As the 2007 Connecticut Presenting Sponsors, GE (pictured above) and Vion, know sponsoring the Light the Night® Walks is an incredibly rewarding and team building experience! In addition, our sponsors help make a vital difference in the fight to cure cancer. The Light The Night Walk is a national campaign of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. 

Held in communities throughout the country in September and October, Light The Night is a highly visible event that attracts a broad range of participants including cancer supporters and survivors who raise money through participation in the Walk.

Your sponsorship is very important and will ultimately make a difference by helping us find cures for these diseases.

To find out how you can become a sponsor of the Connecticut Chapter's Light The Night Walks contact us. 

HOW YOUR DOLLARS ARE USED:

75 cents of every dollar spent goes directly towards supporting our mission of a cure. Since it's founding in 1949, the Society has invested more than $411 million in leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research. Society-funded research has led to key advances in understanding blood cancer and the life-saving drugs to fight them.

THE TRIUMPHS:

• A newly FDA approved drug, Gleevac, has been shown to normalize blood counts in nearly all patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Dr. Brian Druker, a Society-funded researcher, is responsible for this remarkable innovation in cancer research.
• In 1974 the 5 year survival rate for children with the most common form of leukemia was just 53%. Today, 86% of children diagnosed will survive.
• The five year survival rate for Hodgkin's Lymphoma has nearly doubled from 40% in 1960 to 83% today.

THE BATTLES:

• Blood cancers are the second most fatal form of cancer, second only to lung cancer
• Someone is newly diagnosed with a blood cancer every 5 minutes. Every 10 minutes a child or adult loses the fight
• 747,000 Americans are presently battling leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma
• Leukemia is the leading cause of cancer death for children under the age of 20

WE ARE RELENTLESS FOR A CURE!

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about Light The Night, please contact theLight The Night Staff at 203.427.2062.