I have 2 friends who have children with leukemia - one child, and one young adult. One thing I learned is that the big Cancer research funds spend very little money on childhood cancer research. Also, a shortage from time to time of a particular drug used to treat children. If anyone is considering donating money for research, make sure you check out what the foundation actually spends on research, or on the particular disease you are trying to help. You will be surprised. Fortunately, both of the children I know have successfully reached the end of their treatments, and are cancer free at this time. Let's hope all the others can be cured as well, Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:memory-lane- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Barbara Mangan > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 2:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ML] Fw: JOES GRAND DAUGHTER > > Jeannie, in today's paper I read of a 12 year old boy who died of leukemia. > So sad, can't even imagine the pain she is going through and also the family. > Prayers and a lot of hope are coming her way. Bless the sweet child. Okay > God, do your stuff. > Barb > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:13 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hubby sent me this e mail...Would like to ask for prayers from around > > the world for this seemingly healthy vibrant teenager that is suddenly > > fighting to stay alive..Blood transfusions are quickly' used up'...We > > have a history of Leukemia in several family members, so know his > > pain....Jeannie T > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > JOE BELMONT WAS IN THE ARMY WITH ME AT CAMP DESERT ROCK NEVADA IN > > 1957...HE JUST FOUND OUT THAT HIS SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD GRAND DAUGHTER > > HAS LEUKEMIA , AND IS GRAVELY ILL......JOE IS ABOUT TO GO OUT OF HIS > > MIND...PRAYERS PLEASE...... > >

That is so true about a lot of "donations" that are asked for. Every year I get a phone call from the Police Fund asking for donations. When I say no, they slam the phone on me. BUT I say no because I have read that the police funds only get about 15% of the collection, the rest goes to the telemarketers that run the phones. No way do I willingly donate to THEM. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Lepore To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [ML] Fw: JOES GRAND DAUGHTER I have 2 friends who have children with leukemia - one child, and one young adult. One thing I learned is that the big Cancer research funds spend very little money on childhood cancer research. Also, a shortage from time to time of a particular drug used to treat children. If anyone is considering donating money for research, make sure you check out what the foundation actually spends on research, or on the particular disease you are trying to help. You will be surprised. Fortunately, both of the children I know have successfully reached the end of their treatments, and are cancer free at this time. Let's hope all the others can be cured as well, Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:memory-lane- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Barbara Mangan > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 2:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ML] Fw: JOES GRAND DAUGHTER > > Jeannie, in today's paper I read of a 12 year old boy who died of leukemia. > So sad, can't even imagine the pain she is going through and also the family. > Prayers and a lot of hope are coming her way. Bless the sweet child. Okay > God, do your stuff. > Barb > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:13 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hubby sent me this e mail...Would like to ask for prayers from around > > the world for this seemingly healthy vibrant teenager that is suddenly > > fighting to stay alive..Blood transfusions are quickly' used up'...We > > have a history of Leukemia in several family members, so know his > > pain....Jeannie T > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > JOE BELMONT WAS IN THE ARMY WITH ME AT CAMP DESERT ROCK NEVADA IN > > 1957...HE JUST FOUND OUT THAT HIS SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD GRAND DAUGHTER > > HAS LEUKEMIA , AND IS GRAVELY ILL......JOE IS ABOUT TO GO OUT OF HIS > > MIND...PRAYERS PLEASE...... > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message