://www.active.com/donate/tntmds/GMoore77

OR B) Email me to find out how to send me a check, made payable to
the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Thank you in advance for your support, donations, and your
contribution towards a cancer cure!

With gratitude,

Gina