Support My Ride to Conquer Cancer

I would like to dedicate my ride in memory of Jeannie Lane, a dear friend and colleague, who lost her long, hard fought battle with bladder cancer in November 2004. To learn more about Jeannie please visit the Jeannie Lane Foundation Website: http://www.jeannielanefoundation.org

My name is Julie King. I am a first grade teacher at Westridge Elementary School in Frankfort, KY. On September 26-27, 2009 I will be taking part in The Ride to Conquer Cancer benefiting the Norton Cancer Institute. This cycling journey will take me 150 miles from Louisville to Lexington and back. All donations collected will be used to:

*Fund research that works toward a cure and offers our community access to the most advanced therapies.

*Ensure that prevention programs are in place to help reduce the risk of cancer for present and future generations.

*Provide cancer screenings to those who otherwise could not afford them.

*Fund the most up-to-date treatment options such as the da Vinci robotic surgical system and radiation and infusion therapies.

*Provide the emotional care and educational support patients and their families need in coping with and recovering from cancer.

It will be a challenge in a number of ways, but with my bike, my helmet, and your generosity, a real impact will be made!

Our Teacher, Miss King, Needs Your Help!

This school year my first graders have been learning about the importance of helping others. In December, we collected stuffed animals to send Ecuador. Here are their thoughts on helping others:
Nick- Helping others is good to do.
James-Sick people need help. It feels good to help.
Savannah- I think it’s fun to help other people. It makes them feel happy. It makes me feel happy too.
Kelsey- I feel happy when I help others.
Jordan- It’s important to help others from getting sick.
Sam- I like to help other people to make them feel good.
Kade- Jesus wants us to help others. It makes me feel good when I help somebody.
Vanessa- It’s good to help others.
Jacob- I called the doctor when my aunt was sick. It made me feel better. I like to help people.
Autumn- Helping people is very, very, very nice. I help my friends spell words. I feel happy when I help.
Anna- It’s nice to help people because if they are hurt you need to help them. If someone falls, you should help them up.
Dallas- Our class collected stuffed animals for sick children in Ecuador. I felt proud.
Hunter- If you help someone, they might help you back. When you help someone, they are nice to you.
Emily- It’s important to help people because some people can get sick and you can give them medicine. I like to help.
Adrian-When our class collected stuffed animals for the kids in Ecuador I felt happy. I think the kids felt happy too.
Alexys- To help others you need to be nice and respectful. I like helping others because it makes me really happy.
Rehma- If you help others they will help you.
Katie- If people don’t feel well, then you can help them. If you don’t help, people might die of cancer.

My Aunt Julie is Raising Money to Help Fight Cancer

Teach this simple truth to all: a generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. ~Buddha

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
~Dalai Lama

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
~Leo Buscaglia

It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may
live as you wish.
~Mother Teresa