September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month

Looking to get involved with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) during Blood Cancer Awareness Month?  Below you will find all of the upcoming events that you can get involved with this month.  Also, several North Texas businesses and organizations have created opportunities for you to shop and give back to LLS at the same time.  Check out our retail and third party partners, please visit them and thank them for helping to create a world without blood cancers.  

Country mega star Marina McBride and friends are coming to Dallas for the Band Against Cancer - The Sarah Cannon Tour to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The concert is scheduled for Friday, September 16th. The concert is part of a national movement to connect those facing cancer with community-based resources and support close to home. Purchase your tickets online. 

Mark your calendars for Giving Day 2016

Thursday, September 22, from 6 AM Central – Midnight.

North Texas Giving Day is an online giving event for people across the nation (and the world!) to come together to raise as much money as possible for North Texas nonprofits on one day: September 22, 2016.  In seven years, North Texas Giving Day has pumped more than $119 million into the North Texas community. 

A number of local businesses are selling paper balloons at the register to benefit the North Texas Light The Night campaign.  These national partners raise hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to further the LLS mission. Below is a list of the participating retailers:

Burlington Coat Factory

Great American Cookies
Marble Slab Creamery

Pretzelmaker
Hot Dog on a Stick

School & Youth Program: New Partner for 2014-2015 School Year

Urban Air Trampoline Park is partnering with the North Texas Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) for the upcoming school year.  The popular entertainment venue is joining LLS’ School and Youth Program to incentivize students to raise money for children who are currently battling a blood cancer, like leukemia and lymphoma.

The School and Youth Program is an educational and philanthropic program where students across 119 North Texas counties learn about blood cancers and then collect spare change to benefit LLS and its mission of creating a world without blood cancers.  Urban Air Trampoline Park is joining LLS in its efforts to encourage students in the immediate DFW area to fundraise by offering free passes to one of their four locations as a reward for schools that raise more than $2,015 this year.

“Urban Air Trampoline Park is an ideal partner for School and Youth,” says Director Steve Abrey.  “Passes to enjoy Urban Air’s unique facilities are something that will certainly encourage students to rally behind our mission and collect money that is so vital to funding cutting-edge lifesaving research.”

The School & Youth Program is a signature event of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society because of the close connection between children and blood cancers.  Leukemia is the #1 cancer killer of children under 20 years old. 

The LLS mission attracted Urban Air to School & Youth.  “At Urban Air we have a huge heart for children and their families. We are excited about our partnership with LLS because it allows us to help raise awareness and money for a cause impacting so many of our customers,” says Alix Wren, Special Events Coordinator for Urban Air Trampoline Park.  “We cannot wait to see kids in these local schools make a difference as they rally behind such a great cause.”

Urban Air Trampoline Park first got involved with LLS through a fundraiser at its Frisco location called Jump for Julia and Leap for Lainey.  Supporters raised money to honor two families with young daughters currently battling a leukemia diagnosis.  Urban Air saw the impact LLS makes for patients in North Texas and reached out to start a partnership with School & Youth.