Yesterday in the mail I received something from a cousin in New York. It was a letter sized envelope with our names hand written on it, and it made me go, "hmmmm." It's not often I receive snail mail from relatives, except maybe around my daughter's birthday. When I opened it up I found a letter that had the logo for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society TEAM in Training in the upper right hand corner. I immediately knew what the letter would say (for the most part) without reading it.
I must say it made me really happy to know someone else was getting involved in the fight against cancer, any cancer. So many of us have the ability to get more involved in volunteering, or fund raising, or donating, and yet so many people don't. I know we all have busy lives, and we often feel like we are stretched too thin, but imagine what a life changing event being diagnosed with cancer would be. Imagine what would have to change in your life if you were all of sudden either a patient or a caretaker of someone with cancer. It really changes your perspective on life and life's priorities.
Eventually everyone encounters cancer. I've encountered it many times over, as I'm sure many of you have to, but it took a very serious case and being put in a first hand caretaker/supporter role to really see the big picture. And, I do find it hard to keep that picture clear over the years. It's too easy to fall back into old habits, and busy lives, but I am trying my best to make time for doing my best at making a difference. I challenge each of you to do the same. If everyone did just a little the result would be a whole lot!
If you feel so inspired as to want to donate to my cousin's cause click here. Or, if you'd like to donate to mine click here.
If we all made an effort to contribute just $5 to each of our favorite causes (whether that's one cause, five causes, or 100) the world would be a better place.
Thinking of the blogosphere and how big it is... 500 bloggers contributing $5 each adds up to $2500. That's significant.
Do the math. It only takes a small amount to make a BIG difference.
Posted by: Yvonne DiVita | June 05, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Well said.
Anyone out there interested in seeing how many $5 donations we can get in the next 36 hours? Email this link to your friends and we'll see!
www.firstgiving.com/webelieveinangels
Posted by: Chloe DiVita | June 05, 2008 at 11:17 AM