Wisconsin Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Hits Home Stretch of Annual Milwaukee Man & Woman of the Year Campaign

Local Citizens are 3 weeks away from becoming LLS’s Man & Woman of the Year

The Wisconsin Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) launched its annual Milwaukee Man & Woman of the Year competition in March, 2012 to raise money for cancer research and patient services. The 2011 campaign raised more than $210,000.

Ten Southeastern Wisconsin community leaders are in the home stretch of their 10 week-long competition for the title of LLS Man & Woman of the Year. This honor includes a Grand Finale Gala in honor of the candidates, recognition throughout the region, a full-page advertisement featured in USA Today, and the satisfaction that their commitment to finding cures will help families with blood cancer.

The money raised in the 2012, 10 week long Milwaukee Man & Women of the Year competition will be used by LLS to fund research-seeking cures and better therapies, and to provide information and support for patients and families; allowing them to have the best possible outcomes throughout their cancer experience. Those benefiting from this campaign include this year’s Boy and Girl of the Year (Caden and Emma). These young adults and their families have survived lymphoma and leukemia and are a source of inspiration to the competitors as well as The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society family as a whole.

The Milwaukee region candidates have raised funds over the past 7 weeks and will continue to do so for the rest of the competition by sponsoring fun events such as family bowling and ping pong competitions, golf outings, wine tastings, home events, adult lemonade stands, Milwaukee Brewers tailgates, and many others. They are also soliciting silent auction event contributions for the gala to raise money for LLS. To attend or sponsor any of these events, go to www.mwoy.org/wi

Every dollar of these events counts as one "vote" for the individual who raised the money as Man or Woman of the Year. The male and female candidates with the most votes (funds raised) will be granted the title of 2012 Man & Woman of the Year at the Grand Finale Gala to be held Friday, June 8^th at the Pfister Hotel. The winners are then eligible to be honored as LLS National Man & Woman of the Year.

Candidates for LLS’s 2012 Man and Woman of the Year title in Southeast Wisconsin are:

- Dan Eggers, Eggers Imprints, Brown Deer, WI

- Daniel Einhorn, Capital Midwest Fund, Milwaukee, WI

- Edward Fitzpatrick III, Principal Financial Group, Milwaukee, WI

- Bruce Spann, Spann & Associates, Germantown, WI

- Mike Thompson, MD, PhD, ProHealth Care Regional Cancer Center, Waukesha, WI

- Anna Zuckerman, AC Zuckerman, Inc., Mequon, WI

- Heather M. Williams, Summit Young Professionals, Brookfield, WI

- Monica Oliver, WE Energies, Milwaukee, WI

- Makisha M. Porter, The Capital Grille, Milwaukee, WI

- Laura L. Murphy, GE Healthcare, Franklin, WI

To cast your vote for this year’s Man & Woman of the Year, to attend any of the individual fundraising events for the benefit of LLS, to attend the Grand Finale Gala, or to learn more about this annual Milwaukee campaign, visit: www.mwoy.org/wi

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society^®, headquartered in White Plains, NY, is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. The LLS mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Since its founding in 1949, LLS has invested more than $600 million in research specifically targeting leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. LLS has a local Patient Services Manager in 68 chapters throughout the United States and Canada. For additional information, please contact LLS at (800) 955-4572 or visit

www.LLS.org