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Time to Care

I find myself involved in so many things because of one reason: I care. When I was in elementary school I remember wanting to start a recycling program in our classrooms because I cared about the environment and didn't want to see waste piled up. I remember in

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Fitness and Cancer

Today's guest post is from David Haas: I am a cancer patient advocate who has seen friends and family members struggle from all different types of cancers. I write and research in order to find information and share that information in order to help better people's

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Looking in from the Outside

editor's note - this is not a pity party I hear my voice on the CD recording of my interview on a recent radio show for a fundraiser I am running. I sound good, knowledgeble. I sound professional without being snotty. I sound heartbreaking at times, strong at

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ANGIOSARCOMA

As I work on trying to promote to upcoming Sarcoma fundraiser: a Lancaster Barnstormers baseball game on 7/16 and a bike/walk/run in East Petersburg, Pa on 9/24, I am trying to get the information out to all the locals who are affected on a daily basis

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Wordless Wednesday: F.U.A.S.

(credit due to the awesome angiosarcoma kick-butter, Tracey Carpenter)

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5 Days of Giving: Day 5 - Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation

On my "final" day of giving this week, I want to touch on a foundation that is really key to this blog and among my reasons for continuing to write and detail my journey through widowhood. When I first lost Kevin, I reached out into a world that

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5 Days of Giving: Day 3 - National Kidney Assocation

On day 3 of my 5 days of giving segment, I ask that you first read THIS. Now that you're probably bawling, let me explain a bit about why I chose the National Kidney Association as today's Non-Profit. Just weeks after Kevin died, I attended a

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5 Day of Giving: Day 2 - Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative

On the Day 2 of this non-profit giving series, I'm focusing on an organization that I have been actively involved with in the past year, the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative. The Shrivers, who started this organization, lost their daughter Liddy to Ewing's Sarcoma when she was

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5 Days of Giving: Day 1 - Angiosarcoma Awareness

On this week before the Christmas holiday, I am focusing this week's blogs on how you can give back before the holidays. Figure out a way to cut out 5, 10, 15, 20 or even $500 out of your holiday budget to set aside for organizations that mean

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Wordless Wednesday: Join Red Campaign

JOIN RED

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If Pink was Neutral

Imagine what could be done for cancer if Pink was neutral. I know many women who have and are currently battling breast cancer. It is a horrible type of cancer that comes in many forms, one of which happens to be angiosarcoma, and one that just destroys so many lives.

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Cancer Takes Again

Angiosarcoma struck again, this time, with a dog. One of my dearest friends last night lost their dog to what is believed to be an angiosarcoma tumor of the heart, which occurs in dogs. When I first researched Angiosarcoma, I could only find information about it occuring in dogs. The

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Keepin' it Kevin

I am sure some of you who are new to the world of Sarcoma Cancer are wondering where we came up with the phrase "keepin' it Kevin", besides the obvious thing: Kevin was, well, Kevin! Unfortunately for those who never had the opportunity to meet Kevin, you

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When Hope Exceeds

I do not want this to happen again. I do not want to hear another story about a young couple dealing with a completely unexpected, and devastating cancer. I do not want to hear there are few options in treatment because there's just "not enough research"

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Working with a Passion

Passion to do life comes and goes. Some days, like today, I am gung ho and could work for hours on the Team Sarcoma bike/walk/run that is coming up on July 17th. And then other nights, like last night, I focus on the reasons WHY I am organizing

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Why I Do This

Why do I continue to blog, to release my anxieties and fears and worries into the world on this platform? There are so many reasons, but today, it's simply to connect. One of my Facebook messages this morning told me that another gentleman had lost his battle with

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Others First Friday Thanks to Inkling Media

http://bit.ly/deXU9o Thanks to Inkling Media and Ken Mueller for featuring Keepin' it Kevin: Team Sarcoma as his Other's First Friday cause this week! Have you checked out the big events happening on July 17, 2010? Head to http://www.facebook.com/TeamSarcomaPA or go

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Congratulations

A huge congratulations to my brother Kurt and his new bride Bethany on their nuptuals on 10/17. I was so proud to be a part of their big day. Also, I want to thank them. They donated ALL of the money from their dollar dance to Johns Hopkins Sarcoma

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Giving Angiosarcoma a Voice

A dear friend from high school wrote this article based on Kevin & I's struggles with Angiosarcoma. It's an amazing article that she hopes will bring awareness for this disease and push for more information and research. Thank Kelly!! http://laboratory-manager.advanceweb.com/Article/Diagnostic-Challenges-in-Angiosarcoma.aspx

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Moment in Sarcoma

I am TODAY'S "Moment in Sarcoma" http://www.team-sarcoma.net/category/moments-in-sarcoma Check it out!

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International Sarcoma Awareness Week!

...starts today!! Show your support! http://www.team-sarcoma.net/

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2009 Team Sarcoma!!!

http://www.hopkinskimmelcancercenter.org/files/TEAM%20SARCOMA09flyer.pdf Please consider joining me walking/biking/running/rollerblading at the 2009 Team Sarcoma Event along the Baltimore-Annapolis Trail for the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center 's 2009 Team Sarcoma Event! Above is the link to the PDF flyer with information. It

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My Own Blog Stalking

I know I call all of YOU (yes, you) my blog stalkers, but I stalk my own blogs, or my own web things that is. Angiosarcoma tends to be the #1 stalking habit. I spent a few hours one day searching through almost every single webpage that mentioned angiosarcoma and

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Newest Addition..................

http://www.keepinitkevin.info Welcome to the NEWEST addition to my family of websites, thanks in HUGE part to my great brother Kurt for all of his help! Keepin' It Kevin .info is going to offer support and awareness to those dealing with Sarcoma Cancers and Grief. The site

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Angiosarcoma Thoughts

I am publishing this with thanks to liddyshriversarcomainitiative.org, and AMAZING site with some awesome information and awareness. * In the United States alone, 12,770 people are expected to be diagnosed with sarcoma in 2008 (SEER). Sarcomas make up about 1% of total cancer diagnoses in the United States. * One