Showing posts with label Leukemia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leukemia. Show all posts

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Train to Support Cures for Blood Cancers









We encourage all members of our community to particpate in supporting research to cure blood cancers. Team in Training has chapters throughout the United States and Canada. In its 20 years, this effort has raised over $700MM and partipants benefit by keeping themselves in shape.

For information regarding meetings throughout the country visit Team in Training. New York City inofrmation meetings are listed below.

New York City Chapter
8th Floor, 475 Park Avenue SouthNew York, NY 10016
ph: (212) 448-9206Local Staff Contacts

Registration for the Summer Season Marathon events is open until Friday, February 22nd and Monday, March 3rd for the Nautica New York City Triathlon. Don't Delay. The events offered for the Summer Season are:


If you are interested in registering for one of these events, please fill out our Tell Me More Form to learn more about information meetings in your area. You can also call the New York City Chapter at (212) 448-9206, ext. 234. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the rewards of completing a marathon, half marathon, or century ride while helping to accelerate cures for leukemia, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma - blood cancers that continue to take the lives of thousands of Americans every year. We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Information Meetings
Join us for one of the following 2008 Summer Season Team In Training® Information Meetings to learn more about the program and to meet our staff, coaches, mentors and honored teammates. At a meeting you will be able to register for the event of a lifetime!
If you would like to see some more information about our sports, click on any of the sport specific sheets below:Run Specific SheetTriathlon Specific Sheet Cycle Specific SheetWalk Specific Sheet
Please click here to learn more. You may also contact us at (212) 448-9206, ext. 234, or tntnyc@lls.org .

SUMMER SEASON INFORMATION MEETINGS The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Saturday, January 12
11:30amPark Slope Brooklyn Library
431 6th Avenue
(at 9th Street)
Brooklyn

Saturday, January 12
11:0amWest New Brighton Library
976 Castleton Avenue
(at North Burgher Avenue)
Conference Room
Staten Island

Monday, January 147:00pm
The East 96th Street Branch Manhattan Library
112 East 96th Street
(between Lexington and Park Avenue)
Upper East Side

Monday, January 147:00pm
Trinity School
139 West 91st Street
(between Amsterdam & Columbus Avenues)
School Cafeteria
Upper West Side

Wednesday, January 166:30pm
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
8th Floor
475 Park Avenue South (between 31st and 32nd Street)
**Exclusively for Walkers**
Midtown

Saturday, January 1911:00am
The Westside YMCA
5 West 63rd Street
(between Broadway & Central Park West)
King Alfonso Room
Upper West Side

Tuesday, January 22
7:00pm
Credit Suisse
Eleven Madison Avenue
(entrance on Park Avenue)
Auditorium
Midtown

Wednesday January 23
6:30pm
Carroll Gardens Brooklyn Library
396 Clinton Street
(at Union Street)
Brooklyn

Thursday, January 24
7:00pm
Citibank Building,
2 Court Square
(Intersection of 44th Drive and Jackson Avenue)
2nd Floor Conference Room
Queens

Thursday, January 31
7:00pm
Schulte, Roth, and Zabel
919 3rd Avenue
(Entrance on 55th Street)
Midtown

Wednesday, February 6
6:30pm
New York Society for Ethical Culture - Auditorium
2 West 64th Street (at Central Park West)
**For Marathon and Cycle ONLY**
Upper West Side

Wednesday, February 27
6:30pm
New York Blood Center - Auditorium
310 East 67th Street
(between 1st & 2nd Avenues)
**For Triathlon ONLY**
Upper East Side

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Reminder! Free Patient Education - Paving the Way for Progress: Clinical Trials in Blood Cancers - May 30 in NYC

The Healing Project understands the critical importance clinical trials play in the advancement of the treatment of chronic disease. We encourage all eligible patients to consider participating in the development of new methods of treating disease.



In that light, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the American Cancer Society are offering a free patient education program to promote the participation in clinical trials:

Topics to be covered:

• How new drugs are discovered, researched, and approved for treatment
• Telling fact from fiction when it comes to clinical trials
• How to talk to your doctor about clinical trials as a possible treatment option
• Recent and ongoing advances in the treatment of blood cancers

Speaker: Ann D. Pirro PA-C, M.S. M.P.H



Date: May 30th, 2007
Time: 6PM-8PM
Location: The American Cancer Society
19 West 56th Street
New York, NY 10019

Pre-Registration for this Free Program is required
Please contact Meg Harrison at 646-660-9027 or meg.harrison@lls.org to register for the program

Complimentary refreshments will be served.

For questions and assistance for individuals with disabilities, please contact:
David Pulli at: (212) 237-3843

If the dates, times or locations are not convenient; please speak with your haematologist or oncologist about participating in clinical trails in your area. Again, these trials are crucial to advancing treatment options not only for you but also other patients suffering from blood diseases, make every effort to participate.

This education program is generously supported by the American Cancer Society and Bristol-Myers Squibb.



Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Free Patient Education - Paving the Way for Progress: Clinical Trials in Blood Cancers - May 30th in NYC

The Healing Project understands the critical importance clinical trials play in the advancement of the treatment of chronic disease. We encourage all eligible patients to consider participating in the development of new methods of treating disease.



In that light, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the American Cancer Society are offering a free patient education program to promote the participation in clinical trials:

Topics to be covered:

• How new drugs are discovered, researched, and approved for treatment
• Telling fact from fiction when it comes to clinical trials
• How to talk to your doctor about clinical trials as a possible treatment option
• Recent and ongoing advances in the treatment of blood cancers

Speaker: Ann D. Pirro PA-C, M.S. M.P.H



Date: May 30th, 2007
Time: 6PM-8PM
Location: The American Cancer Society
19 West 56th Street
New York, NY 10019

Pre-Registration for this Free Program is required
Please contact Meg Harrison at 646-660-9027 or meg.harrison@lls.org to register for the program

Complimentary refreshments will be served.

For questions and assistance for individuals with disabilities, please contact:
David Pulli at: (212) 237-3843

If the dates, times or locations are not convenient; please speak with your haematologist or oncologist about participating in clinical trails in your area. Again, these trials are crucial to advancing treatment options not only for you but also other patients suffering from blood diseases, make every effort to participate.

This education program is generously supported by the American Cancer Society and Bristol-Myers Squibb.