After ten years of fund-raising, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) announced today that the Georgia Pest Control Association reached the milestone of $ 1 million raised by its members to help find a cure for leukemia and other blood cancers. “It has been an amazing ten years of co-ordinated and individual efforts to work with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and achieve this level of success,” said Valera Jessee, Executive Director for Georgia Pest Control Association.
Jessee continued, “Our members are all community-minded companies and have worked to be a partner with charities and fund-raising groups throughout Georgia.” In 2003, GPCA decided to funnel this energy into one primary effort, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Annual Light The Night Walk, to represent the industry’s commitment to helping others.
Light The Night is a nationwide evening fundraising walk to celebrate and commemorate lives touched by cancer. During the event, walkers carry illuminated balloons - white for survivors, red for supporters and gold in memory of loved ones lost to cancer -- and form a community of caring, bringing light to the dark world of cancer.
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2013 marked the fifteenth annual Light The Night Walk in Atlanta, which was held on Saturday, October 12th at Centennial Olympic Park. Almost 10,000 walkers participated, raising nearly $1.3 million. Combined with other walks throughout the state, Light The Night raised over $2 million in Georgia last year. The funds will be used to fund lifesaving blood cancer research, free educational materials for patients and families, local family and patient support programs and comprehensive, personalized assistance through LLS’s Information Resource Center.
For more information about The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night Walk log on to www.lightthenight.org/ga or call (404) 720-7841.
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About the Georgia Pest Control Association
Currently representing 85% of pest control operators in the state, the GPCA was incorporated in 1950 with only sixteen original members. With more than 1000 individual and member companies statewide, the GPCA is made up of pest control professionals who protect health, families, businesses and the environment from insects and the damage they can cause. A major employer, the GPCA is an integral part of schools operations, commercial establishments and home management. High quality communication, education and upholding the professional pest management industry throughout Georgia and surrounding states are the benchmarks of the GPCA. Benefits of GPCA membership include legislative lobbying, training and education, free continuing education programs, professional magazine access, leadership training, scholarships, lending library and business manuals and access to email updates, a toll free telephone number and assistance from a full-time staff. For more information about the Georgia Pest Control Association, visit www.gpca.org.
About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ® (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services.