Page 8 - Chehalis Tribal Newsletter - May, 2019

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HEALTH/WELLNESS

Tribe supports cancer research

Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society
gifted $5,000 check in
honor of fellow donor
George Thorogood

The Chehalis Tribe welcomed
“Bad to the Bone” rockers George
Thorogood & The Destroyers to
Lucky Eagle Casino & Hotel on
May 4.
Both Thorogood and the tribe
have been strong supporters of
the critical cancer research and
patient services provided by the
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
(LLS). To celebrate Thorogood’s
Good to be Bad Tour: 45 Years
of Rock and to honor him for his
commitment to ending cancers, Tribal member Vicki Hanna presents a donation to blues-based rock musician George Thorogood and
the tribe presented a donation to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Campaign Specialist Sam Egan.
LLS in his name.
Tribal member Vicki Hanna,
who serves on the LLS Board
of Trustees for Washington
and Alaska, represented both
organizations as she presented
the gift to Thorogood and LLS
Campaign Specialist Sam Egan.
“I like supporting this
important work, but you know,
I’m just trying to do the right
thing – just doing what I can to
help people,” Thorogood said.
LLS funds research for every
type of blood cancer, including
leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma
and other rare cancers. As the
largest nonprofit funder of
cutting-edge research, LLS has warriors to the top of Seattle’s
invested nearly $1.3 billion in tallest skyscraper in The Big
research since its inception in Climb to benefit LLS.
1949, leading to breakthroughs The Donut Squad Big Climb
in immunotherapy, genomics and Team collected more than
personalized medicines that save $15,000 worth of donations to
and improve the lives of patients. climb the “hole” way to the top
Thanks to donors such as of the Columbia Tower, which
George Thorogood and the includes 69 floors of 1,311 stairs
Chehalis Tribe, LLS helped and 788 vertical feet of elevation!
advance 34 of the 39 blood cancer The annual event, held in March,
treatment options approved by the includes up to 6,000 participants
FDA in 2017 and 2018. and raises around $3 million.
The Squad received support
The Big Climb from the Chehalis Tribe and
In related news, twin 11-year- proudly displayed the Tribe’s
old tribal members Morgan basket logo on their team shirts, Above: The Donut Squad Big Climb Team raised $15,000 to help fund
Hanna (captain) and Tristan which also featured their mantra cancer cures by climbing Seattle’s Columbia Tower. Above left: Chehalis
Hanna (assistant captain) recently for seeking cancer cures: “Donut tribal members Tristan and Morgan Hanna and their mom, Vicki, led the
led a team of 32 cancer-fighting Ever Give Up!” team of 32 dedicated people.