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Mambo For Multiple Myeloma Or How To Improve Awareness, Save Life, and Fund Research

9/2/2014

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Everyone knows how successful the Ice Bucket Challenge has been for ALS, and I was one of the thousands who took the challenge and contributed.    If you want to see a grown man yell, you can see my replay if you CLICK HERE.  Most people have heard of ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, even before the ice bucket challenge.  Now after the challenge, they are on their way to obtaining $100 million or more to help to find the cure for ALS. ALS has 5600 newly diagnosed each year, however Multiple Myeloma has 23,000 newly diagnosed each year and 95% of people have never heard of the disease.   One in Five patients die within the first 2 months of diagnosis, mainly from a delayed diagnosis and lack of knowledge about myeloma.   Dana Holmes is determined to try to duplicate the success of ALS for myeloma and has just recently started a challenge called Mambo for Multiple Myeloma.  
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Dana, all of us with this disease thank you for your efforts to bring awareness to the general population, and to provide a method to fund research for a cure.  Like I mentioned to you, I would sky dive for myeloma, if it could in any way help to promote a cure and move our average life expectancy beyond the current 4 years.  You can participate in the Mambo Challenge if you CLICK HERE.

Here’s how it works:

  • Have you, friends or family take videos of their dance moves in honor of myeloma research – any kind of dance move works!
  • Mention that it is for Multiple Myeloma  (we don’t want it confused with melanoma)
  • Challenge other friends to do the same
  • Upload your video to You Tube and tag it as Mambo for Multiple Myeloma, then share it on the Mambo for Multiple Myeloma Facebook Page
  • Donate to one of the great myeloma organizations below

To View some of our Mambo for Myeloma heroes CLICK HERE.

There is no “right” dance move and interpretive dance is welcome. Do it as a group, go solo or take a dance move selfie and post. Can’t do a video? No problem! Just take a dance move photo and post it to the Mambo for Multiple Myeloma Facebook Page. Want to help spread the word? Help raise myeloma awareness by “liking” the page and sharing it.  https://www.facebook.com/pages/MAMBO-for-MYELOMA-Awarenesss-DANCE-Challenge-Starts-HERE/1458033874458925?sk=timeline

Do your dance today and choose one of the MULTIPLE MYELOMA research foundations/organizations who are trying to find the cure!

THE CROWDCARE FOUNDATION – THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA FUND

THE INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA FOUNDATION (IMF)
The IMF InfoLine 800-452-CURE (2873)

MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (MMRF)
MMRF Patient Support Center (866) 603-6628
MMRF General Information & Donations (203) 229-0464

MMORE FOUNDATION

Good luck and may God Bless your Cancer Journey.   For more information on multiple myeloma survival rates and treatments CLICK HERE and you can follow me on twitter at: https://twitter.com/grpetersen1








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Dana Holmes
9/2/2014 03:43:24 am

Thanks Gary for your support and this wonderful article with details about the Mambo for Multiple Myeloma Awareness Dance Challenge which we launched yesterday, the 1st day of Blood Cancer Awareness Month. We already have close to 400 likes and as many shares on our FB page, such a great start!

We hope we can, at the very least, push the awareness beyond the borders of the MM community. We will give this the old college try !

And you know I will be waiting for you to publish your Mambo Video!
Perhaps you can even challenge some of the Great 8 !!
Thanks for all you continue to do for the MM community.
All the best to you.
Dana

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Gary Petersen link
9/2/2014 11:30:27 am

So glad to be able to spread the word! So are you formally challenging moi?

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Dana Holmes
9/2/2014 02:52:10 pm

Gary, I most certainly challenge you to MAMBO for MULTIPLE MYELOMA AWARENESS !! Accept the challenge and challenge many, far and near !! Add I am counting on you to inject some original flair to your Mambo !!

Gary Petersen link
9/3/2014 11:50:02 pm

Dana, sorry I did not see your Mambo video where you challenges me. Would you please send me the link. Gary

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Gary Petersen link
9/11/2014 02:50:45 am

Loved your Jib Jab video, so hear is mine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46qvH3V5rV0

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