Lighting the Night

Hi Friends,

A couple of weeks ago around 8,000 people walked across the Brooklyn Bridge raising over $3.3 million (and counting) for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of New York to help battle cancer.  A group of my friends (and University of Michigan Alumni) formed a group called “The Conquering Heroes” in honor of my Ann Arbor mentor Nick Cheolas who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma last year and has been battling cancer in his own right ever since.

I am very happy to distinguish many of my friends who contributed to this great cause and I want to recognize them here.  First are my teammates who in the span of less than a month were able to raise $1,040.00 in Nick’s name.  They are:

Hanlu Chen

Ashley Houle

Andrew Juiris

Dara Leung

April Maas

Sarah Miller

The following people donated to a member of our team:

Robby Solomon

Andrew Brown

Robert Fine

Courtney Doman

Danielle (Dipert) Crandall

Anonymous

Alberto Sbabo

Danny Goodman

Raymond Ponkey

Brittany Bremenour

Mary Jo Carley

Elizabeth Ponkey

Dan and Sally Juiris

Beth and Dan Homan

Naomi Makofsky

Matthew Perille

Jennifer Hildebrand

John Haben

Nicole Armbruster

Rochele Lesperance

And very generous donations from:

Dane Fossee

Charles Champlin

Renee Maas

Norman Ponkey

Mary Kay Haben

While words always seem to fall short in the face of cancer, I find great pride in seeing my friends donating money, committing time, and lending an ear to someone in need.   In the words of His Holiness the Dalai Lama: “If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.”

Thank you, again, to all of those mentioned above. 

Additional donations may be accepted here:  http://pages.lightthenight.org/nyc/Manhattn11/schragoo