Day 70 of...98 Days...The Screen

In basketball the screen that's easy one man steps in front of a defender while the other using the screen can then get to the basket to shoot.  In a home it's usually the last guard of defense against the house either going or coming.  The sun screen protects you from the sun.  So most times the screen is a good thing it's a protection or guard.

But when does the screen act as a repellent keeping you from making a difference?  I see those screens around my neighborhood when people avoid me because they don't know how to tell me that I don't have $5.00 or $10.00 to give to fund research and find a cure for a child diagnosed with Leukemia, Lymphoma or Myeloma.  People screen my teams' follow up calls and send them into voice mail only to return a postcard saying we cannot support your efforts because there are better ways to spend that $5.00 than knowing in the next 10 minutes someone will lose their life to this devastating disease.  Then there is the delete button that acts as a screen in e-mails we sent because if you don't see it in your in-box you don't have to face that 900,000 people diagnosed with blood cancer many of which are children have no cure.

So for today let's take down the screen and open our eyes wide and look at our honoree Tressa a beautiful young woman at 21 who went through so much pain and unimaginable agony and even though so many times she battled back she didn't have a fighting chance because even though there are advanced therapies there is no cure!  Together we can make that difference and fund research and find that cure all we need are donations where every dollar makes a difference so we don't lose another life.

For those who have found it in their heart to donate we could never thank you enough for others please take the screen down just for today and let's save a life.  Click here to donate: http://www.in.llsevent.org/pam