Welcome to the Illinois Chapter

Light The Night is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's nationwide evening fundraising walk to celebrate and commemorate lives touched by cancer. Participants walk along a two to three mile route, carrying illuminated balloons -- white for survivors and red for supporters. Funds raised support The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. This year more than 8,000 walkers joined forces with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at the Light The Night Walk to raise funds and bring hope to the millions of people affected by cancer. We are still fundraising to meet our 2008 goal of $1.8 million!  We know with your help and genorosity, we can reach this goal.  Please join The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's fastest-growing fundraising campaign. Together we can provide help and hope to thousands of patients and their families.

To donate to a Light The Night participant, click here!

The Light The Night team is already starting to plan for the 2009 Walk season and will announce the dates and locations of all Walks in early February. If you are interested in getting involved in this annual fall event, please contact your local Light The Night staff.


For information on the Walks, contact:

Chicago Walk, Jessica Hatcher
Western Suburbs and North Shore Walks, Melanie Streich or Kim Rodgers 
Rockford Walk, Jennifer Steinman
Bloomington and Peoria Walks, Stephanie Duquenne
General Light The Night Walk information, Jodie Lawton

or call 312.651.7350 (Chicago office) or 309.451.1692 (Central Illinois branch office)
 

The North Star 2015 Vision

The North Star 2015 Vision describes a future which The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's volunteers and staff aspire to create.  It is a future in which LLS will have transformed the lives of people with blood cancer and the healthcare landscape of patients and their families and caregivers navigate.

We envision that in the year 2015 the great majority of people who have been diagnosed with a blood cancer will be cured, or they will manager their illness with good quality of life.  LLS-led collaborations among nonprofit, commercial and governmental organizations will have created changes in healthcare delivery and enable patients to access the most effective treatments and care, from diagnosis through survivorship.  In 2015, patients, their families and caregivers will have the support they need to minimize physical and emotional suffering and to cope effectively throughout their cancer journeys.

To achieve this vision, LLS will increase the impact of its services and programs by always focusing on patient outcomes; create new avenues to advance its mission; build and sustain a strong culture and superior capabilities among staff and volunteers.  The Vision will guide LLS's strategic planning processes, so that the outcomes envisioned for blood cancer patients and their families and caregivers are realized by 2015.