The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Annual Light The Night Walk Announces Goal to Raise $1.4 Million

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Long Island Chapter announced its goal to raise $1.4 million at this year’s 2016 Light The Night® Walk.

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This year, the Light The Night Walk will be held on the evening of Saturday, October 15, 2016 at Eisenhower Park. The Walk will feature a Kids Zone and will culminate with a fireworks show.

East Meadow, NY - September 26, 2016 - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Long Island Chapter announced its goal to raise $1.4 million at this year’s 2016 Light The Night® Walk.

Light The Night is LLS's annual walk and fundraising event, and the nation's night to pay tribute and brings light to the darkness of cancer through hope, research and support for patients, families, friends, doctors, nurses, researchers, colleagues and care givers. Friends, families and co-workers form fundraising teams and millions of consumers help by donating at retail outlets. These efforts culminate in inspirational, memorable evening walks in nearly 200 communities across North America each fall.

Participants carry illuminated lanterns – white for survivors, red for supporters and gold in memory of loved ones lost to cancer. Anyone big, small, young or old can shine a light on the importance of finding cures and ensuring access to treatments for blood cancer patients.

“We are grateful to the companies and employees who are lending their support to this year’s Walk,” said Sara Lipsky, Executive Director. “LLS’s Light The Night Walk funds treatments that are saving the lives of patients today. LLS is accelerating cures by providing patient support services, advocacy for lifesaving treatments and the most promising cancer research anywhere. And it’s all happening now.”

This year, the Light The Night Walk will be held on the evening of Saturday, October 15, 2016 at Eisenhower Park.  The Walk will feature a Kids Zone and will culminate with a fireworks show.

LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to finding cures for leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and other blood cancers. Through its efforts it has invested more than $1 billion in cutting-edge research to advance therapies. Thanks to research, survival rates for patients with many blood cancers have doubled, tripled and even quadrupled since the early 1960s. Yet, despite these advances, about one third of patients with blood cancer still do not survive even five years after their diagnosis.

To form a team or to learn more, please call the Long Island Chapter at 631.370.7530 or visit www.lightthenight.org/li.

About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ® (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world, provides free information and support services, and is the voice for all blood cancer patients seeking access to quality, affordable, coordinated care.

Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Rye Brook, NY, LLS has chapters throughout the United States and Canada. To learn more, visit www.LLS.org. Patients should contact the Information Resource Center at (800) 955-4572, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET.

Long Island Chapter is located at 3 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 202S, Melville, NY 11747.