Join Ella’s Cancer Crushers

My daugh­ter Ella has been through a lot in her young life.  She is an amaz­ing lit­tle girl, and reg­u­larly makes me a proud father.  Yes­ter­day she wrote and then sent the fol­low­ing mes­sage to fam­ily and friends.  She is cre­at­ing a team to increase com­mu­nity aware­ness of can­cer and raise money for can­cer research.  I asked her if I could share her mes­sage on my site, and per­haps reach more peo­ple who would be will­ing to join the cause.  She agreed.  The fol­low­ing is her mes­sage.  I encour­age you to join her fight.  Thanks!

Dear Friends and Family,

This sum­mer I became a can­cer sur­vivor.  I was lucky that my can­cer was caught very early and did not spread.  I also real­ized that no one should have to go through can­cer.  I know how scary it is when you hear the word can­cer which is why I want to help find a cure for can­cer.  I am only seven so I can’t really research for can­cer cures but I can still help by rais­ing money for the peo­ple that do and for the peo­ple with cancer.

My hope is to do sev­eral walks to raise money for dif­fer­ent can­cer types this year.  A cou­ple of years ago I did the Day­ton Breast Can­cer walk and decided that this year it would be my first walk­ing team.  I hope to raise $500 for Mak­ing Strides Against Breast Can­cer.    I would love for all of my friends and fam­ily who sup­ported me through my own can­cer expe­ri­ence to join me on this walk.  If you can’t do this walk don’t worry you are still on my team!

Here is the event infor­ma­tion.
2011 Mak­ing Strides Against Breast Can­cer
Sat­ur­day Octo­ber 15^th
10 am Day­ton Drag­ons Fifth Third Field

I am reg­is­tered as a team cap­tain our team name is Ella’s Can­cer Crush­ers .
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/Mak­ingStridesAgain­st­Breast­Cancer/MSABCFY12EastCentral?team_id=992679&pg=team&fr_id=35976

I would love to see you all there!
Ella Bow­man aka Ella B