Desra Harrington Gives Back to the Lung Association

American Lung Association  I am working on doing an event for this cause that is very dear to me, as I am sure it is for many others! My brother Rusty Stein had passed away in March of 2007! he was diagnosed just 6 short months prior! He went to the ER for sinus and headaches that wasnt working with medication and found out that he had tumors on his brain! never knowing this was the problem i am sure this was a shock to him and his family! i found out about his illness a week and a half prior to his passing through his kids! I felt helpless and wathing my brother take his last breath with my mom and immediate family in his livning room while on Hospice was the single most horrible thing I could watch! I never want this to happen to another sole if it can be prevented! My brother when finished with chemo the first round was not working and sad to say because he didn’t just have two rumors on his brain but several and his lungs and liver were attacked by this small cell lung cancer beast! I want you to help in fighting this! Pass this on and share your story for people to hear and be aware that this can be controlled! I will make it my personal cause in life. Keep watching and wait for a personal invite to set up for the event and join in this fight for the most progressive cancer there is!!!!! I will be hosting a Craft Fair and need Vendors and Sponsors to help us raise money. I also need Jump Ropes and Hula Hopes as I am going to do a Jump and Hula Hope for Life Pledge. So come join us!!    http://www.fundraiserinsight.org/articles/fundraising-for-lung-cancer.html If you would like to help look at all they ways you can or “THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX” and come up with your own way to help!!!

• Sign an online petition or send a personal email to your local or state government, urging congress to increase the funding of lung cancer research.
• Organize a quit smoking campaign – Urge fellow employees who smoke to circulate pledge forms for donations. Take pledges for how many days they can butt out! It may be just the incentive they need to starting a smoke-free life.
• Organize a local run, walk, bike ride, or dog walk in support of lung cancer funding or research.
• Host a yummy bake sale or yard sale with all the proceeds going to lung cancer awareness.
• Ask your company to make a bulk donation to a large lung cancer charity such as the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, or the Lung Cancer Alliance.
• Ask your employer to sponsor a matching program. This means for every donation an employee makes, the company will match it. This will encourage more employees to donate to the cause, as well as the higher ups at your company. Remind everyone they get a tax break on all donations.
• Create a Web page dedicated to lung cancer survivors. Or start a blog inviting people to tell their personal stories about how lung cancer has affected them. Make sure to include a tool for online donations to your charity of choice.
• If Web design is not your forte, try simply posting a link to another lung cancer fundraising site on your blog, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, or other social networking profile.
• Send a community editorial to your local newspaper with URLs to lung cancer fundraisers included.
• Offer to write a company newsletter or post on their intranet about local community fundraising efforts, and how employees can get involved.
• Host a talent show at your local hospital in support of lung cancer patients.
• Draft an official letter from the community to your local representative urging support for better screening equipment at your hospitals.
• Ask a local celebrity to speak at your school about lung cancer and the dangers of smoking and secondhand smoke exposure.
• Design and distribute educational lung cancer brochures at your place of work or local hospital. Or reach out to the larger lung associations for ready-made materials that provide tips on preventing lung disease.
• Reach out to your local hospital or community walk-in clinic to host a free lung cancer screening day.
• Invite a local medical professional to be the guest speaker at an educational evening, spreading the word about lung cancer and early detection.