After registering for your event, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Make Cures Happen is a program that gives endurance sports participants the opportunity to add more meaning to their events by raising funds to bring help and hope to patients battling cancer. By participating in Make Cures Happen, you are funding lifesaving cancer research and helping patients live better, longer lives. And as you enjoy the tremendous achievement of completing your athletic event, you can also feel the pride associated with giving back to others.

The need is critical: An estimated 912,938 Americans are now living with, or are in remission from leukemia, Hodgkin lymphoma, NHL or myeloma. Every four minutes, someone new is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every 10 minutes, someone dies.

Leukemia causes more deaths than any other cancer among children under the age of 20. Lymphomas are the most common blood cancers and incidence increases with age. The survival rate for myeloma is only 37.1 percent. Incidence is more than double among African Americans as for whites.

As a nonprofit, LLS relies on the generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations.
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