What is LIVESTRONG Day?‏

Dear scott,

I want to make sure you saw Heidi's message below.

The day I was diagnosed with cancer—October 2, 1996—changed my life forever. I realized that no matter how tough I am, I couldn’t do this alone. I needed the support of a community of friends, family, colleagues and neighbors.

That was when I became a survivor.

I believe that all 28 million people living with cancer deserve that same source of strength. That’s why this October 2, our community will come together on LIVESTRONG Day to rally support for those living with cancer around the world.

I hope you can join me and thousands of others on 10.02.10 in renewing our fight for a world without cancer—one community, one event and one conversation at a time.

Sign up to attend a LIVESTRONG Day event or find out how to host your own event on 10.02.10.

Thanks,
Lance Armstrong


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Dear scott,

LIVESTRONG Day is a day to raise awareness of the 28 million people living with cancer worldwide.

It's a day to reduce the stigma of cancer by reaching out to friends, family, colleagues and neighbors.

It's a day to share the love and support survivors need to live with dignity and strength.

LIVESTRONG Day is 10.02.10—and we're inviting you to join thousands of supporters around the world as we wear yellow and rally together to honor cancer survivors and the communities of care that are so important to us.

Sign up to attend a LIVESTRONG Day event or host your own event on 10.02.10.



Supporters like you came together last year at more than 1,100 LIVESTRONG Day events from Austin to Antarctica. Now, you can help make sure 10.02.10 is even bigger.

To help you get your community involved, we've just launched a new, interactive LIVESTRONG Day map. Check it out today and find an event near you—or sign up to host your own event and bring even more people together.

http://www.livestrong.org/livestrongday


LIVESTRONG Day is fun, exciting and important. But it will only succeed if supporters around the world come together. Please sign up today and help make it happen.

Thanks,

Heidi Adams
LIVESTRONG

The race isn’t over.‏

Dear scott,

I made a dedication to my mom -
who inspires you?

As the 2009 Tour De France comes to an end, I wanted to say thank you for the overwhelming support I’ve received. While I didn’t win the Tour this year, my return to professional cycling was never about the bike – it was always about improving the lives of the 28 million people around the globe who are living with cancer today.

While I was racing in the tour our movement did just that: We needed to add 30,000 names to the World Cancer Declaration in order to secure a matching donation to fight cancer – and we blew that target away, reaching 85,000 signatures in just a few days!

It’s a big victory, but our ride has only just begun. Starting today, we need to renew our commitment to a world without cancer by building an even stronger movement.

Will you help us by creating a dedication for someone who inspired you to fight cancer and share it with your friends and family? More than 25,000 people have created these powerful personal pages and through them inspired 50,000 people to join our movement. Can you do the same? It only takes a moment:

http://www.livestrongaction.org/node/add/dedication-page

The idea behind the dedication book is simple: I’m asking that you honor someone who has inspired you – a friend, a child, a caregiver – by creating a simple page that can inspire others to add their name to your page and our movement. We'll collect these pages into the world's largest dedication book and deliver them to leaders around the world. By sharing the stories of those who are fighting or have fought this disease and those they have touched, we’ll make a strong case for greater attention and resources focused on the global fight against cancer.

For me, making a dedication was easy – it was for my mom. When I was diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer, my mom was there to listen to me, cheer me on and remind me I wasn’t alone. No one was more invested in my survival. She was my biggest ally and my greatest advocate.

Has someone inspired you? Tell us about them, it only takes a minute and can make a big difference:

http://www.livestrongaction.org/node/add/dedication-page


LIVESTRONG,

Lance Armstrong and the team at LIVESTRONGAction.org

Tour de France: I need your help!‏

Dear scott,
I returned to cycling this year for one reason: to fight for the 28 million people affected by cancer worldwide.We are making tremendous progress in this fight, but there’s still so much to be done. By next year cancer will be the #1 killer in the world and yet most of the world’s leaders lack any real plan to fight back.During my 20-day ride in the Tour I'm calling on leaders around the world to make major commitments to fight cancer worldwide – but I can’t do it alone. As a first step, will you join me and sign the World Cancer Declaration – a major global push to pressure the world's leaders to act now on cancer? http://livestrongaction.org/campaigns/commit-fight-cancer
As an added incentive, a donor has pledged to give $30,000 if we can collect 30,000 signatures before the end of the Tour.
I'll send these signatures to world leaders after the Tour de France and pressure them to make cancer a priority in their own countries. It’s our best chance to push for better treatment, more funding for cancer research and access to care for everyone around the world.Without your commitment, these leaders won’t pay attention. Will you sign the declaration then ask your friends and family to do the same?
http://livestrongaction.org/campaigns/commit-fight-cancer
When you sign the declaration, you'll be able to dedicate that action to a cancer survivor or caregiver who has inspired you. I dedicated my signature to my mom, who stuck by me – and fought alongside me – throughout my cancer fight. Who will you dedicate yours to?We’ll be keeping you updated on our progress over the coming weeks – meanwhile, join me at LIVESTRONG Action and make your commitment now:
http://livestrongaction.org/campaigns/commit-fight-cancer
LIVESTRONG,
Lance and the LIVESTRONG Action team