Run for Cancer!

Join us!!!

Well, we have to be there in spirit only...but join Radiating Hope!

ps...the cute guy in purple is my brother Tosh :)

Sorry, I'm sure this is getting repetitive for some of you! Just to summarize, Brandon started a non-profit, Radiating Hope, whose mission is to get life saving radiation equipment to developing countries where cancer is a crisis. For example, in Africa cancer kills more people than AIDS/HIV, Malaria and Tuberculosis combined. 7 out of 10 cancer deaths globally are in developing countries. In the US we have one radiation machine for approximately 125,000 people. In Senegal, Africa, they have one very outdated machine for 13,000,000 people...and service ten surrounding countries as well.

We have a machine for them! But we need money to get it there! The linear accelerator is valued at over 1 million dollars, and we need to raise about $30,000 to get it there. This 5K is working toward that purpose.

Another way we raise funds is through the sponsoring of Tibetan Prayer Flags. For as little as $40, people can sponsor a prayer flag in honor of a cancer patient. The cancer patient’s initials are placed on the flag, and Radiating Hope’s mountaineering team carries these flags to the tops of peaks around the world, waving them at the top in the cancer patients’ honor. Patients and sponsors can follow the flags’ journey on our blog. More information about our prayer flag project can be found on our website.

Radiating Hope also has a mountaineering guide service. People of any skill level can raise tax-deductible pledges to climb with us. They can pick the climb and it’s associated pledge amount, raise the money, then use the gift card that comes with the package to get gear and enjoy a life changing climb with our guide service. Information on our climbs can be found on here. It's an awesome, almost free way to climb cool peaks like Kilimanjaro, Rainier, Aconcagua etc. People of all skill levels can find a climb that's right for them, with the bonus of helping those in other countries get the cancer care they need! Definitely a win-win!

Thanks!!! Help us spread the word to anyone who may be interested?

Oh- and check out our website, www.radiatinghope.org