Happy New Year

Happy New Year From StopLeukemia Dear StopLeukemia Supporters   From all of us at Stopleukemia, we would like to thank you for all of your support in 2011.  We also want to wish you and your families a healthy and prosperous new year!  2011 was another exciting step forward for the organization.  One major highlight our official partnership with The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  As many of you know, Fred Schneider, Sandy Richton, and Andrew Sarkisian were all treated at Dana Farber.  This amazing hospital has had a tremendous impact on all of us and we have been proud to donate the majority of our proceeds to the Office of Patient and Family Assistance; and now to be an official partner with them. Our annual fundraising event took place in November at the Hard Rock Cafe in Boston.  It was a huge success raising close to $9,000!  Over 150 people attended and helped celebrate the lives of loved ones afflicted with leukemia.  During 2011, we also revamped our website, continued to sell t-shirts, and made a number of donations including  Dana Farber Office of Patient and Family Assistance, The Andrew Sarksian Memorial Scholarship Fund, and the Fort Lauderdale Light-the-Night event.  We know the turbulent economy has created challenging times for many of you, so we cannot thank you enough for your continued support in these tough times.  For those who would like to get in end of year donations it is not too late so visit us at www.stopleukemia.com to donate, order t-shirts, and sign up for the donor registry.   Happy New Year! Your friends at StopLeukemia.

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StopLeukemia.org Fundraiser at the Hard Rock Cafe- Boston

StopLeukemia Is Now Partnered with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  Join Us November 15th at The Hard Rock Cafe. Dear StopLeukemia Supporters   Our first fundraiser with our new partner Dana-Farber is tomorrow night, Tuesday November 15th, 2011 from 6-9pm at The Hard Rock Cafe in Boston.  The Muddy Stumps will be performing and we'll have some great drawings to bid on such as:  Bruins Tickets, Shag Salon Gift Certificate, Designer Earrings from Michael C Fina, Signed Sports Memorabilia and many other great items!  Please join us as we raise money to help ease the financial burden for families afflicted with leukemia.  Please check us out at www.stopleukemia.org to avoid the line and to buy tickets on line.  If purchasing tickets online we will have your name at the entrance to the event. Tickets will also be available at the door. Thank you for all of your support and we look forward to seeing you at The Hard Rock Cafe!

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StopLeukemia.org Fundraiser at the Hard Rock Cafe- Boston

StopLeukemia Is Now Partnered with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  Join Us November 15th at The Hard Rock Cafe. Dear StopLeukemia Supporters   Our first fundraiser with our new partner Dana-Farber is next Tuesday November 15th, 2011 from 6-9pm at The Hard Rock Cafe in Boston.  The Muddy Stumps will be performing and we'll have some great drawings to bid on such as:  Bruins Tickets, Shag Salon Gift Certifcate, Designer Earings from Michael C Fina, Signed Sports Memorabailia and many other great items!  Please join us as we raise money to help ease the financial burden for families afflicted with leukemia.  Please check us out at www.stopleukemia.org for more information and to buy tickets on line.  Tickets will also be available at the door. Thank you for all of your support and we look forward to seeing you at The Hard Rock Cafe!

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StopLeukemia.org Fundraiser at the Hard Rock Cafe- Boston

StopLeukemia Is Now Partnered with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  Join Us November 15th at The Hard Rock Cafe. Dear StopLeukemia Supporters   We are proud to announce our first fundraiser with our new partner, Dana-Farber!  On Tuesday November 15th, 2011 from 6-9pm at The Hard Rock Cafe in Boston we will have live music from The Muddy Stumps, great drawings, cash bar, and appetizers as we raise money to help ease the financial burden for families afflicted with leukemia.  Please check us out at www.stopleukemia.org for more information and to buy tickets on line.  Tickets will also be available at the door. Thank you for all of your support and we look forward to seeing you at The Hard Rock Cafe!

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StopLeukemia.org Fundraiser at the Hard Rock Cafe- Boston

StopLeukemia Is Now Partnered with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  Join Us November 15th at The Hard Rock Cafe. Dear StopLeukemia Supporter's   We are proud to announce our first fundraiser with our new partner, Dana-Farber!  On Tuesday November 15th, 2011 from 6-9pm at The Hard Rock Cafe in Boston we will have live music from The Muddy Stumps, great drawings, cash bar, and appetizers as we raise money to help ease the financial burden for families afflicted with leukemia.  Please check us out at www.stopleukemia.org for more information and to buy tickets on line.  Tickets will also be available at the door. Thank you for all of your support and we look forward to seeing you at The Hard Rock Cafe!

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A message from StopLeukemia.Org

StopLeukemia Supporters,
As we wrap up 2010, we'd like to recap some of the achievements of StopLeukemia in its first full year.  StopLeukemia has continued to make great strides since the kick-off event at The Vault almost a year and a half ago. Of course, none of this would be possible without the help of the StopLeukemia community.
Our primary fundraising event in 2010 was in conjunction with Rachael Devono-Sarkisian's participation in the 2010 Music City Marathon in Nashville, TN.  Rachael, Andy Sarkisian's widow and one of StopLeukemia's inspirations, set a goal of raising $5,000 of behalf of StopLeukemia.  Due to Rachael's courage and everyone's tremendous support, she was able to raise over $6,000 of which $5,000 was donated to Dana Farber's Office of Patient and Family Assistance and $1,000 was donated to the Andy Sarkisian Memorial Scholarship Fund.  The total donations to these two organizations are now $15,000 and $1,500, respectively, totals that we are very proud of, and you should be as well!   We are truly inspired by Rachael's drive and determination and she is very appreciative of everyone's contributions.  Rachael commented on StopLeukemia's Facebook site, "Thanks again for helping me keep Andrew's memory alive!" Pictures from Rachael's inspirational run in Nashville can be seen here: http://picasaweb.google.com/stopleukemia/RachaelSRun#
We'd also like to share a story recently published on boston.com (link to story).  Unfortunately, many organizations contribute a limited percentage of total donations to their respective causes.  In 2009 approximately 43 cents out of every dollar donated was received by charitable organizations.  We at StopLeukemia, however, are thrilled to that since our start in 2009, approximately 80 cents out of every dollar has been donated to one of the two organizations mentioned above, and this percentage is even greater when excluding the sale of StopLeukemia t-shirts.  StopLeukemia is devoted to assisting the families that are dealing with leukemia. Your donations are meant to help families with the financial burden of this disease, not to fund the operations of the organization. 
Some additional highlights for StopLeukemia in 2010 include the following: 
·         The StopLeukemia founders were featured in a recently published book called "Generation Earn: The Young Professional's Guide to Spending, Investing, and Giving Back" authored by Kimberly Palmer.  A short adaptation from the book can be found here.
·         StopLeukemia is currently discussing a long-term partnership with the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.  Through this partnership, all future events would be co-sponsored by the two organizations and future donations would continue to be directed to Dana Farber's Office of Patient and Family Assistance.
·         Sandy Richton, one of StopLeukemia's inspirations, celebrated 12 years as a cancer survivor and eight years since her stem cell transplant.  Congrats Sandy! We are all inspired by your courage!
StopLeukemia is looking forward to an even more successful 2011.  We plan to host another charity event at a local bar/restaurant in Boston during the late Winter/early Spring and are initiating plans for our biggest event yet, a charity golf outing, likely to be held in the Fall.  Please continue to check our website (www.stopleukemia.org) for updates.  We'll be sure to keep you posted as well.
 
In closing, with the year end and tax time upon us, there is no better time to make a donation to StopLeukemia.  If you're interested, tax deductible donations for 2010 can be made online through Friday (click here).
Thanks again for your continued support!
 - Judd, Mike and Tony

Rachel's Run Photos

With the help of your donations, Rachael and the StopLeukemia raised over $6,000! This was well above our goal of $5,000. Due to the tremendous success we will be donating $5,000 to the Office of Family and Patient Assistance at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA. Take a moment to check out the pictures from Rachael's Run.