On my way to San Francisco: the StupidCancer Show

From Bologna to San Francisco to symbolize a bridge uniting us all in the fight against cancer.
From Bologna to San Francisco to raise funds for Italian Cancer League (LILT), a charity committed, for over 90 years, to the fight against cancer and support for patients and their families.

This was the idea when I first started this blog...

Two races:
- on May the 11th I've ran the “Strabologna”, in my home town, along well known streets, to support those I know who are facing cancer every day, themselves, a relative, a friend;

- on August the 20th I'll be running the “Fog City Run” in San Francisco (USA), to support all those that I've never met who are battling the same plague.

Why’s that? Because I do believe that cancer will be beaten only if we all take part to the fight! Every and each of us in our own way. This is my way to stand up.

On my way to San Francisco, I’ve spent few days in New York where the Giants played the Mets: 4 amazing games! Two no-hitter bids through 7th, a 4 homeruns game...and yes! I've also caught a foul ball.

Besides my baseball enthusiasm, on the evening of Monday 8/04 I had the pleasure (and real honor) to sit in on the StupidCancer Radio Show, a live (and multi-award-winning) radio show giving voice to millions of children, teens and young adults affected cancer.

The Episode #318 "Stupid Chemicals/ThinkDirty App", the season 14 finale, (here the podcast link) focused on chemicals and human safety: a very interesting topic since there is now scientific evidence of the environmental causes of cancer. Eliminating the risk of exposure to carcinogenic chemicals in homes and other environments of everyday life is an important step in the fight against cancer. This is the principle that led Lilly Tse to create the ThinkDirty App: she discusses it during the episode with also Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director at Safer Chemicals,Healthy Families.

Guest of the show also survivor Chris Wark. Chris after a diagnosis of a stage 3 colon cancer refused chemio and decided to use nutrition and natural therapies to heal himself. Now he shares his experience through his blog Chris Beat Cancer.

Stupid Cancer is a nonprofit based in New York committed to raise awareness of young adult cancer and to ensure that all patients are aware of their rights through information, advice and online forums that reach almost 5 thousand people. The organization is part of the Cancer Network, a LILT project aiming to bring together different organizations based in different countries to share the most recent and innovative approaches in the battle against cancer.

August 9
...and now...finally in San Francisco!
San Francisco, the home of the Giants but also the home of the Breast Cancer Fund a nonprofit organization (member too of LILT Cancer Network) focused on eliminating breast cancer by eliminating cancer risk and environmental causes of the disease such as exposure to chemical carcinogens and radiation. ...sounds familiar? Yes! They also are involved with safe cosmetic campaign.
I've already made contact with them to organize an informal meeting and discuss ways to "team up"...I'll keep you posted on that

The idea of ​​building a bridge to team up together and fight the disease, led me to another new contact: Leticia Croft-Holguin, cancer survivor, a young woman who wrote "Cancer starts with C" - a short and easy to read book aimed for children who are coping with the illness of their parents, to explain to them what happens to mom and dad through simple words and many illustrations. We decided to team up and make this publication available also in Italian ...

...and the fog City Run due in few days...

If you wish to join my run you are just one step away: CLICK HERE 

EVERY CONTRIBUTION IS IMPORTANT AND VERY APPRECIATED!

All contributions will support the Italian Cancer League Bologna activities to prevent and fight cancer, especially for those most in need:

• Early detection programs for foreign women who do not have access to the National Health System. Nationalities most involved in the project are: Eastern Europe, North Africa, Africa, Latin America, and the Philippines. 
• Early detection programs for breast and ovarian cancers for women who can neither afford a private practice nor even the “ticket” to access the National Health System. 
• Early diagnosis for the elderly. 

10€ covers hemoccult costs for someone who cannot afford it
15€ covers pap test costs for a woman who cannot afford it
30€ covers pap test costs and specialist clinical exam 
100€ covers a specialist clinical exam, ultrasound for breast cancer early detection, pap test costs, and a follow-up visit for a woman who cannot afford it.

You can donate here- link

THANK YOU! 

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