BJ Timoner is one of the first people I met when I arrived on my college campus a hundred years ago. At the time, he was very welcoming, and made me much more at ease in my new surroundings. He is going to walk from San Diego to New York starting on Christmas Day, December 25, 2010. He is doing this to raise funding for pancreatic cancer research through The Lustgarten Foundation.
BJ lost his father at the age of five to this disease which still does not have early detection testing. When someone is diagnosed it is generally already too late. BJ is just reaching his father's age of passing, 41, and decided to do what he could so that future families will not have to live the life his family did, without the presence of a parent or other loving family member.
Pancreatic cancer comes in fourth in the statistics of cancer fatalities.
Fourth, people. That is too big to not have early detection tests available. By now, through the success of other cancer tests, for prostrate, colon and breast cancers for instance, we know that early detection is the monumental key to treatment and therefore survival of formerly guaranteed to be fatal cancers.
Please, friends, go to his website:
http://www.bjwalksamerica.com/
to learn a little more and to donate. Every dollar goes to research only, none to support his endeavor or him personally. Remember, even if you barely have enough to get by during this Holiday Season, even a little bit from each of us can go a long way together.
Thank you.
So important to do what we can where we can. I'm amazed at his dedication and strength of spirit and hope his journey is full of memorable places and people.
ReplyDeletethanks for saying so, carmen.
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