Hey all. I rarely pass around this sort of thing but this one is personal. My uncle is going to be doing the Scott Firefighter Stairclimb 2016 event to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
For our family this is a very personal issue. You see... on November 19th 2000 my father, John Brenden, died of Acute Myeloid Luekemia.
My father was the greatest man I ever knew. He was a great father, firm but fair. Worked himself to the bone on graveyard shift to provide for our family. He was a vet and he even saved several peoples lives in extraordinary circumstances over his lifetime. He was such a wonderful person that he touched the lives of everyone he met. At his funeral even his usual bank teller showed up because he had taken the time to get to know her instead of just treating her just as some worker. The world is a darker place without him.
I ask anyone that can, please please please donate to this cause so that in the future maybe a better understanding of this cancer of the blood can help prevent such a waste of life.