Athletes for Hope Launch
I just wanted to remind everyone to tune in Wednesday morning for the launch of Athletes for Hope.
The mission of Athletes for Hope is to educate athletes about philanthropy; connect athletes, charities, companies, and individuals to advance charitable causes; and recognize all that athletes do to help community and charitable causes. The overall goal is to lead a philanthropic movement to inspire millions of sports fans to get involved or to increase their involvement in supporting charitable causes.
I am excited to be a part of this with other inspiring athletes like Andre Agassi, Muhammad Ali, Cal Ripken Jr., Tony Hawk,…
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A Busy Week Ahead
Before I get to all that is going on this week I want to take a minute to pass along my respects to the family and friends of Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, who died Saturday from cancer. Millender-McDonald was a seven-term Congresswoman from Southern California. My Thoughts are with her husband, children and extended family.
There is a lot going on this week, both personally as well as with other people.
Tonight on CNN George and Barbara Bush will be on Larry King Live discussing what they are doing in the fight against cancer.
Tuesday I will be in DC meeting with several legislators and…
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Today President Bush signed a bill to reauthorize the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection program, an initiative that gets free breast and cervical cancer screenings to uninsured and low-income women.
I commend the leaders in the House and Senate for doing the right thing. But let’s hold our applause for now. The reauthorization is a critical first step in saving lives, but it alone does not solve the problem. That’s because under current funding levels, the program covers one in five eligible women. You read that right. Five women need the care. One will receive it.
That’s a problem. We…
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A Couple of Links
I just wanted to post a couple of links to things that people have sent me.
The first is a great cartoon that ran in a lot of papers over the last few days.
The second is a series of photographs (click on the link, choose 2007 winners and then featured photography) which won a Pulitzer prize for featured photography. It was awarded to Renee C. Byer of the Sacramento Bee for her portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.
LIVESTRONG,
Lance
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So Much to Say
Sorry for not getting more posts up this week. It has been a busy week.
We should take a second to reflect on what happened last week. I had my manager Mark take a picture of me with the Newsweek cover, because we need to celebrate this success. The cancer discussion finding it’s way on to the cover of Newsweek is a huge win in our fight.
I also wanted to share with you an email that Doug Ulman (President of the LAF) sent to me and a few others last week.
“You ever have one of those moments when you just feel…
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