June 10th, 2015

It's always a pleasure to get together with the Executive Committee for the Light the Night Campaign for LLS. We have a great group working to make the Ann Arbor event a memorable one. We are so excited to be able to host the LTN walk in A2 this year where much of the LLS funded blood cancer research takes place. This year we have decided on the University of Michigan North Campus Research Campus (NCRC). Once the festivities to kick off the event we will be walking around the campus where our donor dollars are at work!

NCRC is such a monumental place for our walk to take place in and around as there are a total of 13 LLS funded researchers at the University of Michigan all working to find better cures for blood cancer patients. This is the largest number of researchers concentrated in one area focused on blood cancer research across the country.

After discussing all of the logistics information, Adam Chiasson, Site Leader at BD Biosciences gave us a tour of the facilities where they construct the cytometers which are specifically used for blood cancer and then asked us to be celebrity judges for the derby car esthetics for their annual internal Derby Car Race! Thanks Adam!

So excited to be a part of an amazing organization and a great team!

Love,
Jessica Cassidy
Mrs. Michigan International 2015