When you work for the American Cancer Society, you come across many stories that end up changing the way you think about your own life. Today, I had one of those experiences. I met a woman -- about my age -- with young children and a life that seemed to be going in all the right directions until suddenly at the age of 35, her husband and father of her young children was diagnosed with kidney cancer. He died two months later. She now wants to do all she can to fight the disease so no one else needs to wear their late husbands wedding band around their neck. This is why I work for the American Cancer Society. This is why we are collecting stories to convince lawmakers to do the right thing to fully fund cancer research.
Joy Ginsburg
ACS CAN
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Spencer RAGBRAI is rockin!
Its 5:30pm here in Spencer and we have been having a blast. As soon as we had set up our Mobile Action Center, there has been a non-stop flow of riders and new volunteers who have been happily stepping up to do Electronic Picture a Cure. With temperatures in the mid 90's and tons of humidity, our ACS CAN towels have been one of the must haves for this stop at RAGBRAI.
Right now, the local channel 9 newstation stopped by with their reporter to do news stories on our riders. The stories are amazing and there wasn't a dry eye around when one of our riders told her story of how she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 15 and was told she would not live to graduate high school. 35 years later she is still here and is going to ride the 477 miles across Iowa! We congratulate her on her first 70 miles she did today and we will be rooting her on to the finish line in Bellevue!
Well, the tent is getting busy again and help is needed with eager new Picture a Cure volunteers, so I'm going to run! -Joe Franco
Right now, the local channel 9 newstation stopped by with their reporter to do news stories on our riders. The stories are amazing and there wasn't a dry eye around when one of our riders told her story of how she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 15 and was told she would not live to graduate high school. 35 years later she is still here and is going to ride the 477 miles across Iowa! We congratulate her on her first 70 miles she did today and we will be rooting her on to the finish line in Bellevue!
Well, the tent is getting busy again and help is needed with eager new Picture a Cure volunteers, so I'm going to run! -Joe Franco
Even busier
Today's location is the fairgrounds in
Spencer, Iowa. This place is massive, and it needs to be. There are far more riders and vendors than yesterday.
We started the day with a group of US Army soldiers completing "Picture A Cure", followed by a number of Celebration Ambassadors who just happened to walk by wearing their COH shirts.
Right now I (Christopher) am camped out behind our display booth just catching a breather..............well, back to work.
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Spencer, Iowa. This place is massive, and it needs to be. There are far more riders and vendors than yesterday.
We started the day with a group of US Army soldiers completing "Picture A Cure", followed by a number of Celebration Ambassadors who just happened to walk by wearing their COH shirts.
Right now I (Christopher) am camped out behind our display booth just catching a breather..............well, back to work.
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld
Audience Participation
Okay folks, here's your shot at free stuff.
Since we're giving away t-shirts and other fun goodies to all of the lovely Iowans, why not share with those of you watching from afar?
We will give away a t-shirt and towel to the first person to correctly submit the name of the city we will be stopping at on Wednesday, July 25th 2007. (Hint: Visit the official RAGBRAI webpage). After you post your comments, Click Here to submit your entry.
Since we're giving away t-shirts and other fun goodies to all of the lovely Iowans, why not share with those of you watching from afar?
We will give away a t-shirt and towel to the first person to correctly submit the name of the city we will be stopping at on Wednesday, July 25th 2007. (Hint: Visit the official RAGBRAI webpage). After you post your comments, Click Here to submit your entry.
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