The Revlon Run/Walk for Women
Jan. 21st, 2005 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauraanne_gilmanYes, some of you may have seen this post before. You'll see it again. Possibly until I manage to get every single person reading here to donate, even if it's only a dollar or two, or to pass the word along to someone who is in a position to donate.
This is that important to me.
Every year, I participate in the Revlon Run/Walk for Women in New York City. Created in 1993 through the committed and collective efforts of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, Lilly Tartikoff, Ronald O. Perelman, and The Davis Group, the Revlon Run/Walk For Women has grown to become one of the nation's largest 5K fundraising events. To date, the Run/Walks (LA/NY) have raised over 22 million dollars to help find a cure for cancer.
That's $22 million dollars that goes directly towards research, not P.R. or administrative costs.
And it's not enough.
Every year, I seem to add another name to the list of people I'm walking for, either in honor of their struggle, or in memory of their lives.
The thing is, when friends and family are threatened, our instincts are to rush to their aid. But cancer can't be fought that way. All we can do is stand and wait and pray. And, all too often, mourn.
Or we can do our best to ensure that the odds shift in their favor, by funding research. To ensure that, in the future, the battle becomes an easily-winnable skirmish.
You can help. You know how.
This is that important to me.
Every year, I participate in the Revlon Run/Walk for Women in New York City. Created in 1993 through the committed and collective efforts of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, Lilly Tartikoff, Ronald O. Perelman, and The Davis Group, the Revlon Run/Walk For Women has grown to become one of the nation's largest 5K fundraising events. To date, the Run/Walks (LA/NY) have raised over 22 million dollars to help find a cure for cancer.
That's $22 million dollars that goes directly towards research, not P.R. or administrative costs.
And it's not enough.
Every year, I seem to add another name to the list of people I'm walking for, either in honor of their struggle, or in memory of their lives.
The thing is, when friends and family are threatened, our instincts are to rush to their aid. But cancer can't be fought that way. All we can do is stand and wait and pray. And, all too often, mourn.
Or we can do our best to ensure that the odds shift in their favor, by funding research. To ensure that, in the future, the battle becomes an easily-winnable skirmish.
You can help. You know how.
