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DESIGN BY ALEC COHEN Ann Arbor resident Anne Bradley helped coordinate the event. She has been with LLS for two and a half years and believes Light the Night is a perfect example of LLS’s mission. “It’s an inspirational community event based on raising funds and awareness to end blood cancer,” Bradley said. “Our mission is to end leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and improve the quality of life for patients and their families.” Bradley explained how the funds from the fundraiser are distributed — the vast majority of goes to helping individuals and their families afflicted by cancer. “80 percent of all of our dollars go straight to mission and the funds we raise support research, patient support programs, things like co-pay assistance, travel assistance, support groups and free education,” Bradley said. Bradley brought up the high cost of medicine, making note of the 5,000-percent increase in the price of the drug Daraprim, used to treat some cancers and other illnesses. “We also support advocacy,” Bradley said. “Our job is to make sure that when cures do happen, the patients are able to access those cures.” Bradley said the money is only a small part of LLS — the larger part of the group is to support families. “It’s about feeling that warmth and sense of community,” Bradley said. “I’ve talked to a lot of survivors and families and they talk often about how isolated they feel and how lonely they feel when they get that diagnosis. There’s something to be said for being part of a community and that’s what this is all about.” Light the Night also featured sponsored families with cancer survivors, one of which was Team Lena, which consisted of parents William and Amanda Kaczur. William said Lena’s journey inspired them to give back to the LLS community. He said the family feels a sense of community at events like Light the Night. “Once you go through an experience like ours, one of the biggest things coming out of it is pretty much everybody wants to give back,” Kaczur said. “This is a way for us to give back, to help support, to help promote because in a lot of ways we’re the most comfortable at places and events like this. There are so many people here with a similar experience so it makes us feel very comfortable.” Lena was only 18 months old when she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Amanda got a call from their daycare program that she needed to go home due to a rash on her legs and arms. After taking her blood at their pediatrician’s office, they were worried about her high white blood cell count. “That was it. We went to [C.S.Mott Children’s Hospital’s] emergency room and we started a six-month long chemo treatment journey to attack her acute myeloid leukemia,” Kazcur said. “She went through intense chemotherapy for six months. We finished up at the end of November and she just finished up what they call maintenance where every three months she was getting a spinal tap. She had her last spinal tap two weeks ago and she was negative for cancer.” William said Lena was the strongest one of the trio and is amazed by the strength of their three-year-old daughter. “She was the strength, the glue that kept us all together, the one that’s going through it,” Kazcur said. “Kids are amazing. FUNDRAISER From Page 1A Read more at MichiganDaily.com