A Little Goodbye

Three of our LTF interns are hanging up the purple and are going to spread the principles of hope, love and compassion to their next endeavors. Let’s learn a little more about what they did for the foundation.

Kim was part of our social work branch of LTF. She spread the message of LTF across the Fox Valley and beyond! Pierson spearheaded our web presence. Seneca spent countless, but very fruitful hours, helping coordinate many of our activities from April’s Kids-On-Chemo to our Sam-i-am race and finally our Family Wellness Retreat.

We wish them the best of luck in the future!

A Little Wrap-up

 Little Looks Back

Though NF month is now over, we held some GREAT events to make 2012 memorable! We really BLEW THE LID OF NF during May 2012 to let the world know about Neurofibromatosis and the great work done by the Littlest Tumor Foundation (LTF)! We kicked off the month with our awesome “Scream” picture letting the world know about Neurofibromatosis. Then we had our 24-hour up and down College Avenue in Appleton. We had some interesting interactions with the bar crowd…

Then we unveiled our insightful Human Health and Services with an insightful interview with Tracy and Sami. There was a great Derby Party here in Appleton to show support of NF research. Throughout May we papered races in the Fox Valley and Green Bay area to make people know more about our sam-i-am race.

We were on multiple news outlets in the Fox Valley area such as on three radio stations and three TV stations to let the world know about NF and our great events! We finally got to close NF month with our famous sam-i-am walk/run tumors I do not like them at Plamann Park. Here are some pictures that we can reminisce about the fun we had. Stay tuned for our next events coming up in June!

Little Walks for 24 hours

On Friday May 4, 2012, we at the Littlest Tumor Foundation kicked off NF awareness month with our 24-hour walk up and down College Ave. in Appleton, Wis. This year we started at 10 a.m. Friday morning and walked to 10 a.m. Saturday morning. For the course of the walk we held signs that said, “tumors in children we do not like them,” we walked through the nice, sunny May weather all the way to bar time with its abundance of inebriated drinkers and through the rain that started around 2 a.m.!

The Copper Rock provided us with a place to stay for the night as well as great coffee. We even got a ½ page article in the Appleton Post-Crescent. Over the 24-hour walk, 30 people joined us as we raised awareness about NF. Even some onlookers joined us for our cause! We are dedicated to raising awareness about NF and of course, having a little fun to. We want to say THANK YOU to all our walkers and all of the people who gave donations. We want to especially thank the Copper Rock coffee house who donated coffee and a place for walkers to rest between shifts. The walk is just one of the many events that are occurring this month to raise awareness about NF. Stay tuned for more event dates and times!