Light the Night Walk - Saturday, October 2nd
Hi!
I don't really have a detailed update for this week in terms of my treatment. I'm still on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule at Stanford with my next bone marrow biopsy scheduled for next Monday 10/4. Anyway, I wanted to include some details about the Light the Night walk coming up this Saturday for those of you interested in attending...
As you all know, my friend Abby has put together a team on my behalf called "Erika's Angel's." I think there's approximately 15-20 people on the team right now that will be walking, plus I've heard some others say they have signed up on their own so it looks like we will have a great turnout! The walk is this Saturday, Oct 2nd, at the El Camino Ballpark in Palo Alto. The El Camino Ballpark is located directly across from Stanford Shopping Center on El Camino Blvd. The event starts at 5pm, however the walk usually doesn't commence until around 6:30-7:00pm (they have to wait until it gets dark so the balloons light up). They usually have refreshments, music, registration, and some other things going on between 5-6:30pm. I have confirmed that this year they will also be having a bone marrow drive there on location from 4:30-6:30pm. This will allow people who are interested on getting tested to be a potential bone marrow donor (register into the bone marrow registry) a chance to get tested. The testing is free and is being administered by Stanford Blood Center. As for the walk, you can simply just come out and join us, no prior registration is needed (it's a $25 donation to walk with a lighted balloon). The walk is approximately 2 miles and from what I remember from last year, it was basically around the Stanford Shopping Center (very casual and leisurely pace) so there's no excuse about not being fit enough! I can't imagine that Chris and I would not make it to the event, however I'm not sure if I'll be able to participate in the walk as my body is not in that type of condition yet.
If you guys have any questions about the walk, please feel free to either reply to this post, email me, or you can click on the Light the Night link on the right hand side of this blog under "archives." Also, the following links are for the bone marrow registry website which gives information about the bone marrow registry and becoming a potential donor and Stanford's Blood Center site which gives the criteria needed to be eligible for bone marrow donation:
http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/donor_information_idx.html
http://bloodcenter.stanford.edu/donate/marrow.html
If you are planning to attend make sure to let me know so we can agree on a meeting place or I can keep an eye out for you. We had a great turnout last year and had so much fun, I think everyone that did it last year is returning once again this year! Hope to see some of you there!!
I don't really have a detailed update for this week in terms of my treatment. I'm still on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule at Stanford with my next bone marrow biopsy scheduled for next Monday 10/4. Anyway, I wanted to include some details about the Light the Night walk coming up this Saturday for those of you interested in attending...
As you all know, my friend Abby has put together a team on my behalf called "Erika's Angel's." I think there's approximately 15-20 people on the team right now that will be walking, plus I've heard some others say they have signed up on their own so it looks like we will have a great turnout! The walk is this Saturday, Oct 2nd, at the El Camino Ballpark in Palo Alto. The El Camino Ballpark is located directly across from Stanford Shopping Center on El Camino Blvd. The event starts at 5pm, however the walk usually doesn't commence until around 6:30-7:00pm (they have to wait until it gets dark so the balloons light up). They usually have refreshments, music, registration, and some other things going on between 5-6:30pm. I have confirmed that this year they will also be having a bone marrow drive there on location from 4:30-6:30pm. This will allow people who are interested on getting tested to be a potential bone marrow donor (register into the bone marrow registry) a chance to get tested. The testing is free and is being administered by Stanford Blood Center. As for the walk, you can simply just come out and join us, no prior registration is needed (it's a $25 donation to walk with a lighted balloon). The walk is approximately 2 miles and from what I remember from last year, it was basically around the Stanford Shopping Center (very casual and leisurely pace) so there's no excuse about not being fit enough! I can't imagine that Chris and I would not make it to the event, however I'm not sure if I'll be able to participate in the walk as my body is not in that type of condition yet.
If you guys have any questions about the walk, please feel free to either reply to this post, email me, or you can click on the Light the Night link on the right hand side of this blog under "archives." Also, the following links are for the bone marrow registry website which gives information about the bone marrow registry and becoming a potential donor and Stanford's Blood Center site which gives the criteria needed to be eligible for bone marrow donation:
http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/donor_information_idx.html
http://bloodcenter.stanford.edu/donate/marrow.html
If you are planning to attend make sure to let me know so we can agree on a meeting place or I can keep an eye out for you. We had a great turnout last year and had so much fun, I think everyone that did it last year is returning once again this year! Hope to see some of you there!!
posted by Erika @ 10:38 PM
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