Today is the day off in the world of sports. There are only two days in the year where there are no major professional sports games scheduled. The day before and the day after the Baseball All Star game. On the day before there are lots of events at the All Star game, including the Home Run Derby, which means today, the day after the All Star game is really a day off. It is a day that
ESPN, the leader of all things sports, has made incredibly special.
On this day each year ESPN runs a charity marathon to raise money for the
V Foundation. Jim
Valvano, a college basketball coach, passed away after a fight with cancer in 1993. Before he did he made what some consider one of the greatest acceptance speeches of all time. Jimmy V was receiving the Aurthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian award, the first time that this award was given. Here is a video of this amazing speech (sorry for the quality, I can't get to
YouTube or
MySpace)
2 comments:
This is a GREAT speech - it always makes me tear up towards the end. I lost my father to lung cancer, so this is very important to me as well. Thanks for posting this.
Hi,
The V Foundation recently launched "The $1,000,000 Lung Cancer Research Grant in Honor of Emily Miner". We need your help to spread the message and help V Foundation raise $1M in Emily's honor.
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Every Dollar Counts
Emily Miner, a 39 year-old mom of two, is the new face of lung cancer -- the leading cause of cancer deaths in North America. She never smoked, keeps fit and on the surface would appear to be the last person you'd imagine would get sick from this disease.
This is Emily's Story http://www.winecelebration.org/
The reality is lung cancer affects one in every 16 women, and kills more women each year than breast and all gynecological cancers combined. Now more than ever, we need to fight back against this disease.
The V Foundation has pledged to raise $1,000,000 in Emily's honor to accelerate to clinical trial the research of a current lung cancer SPORE grant. These "Specialized Programs of Research Excellence"
promote interdisciplinary research and move basic findings by focusing on the institutions that have these programs. New protocols will be developed to treat this wide spread form of cancer.
https://vfoundation.ejoinme.org/MyPages/DonationPage/tabid/14402/Default.aspx
With 100 % of every dollar going directly to the research - Every Dollar Counts. We're unleashing the power of the internet to advance our cause, and you can help by making a donation, and forwarding this email to everyone you know.
Do it for Emily. Do it for someone you love
Support The Cause, Spread The Word and Share The Story
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