Resolve to Beat Cancer!

[ShadMan]

Hi Everyone,

For many families, including ours, 2009 was a very difficult year. Having lost our son to a rare brain tumor in May following a 13 month battle, we understand the pain and devastation pediatric cancer causes, and the randomness with which it strikes. In honor of our son's life, and for the countless thousands of other children whose lives have been cut short by cancer, we have dedicated ourselves to finding new treatments, and eventually a cure, for childhood brain tumors. We need your help!

With Christmas now behind us and the year coming to an end, most of us will make resolutions to improve our lives in 2010. Why not help save lives while carrying out your promise to yourself? All you have to do is get your family, friends, and coworkers to support you in your goal! For example, if your resolution is to lose weight, ask them to pledge a donation of $2, $5, or $10 to CBTRF for every pound you lose. It's that simple! It will help to keep you motivated to meet your goal, and support childhood cancer research.

I'd like to ask each of you participate in some way with this program, and there are several ways to do so. The greatest way to help is to actively participate, and recruit your friends and family to support you in your resolution. Alternatively, you may opt to support a friend or family member in their resolution rather than personally participating. Lastly, you can help by simply passing this information on to anyone you know who may be interested in helping our cause. Please take a moment of your time to help in at least one of these ways! You can find all of the information about this program at:

http://www.cbtrf.org/resolve-to-beat-cancer

Katie and I are both participating with a resolution to lose weight for the new year. During our son's battle, we found it extremely difficult to eat properly or find any opportunity for exercise, so we both have plenty of room for improvement in this area. If you don't wish to personally participate in the program, please consider pledging your support for one (or both) of us in our goal. The program runs from January 1st to January 31st. If you wish to pledge $1, $2, $5, $10, or any other amount per pound that one of us loses, please send me an email at jeff@cbtrf.org with your pledge amount and which of us you are sponsoring. Alternatively, if you would prefer to donate a specific dollar amount, you may do so by clicking the "Donate Now!" link on the left-hand side of our website at www.cbtrf.org .

Thank you in advance for your help in making our Resolve to Beat Cancer program a huge success! We wish you and your family a wonderful 2010!

Best,
Jeff, Katie, Paige, and Angel Jonathan Shaddix