Rock band Monty Are I performs at Pennies for Patients event

communityreply@lls.org — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:04:51 GMT

On April 29, the band Monty Are I performed at Davisville Middle School in Rhode Island as a reward to the students for raising $4,665.89 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Pennies for Patients program. This was $500 more than what they had raised the previous year, and were motivated to increase their fundraising efforts after hearing a talk given by Joyce Muir, mother to two of the band members, Ryan and Justin.

What Joyce told the school about was Ryan’s fight with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). After being diagnosed at 16 years of age, he underwent 2 ½ years of treatment. As he reflects on having cancer he says it was the hardest time of his life, yet it hasn’t been until more recently that he has been able to understand what he went through and the impact it has had on his life.

"Some things I wish I had taken more time to understand is that it’s ok to be sad and it’s ok to get angry cause this is an awful experience, but you need to take that energy and then turn it into something positive and don’t be afraid to express it to other people.”

Today Ryan is in remission, and he says that he hasn’t really shared this part of his life with his fans yet. He feels that now is the time to let people know what he has gone through so he can positively impact others going through similar experiences.

Watch Monty Are I's performance at Davisville Middle School on YouTube, and learn more about Monty Are I at their website, www.montyarei.com.

Learn more about Pennies for Patients, as well as other school programs on the School and Youth website.

Learn more about ALL by downloading these free resources (PDF) or ordering them through the Free Materials section of our website:

Understanding Leukemia or download the Spanish-language version, La leucemia
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia or download the Spanish-language version, Leucemia linfocítica aguda

Can you relate to Ryan’s experience?

Blood cancer resources for Spanish (Español) and French (Français) populations

communityreply@lls.org — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:24:04 GMT

We have many resources in English, but in case you didn’t know we have resources that can be of help to people whose native language might not be English.

Free Materials

Available in Spanish (Español) and French (Français)

Free materials are available in Spanish (Español) - you can download a PDF or order a printed copy - and French (Français), but you can download a PDF only. When you are on the www.LLS.org website look in the left-hand column and click on Patient Services, then Free Materials, then you will see Spanish Publications (Publicaciones españolas) and French Publications (Editions françaises).

Financial Assistance

Available in Spanish (Español)

Need financial assistance? Spanish-language speakers (las personas que hablan español) can download our Patient Financial Aid application in Spanish (Solicitud de ayuda económica para pacientes) as a PDF. There is also a handy step-by-step guide in Spanish (Cómo solicitar la inscripción en el programa de ayuda económica para pacientes) to help you fill out the application.

Free Newsletters

Available in Spanish (Español)

Visit the following pages in our National Education Programs section for access to our downloadable Spanish newsletters (boletines españoles) available as PDFs.

Lymphoma News page for NHL Descubrimiento Horizontes
CML News Links page for Enlaces con información sobre LMC
Myeloma News page for Noticias sobre el mieloma

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Rock band Monty Are I performs at Pennies for Patients event

Blood cancer resources for Spanish (Español) and French (Français) populations