Help us BLAST Neuroblastoma.
Today we are making a concerted effort to raise awareness and money to support the fight in ending deadly childhood cancers like neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is a malignant cancerous tumor that develops from nerve tissue and occurs in infants and children. In the US alone, over 650 new cases are discovered each year.
We feel that these types of cancers should be made aware to the general public for the purpose of awareness, detection and hopefully someday- prevention. There are a handful of children that we follow on Twitter that are fighting this disease, @Bradenshope @darlingchuck @TeamMcKenna @Prayers4Taylor , and the reality is that there are hundreds if not thousands more that are also fighting the fight. Recently the mom of @LaylaGrace tweeted about her daughter, up to the day she passed, who was struggling with this disease.
For these children and many more, we must do our part to raise awareness and money to end this torture. Today, we have at least one sponsor willing to donate to the cause. @coachgilliland from Staunton, Virginia agrees to donate $1 for the next 100 followers of @abolishcancer to help BLAST neuroblastoma.
So what are we waiting for, let's use Twitter as a worldwide roadside billboard to promote the awareness and funding to @abolishcancer.
"Power of the People, through Twitter, to @abolishcancer"!
...............Join our Global MOVEMENT to unite ALL charities, organizations, and people....to abolish cancer!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
@delprado Sponsors @VTRelay to Help Abolishcancer
Tuesday, March 23 brings another great opportunity to raise awareness & money to @abolishcancer. For every new follower of @abolishcancer today, @delprado agrees to pay $1 to @VTRelay to help fight cancer. The day starts with 3,161 followers.
It’s the simplest way to help fight cancer, a quick tweet and a click of the follow button, that help in our global fight to end this disease.
Meet John Gallagher. We were introduced to John several months back and from the moment we started talking about working together, it was clear that he is passionate about his business and about helping others. John is the CEO of MAPA Imports, LLC which is a family-owned business that produces and distributes Del Prado Gourmet Nectars. (Check out all the great variety of products that Del Prado offers here).
A key part of John’s business focuses on social responsibility as an organization. Mapa Imports believes all businesses, no matter the size, have an obligation to contribute to charities to help others in need. With that philosophy in mind, it was a natural connection between John (@delprado) and @abolishcancer.
When we discussed who would benefit from today’s sponsorship, one group quickly came to mind, @VTRelay. The Relay For Life at Virginia Tech will take place on April 9, 2010 in Blacksburg, Virginia. While there are many wonderful Relay For Life events and organizations, the students at Virginia Tech have excelled in raising awareness and money to support the American Cancer Society. Last year the group helped contribute over $500,000 during the event.
So today is a great day. Thanks to the generosity of @delprado we will provide more awareness and financial means to not only support the great folks at @VTRelay but to also grow an army of fighters who are dedicated to end this disease, once and for all. Please help enlist others in our global fight to @abolishcancer.
“Power of the People, through Twitter, to @abolishcancer”
It’s the simplest way to help fight cancer, a quick tweet and a click of the follow button, that help in our global fight to end this disease.
Meet John Gallagher. We were introduced to John several months back and from the moment we started talking about working together, it was clear that he is passionate about his business and about helping others. John is the CEO of MAPA Imports, LLC which is a family-owned business that produces and distributes Del Prado Gourmet Nectars. (Check out all the great variety of products that Del Prado offers here).
A key part of John’s business focuses on social responsibility as an organization. Mapa Imports believes all businesses, no matter the size, have an obligation to contribute to charities to help others in need. With that philosophy in mind, it was a natural connection between John (@delprado) and @abolishcancer.
When we discussed who would benefit from today’s sponsorship, one group quickly came to mind, @VTRelay. The Relay For Life at Virginia Tech will take place on April 9, 2010 in Blacksburg, Virginia. While there are many wonderful Relay For Life events and organizations, the students at Virginia Tech have excelled in raising awareness and money to support the American Cancer Society. Last year the group helped contribute over $500,000 during the event.
So today is a great day. Thanks to the generosity of @delprado we will provide more awareness and financial means to not only support the great folks at @VTRelay but to also grow an army of fighters who are dedicated to end this disease, once and for all. Please help enlist others in our global fight to @abolishcancer.
“Power of the People, through Twitter, to @abolishcancer”
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
People Can Make a Difference at Any Age
Received an email several weeks ago from a high school student wanting to know how @abolishcancer worked. Turns out that the emailer, Brian Raczynski, was inquiring about becoming a sponsor for our site. Brian mentioned he was impressed with our partnership with @THON and wanted to somehow get involved.
Brian Raczynski, is 17 years old, and attends Springfield High School (Delco) as a junior. He's a normal high school student raising money for pediatric cancer, and hopes to one day abolish it. This is his third year participating in his school's Steve Stefani Dance Marathon. Over the years he has personally raised about 600 dollars, along with all his hard work involved with the events.
On Thursday, March 18, Brian agrees to donate $1 to the cancer fighting charity listed below for every new follower of @abolishcancer. (up to 100 followers) We begin the day with 3,010 followers.
Springfield High School (Delco) is holding its 8th annual Steve Stefani Dance Marathon this Friday, March 19th. As a Mini-Thon, they dance for 15 hours, running from 6 pm Friday, until 9 am Saturday. The past two years they have been the number one Mini-Thon in the state, and hope to make that three years in a row this Friday. Last year, they raised an unprecedented $110,336 for the Hershey Medical Center’s Four Diamonds Fund. Dance Marathon is the largest club at SHS, this year with about 500 students dancing. All year long, they have events of all sorts, raffles, canning events, and donations flying in through the mail. All of which they, the students run themselves, with the help of the director John Gildea. Springfield High School's Dance Marathon is named after the teacher Mr. Steve Stefani who inspired this great event. He worked at SHS for over 30 years and passed away from lung cnacer in June of 2002. SHS hosted the first ever Steve Stefani Dance Marathon in 2003, where they raised $11,617.00, and after 7 years, this number has amazingly raised to last years total of 110,336.85. Over the past seven years, they have raised a total of $353,019.60 all for The Four Diamonds Fund. Their motto- We dance For The Kids!
@Brian_Aurelioand can be reached at this Twitter address and his charity can be accessed from their website. http://www.ssdcougars.org/webpages/dancemarathon/ They also have a live feed of their Dance Marathon for this Friday and Saturday, which can be found on http://www.ssdcougars.org/webpages/dancemarathon/livefeed.cfm
Join Brian in his quest to make a difference and prove that one person can have an impact to help @abolishcancer. Thanks Brian.
Brian Raczynski, is 17 years old, and attends Springfield High School (Delco) as a junior. He's a normal high school student raising money for pediatric cancer, and hopes to one day abolish it. This is his third year participating in his school's Steve Stefani Dance Marathon. Over the years he has personally raised about 600 dollars, along with all his hard work involved with the events.
On Thursday, March 18, Brian agrees to donate $1 to the cancer fighting charity listed below for every new follower of @abolishcancer. (up to 100 followers) We begin the day with 3,010 followers.
Springfield High School (Delco) is holding its 8th annual Steve Stefani Dance Marathon this Friday, March 19th. As a Mini-Thon, they dance for 15 hours, running from 6 pm Friday, until 9 am Saturday. The past two years they have been the number one Mini-Thon in the state, and hope to make that three years in a row this Friday. Last year, they raised an unprecedented $110,336 for the Hershey Medical Center’s Four Diamonds Fund. Dance Marathon is the largest club at SHS, this year with about 500 students dancing. All year long, they have events of all sorts, raffles, canning events, and donations flying in through the mail. All of which they, the students run themselves, with the help of the director John Gildea. Springfield High School's Dance Marathon is named after the teacher Mr. Steve Stefani who inspired this great event. He worked at SHS for over 30 years and passed away from lung cnacer in June of 2002. SHS hosted the first ever Steve Stefani Dance Marathon in 2003, where they raised $11,617.00, and after 7 years, this number has amazingly raised to last years total of 110,336.85. Over the past seven years, they have raised a total of $353,019.60 all for The Four Diamonds Fund. Their motto- We dance For The Kids!
@Brian_Aurelioand can be reached at this Twitter address and his charity can be accessed from their website. http://www.ssdcougars.org/webpages/dancemarathon/ They also have a live feed of their Dance Marathon for this Friday and Saturday, which can be found on http://www.ssdcougars.org/webpages/dancemarathon/livefeed.cfm
Join Brian in his quest to make a difference and prove that one person can have an impact to help @abolishcancer. Thanks Brian.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
A Global Revolution
We are so thrilled to have gained some inertia since we started our Twitter feed in November. While it started off slow, our February partnership with @THON and brief brush with a viral explosion and has helped us gain several thousand followers, all with the intent of fighting cancer.
Certain people we follow, like @LaylaGrace, provide even more inspiration to us and our continued fight to @abolishcancer. How can you not be moved by a mom, and a family’s emotional journey as their daughter battles a life-threatening illness?
We are pleased that we landed our first business sponsor. @delprado, has agreed to be a daily sponsor for a day in March (not yet announced) and will certainly provide a great deal of awareness and money to help support a soon-to-be named cancer fighting charity. Businesses like @delprado show that it’s not always about the bottom line; it’s also about having a social responsibility to give back.
We are encouraged that businesses will see our twitter feed as an opportunity to donate, in a unique way, to a cancer fighting charity of choice, and raise a great deal of awareness in the process. The sponsor also gets a steady stream of positive PR with everyone’s tweets.
As a reminder of how our site works, we solicit individuals or businesses to sponsor our site for one day. For every new follower @abolishcancer gets during that day, the sponsor agrees to pay $1 to a cancer fighting charity of choice. @abolishcancer collects no money; we are simply the messenger with the hope of growing a base of cancer fighters from around the world. We also will support partial sponsors for a charity, in other words, up to a certain number of followers, i.e. 200.
We are most excited that as more sponsors jump on board, more followers will connect, and we will begin to create an army of people dedicated to one cause- to @abolishcancer.
Please help share our plan with others and feel free to email us with ideas at Bonham.Darah@gmail.com
Certain people we follow, like @LaylaGrace, provide even more inspiration to us and our continued fight to @abolishcancer. How can you not be moved by a mom, and a family’s emotional journey as their daughter battles a life-threatening illness?
We are pleased that we landed our first business sponsor. @delprado, has agreed to be a daily sponsor for a day in March (not yet announced) and will certainly provide a great deal of awareness and money to help support a soon-to-be named cancer fighting charity. Businesses like @delprado show that it’s not always about the bottom line; it’s also about having a social responsibility to give back.
We are encouraged that businesses will see our twitter feed as an opportunity to donate, in a unique way, to a cancer fighting charity of choice, and raise a great deal of awareness in the process. The sponsor also gets a steady stream of positive PR with everyone’s tweets.
As a reminder of how our site works, we solicit individuals or businesses to sponsor our site for one day. For every new follower @abolishcancer gets during that day, the sponsor agrees to pay $1 to a cancer fighting charity of choice. @abolishcancer collects no money; we are simply the messenger with the hope of growing a base of cancer fighters from around the world. We also will support partial sponsors for a charity, in other words, up to a certain number of followers, i.e. 200.
We are most excited that as more sponsors jump on board, more followers will connect, and we will begin to create an army of people dedicated to one cause- to @abolishcancer.
Please help share our plan with others and feel free to email us with ideas at Bonham.Darah@gmail.com
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