BajaNomad - MYELOMA AWARENESS

MYELOMA AWARENESS

lizard lips - 8-19-2010 at 11:40 AM

Some of you may know about my 20 year involvement with the fight against Myeloma in Baja as well as the United States. Here is a chance for you to help in that fight too.

This is a chance for all International Myeloma Foundation supporters to be in the driver's seat as we raise awareness of the IMF, myeloma, and the great work being done to change the course of this disease.

Please take 30 seconds every day for the next ten days and log onto nascar.myeloma.org It takes several seconds for the page to load... Wait for the car to appear and click on the "vote" button. And please do it every day for the next ten days. If you desire please send the link to all your friends as well.

The IMF has entered a race car design in a contest called Sponsafier. The winning entry will be built as a full sized car, showcased at a NASCAR race and your votes can help push us across the finish line.

The idea and the car design came from a myeloma patient in Normal, Illinois. Keith May has covered the car with slogans to raise awareness of myeloma and the work being done to beat it. Keith and the IMF have named the car "The Survivor".

"The Survivor" is one of several hundred entries in the Sponsafier contest. Some are just artistic designs and some like Keith's support a cause. Now we all have the opportunity to support Keith and the IMF by voting every day for the next 10 days and by asking your friends, families , and colleagues to vote too.

NASCAR racing is growing rapidly in the US and this is an opportunity to educate an entirely new audience about myeloma and the advances that have been made in treatment and the challenges that lie ahead.

The messages on the car are simple "Beat Myeloma to the finish line" and simply "Beat Cancer". What better way to get there than by racing.

Work is being done in Baja and other states in Mexico with the help of the IMF and several clinics being kept open with their donations. I visit these clinics often in Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City and soon a large clinic will open in Tijuana supported by the help of the IMF and other cancer funding organizations.

MYELOMA WILL BE BEATEN SOON BUT WE NEED SUPPORT!

[Edited on 8-19-2010 by lizard lips]

Sharrone - 8-19-2010 at 12:58 PM

I voted and will for the next 10 days. I have a very good friend with Myeloma. He is doing very well.

BMG - 8-19-2010 at 09:00 PM

Will do.

Click here to get to your link.

Sallysouth - 8-19-2010 at 09:27 PM

Me too L.L!! ten days is a piece of cake if it will help.My daughter is battling breast cancer and I have a new found awareness of these terrible diseases.Count me in!! :yes:

BajaGeoff - 8-20-2010 at 09:20 AM

Done!

windgrrl - 8-20-2010 at 09:29 AM

1 down, 9 more in progress.

Powered by Nomads!

DENNIS - 8-20-2010 at 09:32 AM

I'm all in.

tripledigitken - 8-20-2010 at 09:50 AM

Me too.

CaboMagic - 8-20-2010 at 12:57 PM

We are as well ..

Lizard Lips thank you for giving the Nomad Community an opportunity to support ..

Will post on our Reel News page as and hope that exposure can do more as well.

lizard lips - 8-21-2010 at 06:22 AM

Thanks everyone! Let's keep it going..........!

DENNIS - 8-21-2010 at 06:55 AM

I'm in, otra vez.

shari - 8-21-2010 at 07:07 AM

gracias BMG for the easy link...more people will vote the easier it is!!! Go Nomads Go!!

lizard lips - 8-21-2010 at 12:05 PM

Yes Thanks----

Lee - 8-21-2010 at 04:01 PM

Count me in.

toneart - 8-21-2010 at 04:14 PM

L.L.

I just voted and will continue to do so for the next 8 days. I hope we can push it across the finish line!

Best of luck to you. Many more years of winning for you too!

irenemm - 8-21-2010 at 08:26 PM

Thank you for posting this
I will vote everyday
I will send thid on to many more.
thanks again

bigmike - 8-21-2010 at 11:23 PM

I voted!!

DENNIS - 8-22-2010 at 06:03 AM

I'm in.

toneart - 8-22-2010 at 10:48 AM

Voted again today! :yes:

lizard lips - 8-22-2010 at 12:26 PM

3,083 so far this morning. Lets keep it going!

bigmike - 8-22-2010 at 12:36 PM

2nd day I voted

DENNIS - 8-22-2010 at 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bigmike
2nd day I voted

It's bad luck to count before you get to thirty.

OK, I voted

Gypsy Jan - 8-22-2010 at 04:29 PM

I voted, I voted, I voted.

I will vote tomorrow!

GJ

Sallysouth - 8-22-2010 at 09:20 PM

every day , LL!

elgatoloco - 8-22-2010 at 09:37 PM

Right on!

tripledigitken - 8-23-2010 at 03:52 AM

Una Mas!

DENNIS - 8-23-2010 at 05:57 AM

DOS...........

lizard lips - 8-23-2010 at 07:57 AM

Were on a roll!

Sallysouth - 8-23-2010 at 03:58 PM

every day L.L.!! so easy and it makes a difference!!Come on Nomads, everyone vote!!

BajaBlanca - 8-23-2010 at 04:11 PM

raced to vote ! count me in as well !!

Udo - 8-23-2010 at 05:17 PM

Thanks for the link, BMG,

9 more days to go.

bigmike - 8-23-2010 at 10:58 PM

Tres Dennis!!

lizard lips - 8-24-2010 at 06:12 AM

And again

DENNIS - 8-24-2010 at 06:14 AM

Otra vez.

BajaBlanca - 8-24-2010 at 07:56 AM

dos para mi tam bien

windgrrl - 8-24-2010 at 10:01 AM

Bump.

toneart - 8-24-2010 at 03:04 PM

...and again!

Sallysouth - 8-24-2010 at 09:03 PM

me 2

bigmike - 8-24-2010 at 11:31 PM

Again!! :spingrin:

lizard lips - 8-25-2010 at 06:23 AM

Another one!

Lee - 8-25-2010 at 06:42 AM

Ditto!

DENNIS - 8-25-2010 at 06:48 AM

Aym awl N.

tripledigitken - 8-25-2010 at 07:22 AM

git er done

BajaBlanca - 8-25-2010 at 07:57 AM

got it done !

toneart - 8-25-2010 at 10:22 AM

Once again! :yes:

elgatoloco - 8-25-2010 at 11:25 AM

:bounce:

That 3D view is cool.

Sallysouth - 8-25-2010 at 01:48 PM

again!

Sallysouth - 8-25-2010 at 10:54 PM

bump

bigmike - 8-25-2010 at 11:58 PM

Another vote

BajaBlanca - 8-26-2010 at 05:49 AM

vroooooooooooooom and voted.

DENNIS - 8-26-2010 at 07:24 AM

I'm in.

toneart - 8-26-2010 at 11:25 AM

Voted again today!

Lee - 8-26-2010 at 02:58 PM

On board today!

bajafreaks - 8-26-2010 at 03:42 PM

Got it done. (I'm not a Kyle Busch fan at all but the color scheme of the car looks cool and it's definately a great cause).

bigmike - 8-26-2010 at 05:41 PM

Another vote today!

lizard lips - 8-26-2010 at 06:26 PM

In again from San Luis Potosi.......

Sallysouth - 8-26-2010 at 08:20 PM

again

tripledigitken - 8-26-2010 at 08:24 PM

Fan or no fan of KB, his winning all 3 races at Bristol last weekend will be a hard one to duplicate.

another vote!

bigmike - 8-27-2010 at 02:22 AM

Voted again

lizard lips - 8-27-2010 at 06:14 AM

In from Mexico City

Lee - 8-27-2010 at 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by lizard lips
3,083 so far this morning. Lets keep it going!

That's 3,084 right now.

DENNIS - 8-27-2010 at 07:27 AM

3085

toneart - 8-27-2010 at 09:32 AM

One more time! :yes:

Pompano - 8-27-2010 at 09:35 AM

I am late here..what's this about?

DENNIS - 8-27-2010 at 09:52 AM

MYELOMA AWARENESS

Some of you may know about my 20 year involvement with the fight against Myeloma in Baja as well as the United States. Here is a chance for you to help in that fight too.

This is a chance for all International Myeloma Foundation supporters to be in the driver's seat as we raise awareness of the IMF, myeloma, and the great work being done to change the course of this disease.

Please take 30 seconds every day for the next ten days and log onto nascar.myeloma.org It takes several seconds for the page to load... Wait for the car to appear and click on the "vote" button. And please do it every day for the next ten days. If you desire please send the link to all your friends as well.

The IMF has entered a race car design in a contest called Sponsafier. The winning entry will be built as a full sized car, showcased at a NASCAR race and your votes can help push us across the finish line.

The idea and the car design came from a myeloma patient in Normal, Illinois. Keith May has covered the car with slogans to raise awareness of myeloma and the work being done to beat it. Keith and the IMF have named the car "The Survivor".

"The Survivor" is one of several hundred entries in the Sponsafier contest. Some are just artistic designs and some like Keith's support a cause. Now we all have the opportunity to support Keith and the IMF by voting every day for the next 10 days and by asking your friends, families , and colleagues to vote too.

NASCAR racing is growing rapidly in the US and this is an opportunity to educate an entirely new audience about myeloma and the advances that have been made in treatment and the challenges that lie ahead.

The messages on the car are simple "Beat Myeloma to the finish line" and simply "Beat Cancer". What better way to get there than by racing.

Work is being done in Baja and other states in Mexico with the help of the IMF and several clinics being kept open with their donations. I visit these clinics often in Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City and soon a large clinic will open in Tijuana supported by the help of the IMF and other cancer funding organizations.

MYELOMA WILL BE BEATEN SOON BUT WE NEED SUPPORT!

[Edited on 8-19-2010 by lizard lips]

Sallysouth - 8-27-2010 at 02:02 PM

3087

bigmike - 8-28-2010 at 02:21 AM

Voted again, only one more day.

DENNIS - 8-28-2010 at 06:54 AM

I'm in.

CaboMagic - 8-28-2010 at 07:16 AM

6973 Sat morn
In the top 8 "most votes"

elgatoloco - 8-28-2010 at 08:14 AM

Only one more day to vote!! :saint:

lizard lips - 8-28-2010 at 12:31 PM

Lookin good!

toneart - 8-28-2010 at 01:24 PM

Voted again today! :bounce:

Vroom!!!

Roger, look at the first page, third post down, BMG has provided a link.

lizard lips - 8-29-2010 at 05:42 AM

Voting is over and we have 7160.

Thank you all for voting......!

toneart - 8-29-2010 at 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by lizard lips
Voting is over and we have 7160.

Thank you all for voting......!

OK! Let us know if we won.

BajaBlanca - 8-29-2010 at 05:28 PM

7160 ...did we win ?????!!!!!! did we win ???!!!!! I so hope we did ....

lizard lips - 8-30-2010 at 10:58 AM

We came in 6th place out of 4000 entries!

It's not over. More to come. I'll keep you all advised and a BIG-THANK YOU!!!!!!!

BMG - 8-30-2010 at 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lizard lips
We came in 6th place out of 4000 entries!

It's not over. More to come. I'll keep you all advised and a BIG-THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Not bad for a lizard with lips.

Phase II

kmay - 9-5-2010 at 07:33 PM

Hi,

I am the Myeloma patient that designed the Myeloma Survivor entry in the Sponsafier2 contest.

Voting closed on my contest entry on Saturday, August 29. Voting continues for a couple of the late entries but based on the voting trend it appears we will finish in third place in the “Cause” category with 7,160 votes. I want to thank everyone that voted and helped me raise awareness of Multiple Myeloma and the International Myeloma Foundation(IMF).

Multiple Myeloma(MM) doesn’t have a cure but major strides have been made in the past 10+ years to improve treatments that extend patients lives and improve the quality of life for patients living with MM. Organizations like the IMF have played a key role in those improvements along with education and support.

Please stand by. The contest actually has 3 phases. On or before September 13, entries will be selected to advance to the second phase of popular voting. If my entry is selected to advance Phase II, voting is set to begin on Tuesday, September 14.

Again thanks for your support so far and let's keep it going.

DENNIS - 9-5-2010 at 09:58 PM

You are more than welcome. Let us know what's up.

BajaBlanca - 9-7-2010 at 09:31 AM

wow...third place .... NOW.........lets move this into first place next time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Semi Finalist

kmay - 9-14-2010 at 01:19 AM

Yes! The "Myeloma Survivor" car has successfully advanced to Phase II voting. Please vote every day by using the link below and share with your friends so they can do the same. Thanks.

www.nascar.myeloma.org