Cancer has touched all of us in one way or another, a friend, a family member or even like ourselves. Unfortunately, thousands of people each year suffering from one of the many different types of blood cancer and have to go through treatments that can be both physically and emotionally demanding. Their hope shines with support and rallied on October 3, Insception Lifebank will again partner with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada's Light the Night Walk to rally support for research into blood cancer. Already over $ 5,000 was raised through generous donations and we hope that more is yet to come.
As the largest and Canada Cord most experienced blood program, Insception Lifebank is a proud supporter in such an important cause. Cord blood has been used in treating cancers of the blood, by transplanting Unique stem cells are rich in umbilical cord blood; The specialty of Insception Lifebank is to preserve these cells from cord blood stem at the birth of your baby so it can be used should the need arise.
The Light of the March night at the end is to get families and communities. The walk itself helps neighbors, friends and family to show their support and awareness in how the real and frightening blood cancer can be; it gives hope to patients, survivors feel the heat and the light is shining in the darkness. As a gesture of touching belief walkers carry different colored balloons representing the fight against blood cancer; white balloons are carried by survivors, red balloons for supporters and gold balloons by friends and family in honor of a loved one lost to
blood cancer.
Our donation reached our goal of $ 5000 and are on track to exceed that amount, there is no limit to what can be used for research treatments. We hope to see as many people as possible lighting the night in a walk to remember; remember those most in need of a cure so they can walk and feel the light again.
For more information on visiting the http://www.lightthenight.ca/ event for all you need to know about the light the main event of the night Wednesday, October 3. by joining the march that you give hope to another person struggling against the disease; it is a cause worth fighting for and needs all the support we can get for it.