Because I’m 8 months pregnant with twins, I was not able to travel for LIVESTRONG Day. I figured that I would host LIVESTRONG Day at my son√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s sch00l. I took a lesson from our LIVESTRONG at School curriculum and modified it for 2-6 year olds. Since Montessori education focuses a lot on how to be a good citizen, we talked about how we can help people that are sick feel better. I told a story about a boy named Mikey that was sick and how his mom helped him feel better by bringing him soup and his…

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Cancer Survivor and Tucson LIVESTRONG Day organizer Penny Waller (center) and supporters post ride. The Tucson Mayor led the riders out after reading his proclamation declaring it LIVESTRONG Day and also declared an “unoffical no passing rule”. So inspiring to see the support and to discuss with folks the impact of this disease and all that needs to be done.

Betty

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I’m at Citizens Medical Center in Victoria, Texas, where the hospital is having a great event for survivors. Linda braaten, who will go get chemo in an hour, is the local organizer.

She created a tribute wall with survivor stories and awarded mvp medals to patients and their families. We’re going to tour the cancer center now, and the local news is here.

This is the main event out of seven that is hosted here – the Mayor proclaimed it LIVESTRONG Day. More to come!

Here is Victoria News Online

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I’m in Atlanta, Georgia today with LIVESTRONG Day organizer Janet Kempe and LIVESTRONG Army Captain Kathy Pollard. We just left our first stop of 4. This picture is from SEGO Chemo Suite Northside, the people I met there were amazing!!! It was very inspirational to meet the incredible medical professionals, caregivers who are there to support the patients, and then the patients…the words that come to mind: courageous, tough, beautiful and hopeful. This is what LIVESTRONG Day is about…. It was truly an honor to meet everyone there and they have inspired me to do more in the…

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LIVESTRONG at School Contest

Thank you to everyone who participated in the LIVESTRONG at School contest! The contest winners have been officially announced at www.livestrong.org/school and are listed below. We have been absolutely astounded over the past couple of months as entries for the LIVESTRONG at School contest have been turned in to the LAF. We received almost 200 entries from classes who submitted books, videos, drawings and songs. Everyone who participated demonstrated hard work and an understanding of what LIVESTRONG means to them while having fun at the same time.

We truly appreciate the…

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