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Meet the winners of the 2009 Man & Woman of the Year campaign! 

Congratulations to the Citizenship Award Winners

Mission Award
Nadine Namoff & MaryJo Robinson

Volunteerism Award
Jennifer Keating

Community Involvement Award
Ari Hausfeld Jones

Congratulations to the entire 2009 Candidate Team for collectively reaching a new National record of $910,665 and for becoming the TOP chapter in the nation!!!

To read more about the event.

Meet the 2009 Man & Woman of the Year Candidates

Even those the polls are closed, we're still collecting donations! Please click of the picture of your favorite candidate to donate in honor of their efforts.

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Margaret Babbington Long & Foster	Dave Belford Broad Street Realty	Rodney Beverly Microsoft Corp.
Meagan Campion Lockheed Martin Corp.	Cathy Clime La Sonata Enterprises	Dani Greene Arlington County Public Schools
Bob Holmes Landry, Creedon and Associates Inc.	Ari Hausfeld Jones Moms for a Cure	Kane from Hot 99.5 Clear Channel
Jennifer Keating CDW	Andrew Kepley Deloitte Consulting	Wil Lash ProvatoHR & Vh1
Molly Marshall EMC Global Services	Luis Mendoza HSBC Bank	Sarah Milligan National Association of Broadcasters
Hank Minitrez Dept. of Army/Tigerden Martial Arts	Nadine Namoff Accenture	Hap Peden IBM
MaryJo Robinson Booz Allen Hamilton	Lindsey Scott Habatat Galleries	Kelly Tant Westland Printers

Special Thanks

Diamond Sponsor:
Hausfeld, LLP

Gold Sponsor:
National Association of Broadcasters
Citrix Systems, Inc.

Silver Sponsor:

Brayboy Creative Media
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
CISCO Systems

Coray Gurnitz Consulting

Feinberg Rozen, LLP
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Otsuka American Pharmaceuticals
The Marketing Showcase, LLC

The Park at Fourteenth Kick Off Sponsor	Flowers by Angels Official Flower Sponsor	MGB Video Video/Photography Sponsor
The Ritz-Carlton Gala Parter	OMI Business Video Production Sponsor	Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Wine Sponsor
Return On Investment Design Sponsor	Westland Printers Printing Sponsor	FastSigns of Annapolis Signage Sponsor
Greenworks Florist Gala Flower Sponsor	La Sonata Enterprises Gala Guest Favors Sponsor	Fastest Bartender USA Plaques & Liquor Sponsor
Pepsi Cola of Warrenton Gala Mixers Sponsor	JOLT Events Gala DJ Sponsor	Falcon Print & Copy Copy Services Sponsor
Printing Productions, Inc Copy Services Sponsor	Washington Courier Courier Services Sponsor

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Campaign 2009
Our exciting 2009 campaign will start with a fun Kick Off event in early April. The ten-week fundraising competition will culminate with a celebration of everyone's efforts at the black-tie Grand Finale Gala on Saturday, June 13th at the Ritz-Carlton, with dinner, drinks, entertainment, dancing, and a fabulous silent auction. Last year Chartese Burnett of Washignton Nationals Baseball and Jim Galvanek of Gensler, were named The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Man & Woman of the Year. The 2008 candidates raised more than $785,000 for blood cancer research and patient services. We are setting our sights high for 2009 with a goal of $820,000!

Honorees
All participants raise funds in honor of the Girl and Boy of the Year.  The 2009 Boy of the Year is Alessandro Valeri.  Alessandro was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at 17 months and then underwent a bone marrow transplant at the age of 3.  While Alessandro still battles with chronic, extensive graft vs. host disease, he is a cancer-free 8 year who is attending school for the first time this year! The 2009 Girl of the Year is Megan Avery.  Megan is currently finishing up her treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and will hopefully be off-treament forever in February. She plays, loves, laughs and fights with her big brother and sister just like any normal kid would do!

We're thrilled to have both honorees here to cheer us on to our goal of $820,000. In 2008, we honored Hunter Ruderman and Hannah McNeal. Hunter has been cancer free for several years and Hannah finished her treatment in December 2007 and just reached her 1st year off-treatment milestone.  She will now go every two months for blood tests to make sure she stays in remission.

The Reason
Although someone new is diagnosed with a blood cancer every five minutes, there is great hope for the future. The Society is the world's largest national voluntary health organization dedicated to curing leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, and to improving the quality of life of patients and families.

The Candidates
The ideal candidates are community and business leaders who are philanthropic, ambitious, socially active, resourceful and passionate about making a difference in the lives of people suffering from blood cancers. Their unstoppable ambition drives them to fundraise in a very large-scale capacity with record-breaking results.

The Other Reason
FUN! Everyone involved with Man & Woman of the Year is surrounded by diverse people, fantastic parties, a dedicated staff, a supportive committee, an exciting finale event and the opportunity to gain new friends and contacts. 2004 Woman of the Year, Tamara Christian, summed it up by saying, "It's only 10 weeks, but it's 10 weeks that changed my life forever."

For More Information
Contact Brooke Stratford at 703-399-2903 or brooke.stratford@lls.org