Now it's icing on the fundraising cake!

Because of my supporters, I have reached my fundraising minimum for the Honolulu Marathon that I plan on running in just 49 more days!!! On behalf of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), THANK YOU AGAIN. I have raised $3,960.00 with more on it's way. 75 cents of each of those dollars goes directly towards patient services and cancer research.

Since its founding in 1949, LLS has invested more than $600 million in blood cancer research. We fund more blood cancer research than all other voluntary agencies combined.

An LLS-funded researcher developed Gleevec, a pill for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). Now, more than 95 percent of newly diagnosed CML patients survive more than five years with a good quality of life. LLS was also instrumental in the development of Velcade, the first new treatment in more than a decade to be approved for patients with multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma.

While much has been achieved, there is so much more that can and needs to be done.

I continue to fundraise and to training. Two weekends ago, I finished my first ever Half Marathon and loved every minute of it. The Nike Women's Marathon that I participated in is the single biggest fundraising event for LLS, raising $18 million for cancer research and patient services. This past weekend, I up'd the ante and ran my first ever 15 mile training run on Saturday then had a Pearls for Girls jewelry trunk show fundraising sale at my home yesterday.

Mark your calendar for November 7th, when I will be helping host a night at Gravity in SF where all door proceeds with go to the LLS. For just $20, you get FREE DRINKS from 9-11pm so get there early.

And, I'm thinking of celebrating with a post-race party @ Hukilau, date TBD. Even though my training season officially ends with the race, they will continue to collect donations a month after my event...so beer proceeds will again go towards the cause!

More to come as the weeks countdown towards December 13th!!!