Cancer kills 7 million people worldwide each year, yet it is a treatable disease that - in time - is beatable.
Light The Night (http://www.lightthenight.org/) is the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s nationwide evening Walk to build awareness of blood cancers and raise funds for cures. Its national spokesperson is Cindy Crawford, whose brother, Jeff died of leukemia (she was ten, he was only four). Cindy Crawford is strongly committed to this charity not only because she lost her brother, but because that kind of loss is devastating to so many people today.
I do not personally know anyone who has suffered cancer except a classmate of mine when I was in primary school. He was suffering from leukemia when he was ten or eleven years old and was hardly attending the classes because of the treatment he needed to undergo. when he was twelve, he passed away and though the entire school knew about it, there was nothing we could do. As a twelve-year-old kid, I could hardly express any feeling. But, as an adult today, I still remember. My Chinese primary school teacher who was also my private tuition teacher also passed away because of cancer.
Blood cancers or more known as leukemia is a disease that strike all ages. Most people are only aware of lung cancer with the thought of “if I don’t smoke or inhale second-hand smoke, then I’ll be safe“. But, that’s not entire true. Skin cancers, blood cancers, liver cancers and many other type of cancers are killing million of people each year. I believe we can cure them if we can detect or diagnose them earlier. The most important thing is awareness.
Although you can only participate in Light The Night Walk in the United States and Canada, you still can read about the campaign, watch the video of Cindy Crawford explaining what you can do to help and build awareness among your friends and family.
Click here to watch a video of Cindy explaining more you can do to help.
Click here to Visit Light The Night Web Site
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