golfing? why not for a good cause...

so i know that most of my friends, myself included, don't get too involved in the whole charity/volunteer/philanthropy scene. but coming up later this month, there is a charity golf outing sponsored by the Marissa Ranee Yetts Foundation. all proceeds, i believe, will benefit:

• Leukemia Research at UNMC
• Children's Hospital
• Omaha Lancer Education Foundation
• Transportation Unit of the Shriners

i know that most of us have only been golfing for a short period of time, but if anyone is at all interested in participating, please let me know. dan and rhona have been through so much pain in their lives due to the loss of marissa as well as other circumstances; yet they have found the strength within themselves to turn this heartache into something positive to help the rest of society.

from my work with alpha phi omega, i came to understand that so many people refuse to volunteer their money, resources, or even time to causes such as this because, well, they "have other things to do," or they are "going on vacation" later and need to save money. what they don't understand, however, is that no one knows if your child will be the next victim of leukemia or lymphoma. no one knows if you, yourself, will fall violently ill because of melanoma. heck, half the time people can't even recognize that they are showing symptoms of heart disease.

so i just want to put it out there that all of these diseases should be a concern for everyone. on december 26, 2000, as i found out that marissa had leukemia and i was preparing myself for the image of that beautiful child without hair, i had no idea that at that very moment she was truly battling for her life. no one did. i can't help but think that if there had been enough money to fund more research on leukemia, marissa might be here today.

" no i won't cry on the outside, anymore."