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Give Children With Cancer Help and Hope This Holiday Season

Posted on: Friday, 13 October 2006, 15:00 CDT

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The cards you buy this holiday season can offer a gift of hope -- by helping to find a cure for children facing a potentially fatal disease.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061013/NYF091 )

Harrison Strickler of Richmond, Va. was six-years-old when his parents, Leslie and Al, heard the words, "Your child has leukemia." The diagnosis sent the family reeling.

But after two grueling years Harrison is back to doing all the things he loves, like his favorite hobby, riding his bike, thanks to treatments made possible by years of research.

More research is needed. Despite advances in treatment, every year more children die from this disease than any other form of cancer.

This holiday season, Harrison says his wish is seeing cancer cured for good.

"People should know that their support really gives kids like me hope when we're going through something like this and it made me feel better when I was in the hospital knowing that people were trying to help find cures," Harrison said.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is on a mission to help make Harrison's wish come true by funding research seeking better treatments and cures for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improving the quality of life of patients like Harrison and their families. Families and businesses all across the country can help by purchasing the Society's holiday cards.

Twenty percent of the proceeds will go to support the Society's mission. For more information on how to purchase these cards, visit http://www.lls.holidaycardstore.net/.

"I hope that before I get to be a grownup they can find a cure so no more kids get sick like I did," Harrison says.

About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society(R), headquartered in White Plains, NY, with 66 chapters in the United States and Canada, is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. The Society's mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Since its founding in 1949, the Society has invested more than $424 million in research specifically targeting leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Last year alone, the Society made 2.5 million contacts with patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals.

For more information about blood cancer, visit http://www.lls.org/ or call the Society's Information Resource Center (IRC), a call center staffed by master's level social workers, nurses and health educators who provide information, support and resources to patients and their families and caregivers. IRC information specialists are available.

Contact: Andrea Greif, 914-821-8958

Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061013/NYF091

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

CONTACT: Andrea Greif, +1-914-821-8958

Web site: http://www.lls.holidaycardstore.net/http://www.lls.org/

Source: PRNewswire

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