Adopted Bijan Lights the Night at Discovery Green on October 9

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Adopted Bijan Lights the Night at Discovery Green
Dog Leads Fundraiser Team to Battle Blood Cancers on October 9

(HOUSTON, Texas – October 9, 2010) On Saturday, October 9, teams of families, friends, co-workers, and local and national corporations will gather to raise funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's nationwide Light The Night Walk events to bring help and hope to people battling blood cancers. In Houston, a special furry family member lead his fundraiser team through thousands of illuminated, red, white, and gold balloons at Discovery Green Park.

“I knew Frankie would be a good team leader to help raise funds, because people can’t resist a white, fluffy dog," says Brenda Cheney his owner. Cheney, a survivor of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, adopted Frankie a year ago. “Each Light The Night walker is encouraged to become a ‘Champion For Cures’ by raising $100 or more, and Houston’s goal is to raise $700,000,” says Cheney.

“Frankie was surrendered by his former parent who was battling fourth-stage cancer, so we have made it our mission to find cures for cancers,” says Cheney. Frankie was put up for adoption through the Citizens of Animal Protection (CAP) a rescue organization in Houston when his owner could no longer physically care for him. Now, this Bijan is on an alpha-dog mission to conquer cancers by participating in fundraisers.

For more information regarding sponsoring a team, please visit www.lightthenight.org. To contribute to Frankie’s team, contact http://pages.lightthenight.org/txg/Houston10/BCheney.

About Night the Light

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society holds walks each fall in approximately 230 communities across the United States and Canada. Participants carry illuminated balloons to honor and commemorate lives touched by blood cancer. Walkers will carry illuminated balloons - white for survivors, red for supporters, and gold in memory of loved ones lost to cancer. Funds raised by teams and individual walkers finance blood cancer research, free educational materials and events for patients and their families, family support groups, peer counseling, and an information resource center. For more information, visit www.lightthenight.org.


About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ® (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health
agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma,
Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services.

Founded in 1949 and headquartered in White Plains, NY, LLS has chapters throughout the United States and Canada. To learn more, visit www.LLS.org, or contact the Information Resource Center at (800) 955-4572, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET.

About the Rescue Organization
Citizens for Animal Protection (CAP) is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides shelter, adoption, foster care, rescue, and other valuable services to animals in need in the Houston area. CAP also provides humane education and community outreach programs to encourage love and respect for all animals. Please visit www.cap4pets.org for more information.
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