Team Ben

I found out I had cancer just over 23 months ago, and this Sunday I’m running a 5K.  I don’t say this to brag.  In fact, “running” is a pretty generous word.  Walking, shuffling, scuffing, straggling… Still, it’s another opportunity to marvel at this death-defying life I’m living, and I’m grateful.

The 5K is a fundraiser for the Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina, a fabulous organization dedicated to saving lives and providing support to those affected by lung cancer.  Part of their mission, too, is to dispel myths and raise awareness about the disease.  For example, they point to these statistics published by the American Cancer Society:

• Each year in the US, approximately 228,150 people are diagnosed with lung cancer and nearly 142,670 die of the disease.
• 1 in 14 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer.
• Lung cancer takes more lives than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined; it accounts for 25% of all cancer deaths.

 
If you’d like to support “Team Ben,” I’d welcome that!  You can go HERE and sponsor me personally or just make a donation to the team.  All funds that we raise go directly toward the work of the Lung Cancer Initiative.  Thank you!