Kickin’ for Kids is Proud to Participate

Please join us this year on Sunday, April 1 for Tampa’s inaugural Be The One Run and help Tampa/St. Pete be one of the first regions in the U.S. to promote this growing event.

Each year, 10,000 patients with leukemia, lymphoma and 70 other life-threatening illnesses need a marrow transplant but have no family donor match. They need Be The Match to help them find an unrelated donor to receive the transplant they need.

5k / 1k / Tot Trot

(certified 5K course with timing chips)

Visit the Tampa Be The One Run website and do one of the following:

• Volunteer – click this tab to register as a volunteer. You may choose a preferred position and specify another person you want to work with
• Register – click this tab to enter as a race participant. You can register as an individual, start your own team, or we would be honored to have you join our team. To register with  Team Kickin’ for Kids, click here, scroll down and clock “Join Team.”
• Donation – click here and choose “Support Kickin’ for Kids” to make a donation

To go directly to the Kickin’ for Kids team page at any time click here.

Urgent update!!

While we were posting this notice, we received this from friends on Facebook:

“Saankethi is a two-and-a-half year old girl suffering from MDS. Her parents had to bring her here from India to receive a bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor. Her father is in IT, currently working on contract with a U.S. company. Saankethi’s 5 year-old brother is not a match for her. Please spread the word, register to be a marrow donor, or contact Be The Match to host a marrow drive.

2 Year-Old Saankethi Needs a Marrow Donor

Fabulous Jazz * Exquisite Food * Artistic Surprise

 think caring  · think kids  ·  think cure

100 % of your donation is for the benefit of the       Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Thirsty Beaver Saloon, Charlotte

Saturday,  May 14, 5PM

Since 2007 May Bash has proudly supported

pediatric cancer research

support programs for children undergoing treatment

funding for marrow donor testing

Friends, fun, music & libations. All we need is YOU!

Check out the May Bash Facebook Page for all details.

Birthday Girl Nicole, January 7

We can hardly believe Nicole would be celebrating

her 30th birthday this year.

Please help us honor Nicole’s memory as we raise money to find a cure

for blood cancers that take the lives of our beloved children.

Your donation will help us reach

our goal of donating $4,000 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in 2011.

Click here to create smiles like this that

will last a lifetime.

Your generosity is appreciated.

You can support our lifesaving work while you shop!

During the holidays and all through the year simply click on the words

Shop Amazon.com!

and Kickin’ for Kids will receive a percentage of the value of your purchase. It’s so easy and adds no extra cost to your purchase . Please share this with your family and friends and help us provide hope for children battling cancer.

Thank you for helping us in our mission to save children’s lives and support them while they’re going through treatment.

Best wishes to you and your loved ones

for a blessed holiday season

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2010 Light the Night event.

November 13, 2010

Steinbrenner Field, Tampa

Help us give children hope for a future

Give hope. Save Lives.

There are three simple ways you can help.

Join our team by visiting our official LLS team page, scroll to the bottom and click JOIN. http://pages.lightthenight.org/sun/Tampa10/kickinforkids

Consider becoming a team captain for your company and recruit members

Support the cause with a donation. Just click on the donate tab above. All donations received between August 4 and November 30, 2010 will be for the support of research through the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

All inquiries welcomed. Please contact us at kfkids@earthlink.net

Maya is an adorable 4 year old whose short life has been overtaken by a complex disease with a long name, Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or HLH. Her perfect little girl life was filled with dancing, singing, reading books, and baking with her grandmothers. From the moment of her diagnosis on September 4, 2009, those happy days gave way to the frightening challenges of daily medical treatments in intensive care.

HLH is a rare disorder primarily affecting young children at a very early age but is found in patients of all ages. Histiocyte cells, produced in the marrow and part of the immune system, eat up normal blood cells which are then stored in the liver and spleen. The cells build up, painfully, causing the organs to enlarge and shift, eventually pushing against the lungs, making it difficult to breathe.

The disease is so rare that there is not even a body of data on which Maya’s prognosis can be based. All that’s known for sure is that her return to health is a long shot without your help. The short term treatment is a form of chemotherapy which Maya started the same day she was diagnosed, but the only possibility for long term health is a bone marrow transplant.

Maya needs donated bone marrow that very closely matches her own. The best chances of finding a matched donor are with a sibling, but Maya’s little brother is not a match. The next best chance is with a parent but Maya’s parents are not a match either. Can you be Maya’s best chance? She needs you!

You could have Maya’s future inside you! Think of it. You could hold the key to curing

Maya’s disease, or the disease of another sick child or adult, inside you right now and all it takes to begin your journey to hero status is to join the national registry of marrow donors at Be The Match. Please join the registry. Please spread the word. Tell your family, your friends, your co-workers, that Maya is looking for that one person who could save her life. Please urge others in your community to join.

It’s so easy to be someone’s hero.

Visit http://www.marrow.org/JOIN/index.html, and click on the informative links in the left side bar to learn more about the process. There are many misconceptions about this lifesaving process and you will be pleasantly surprised to see how simple it is to save a life. You’re now ready to click JOIN NOW. You will be sent a kit with instructions about the painless cheek swab needed to see if you can be a match and where to send your completed swab and registration paperwork in the pre-paid envelope. To ensure the most optimal processing on Maya’s behalf, be sure to use the Promo Code marrow4maya when you sign up.

Whether Maya reminds you of your daughter, your grandchild or just the little girl down the street who always smiles and waves, it takes just a moment to give her a lifetime of moments. Please join today and answer her call for help.

If you still have questions about marrow donation, please contact Be The Match at:
1 (800) MARROW-2 (1-800-627-7692).