News & Updates
5/21/10 Thank you card from someone we helped
5/19/10 Update from Marcia at Mercy/Unity HospitalsHi, Dick
We have sent payment for invoices for an Elk River patient to be paid from the Laubach Memorial Fund at Mercy and Unity. The money is being used to pay her co-pays on medical expenses. She is extremely grateful. Marcia 5/7/10 Update from Barb at Regions HospitalWe have another request for funds today. Patient referred by Mark Christofferson. Surgery and treatment were done at Abbott Hospital. Had surgery last August. Unable to work as much but owns company and has been working. Currently divorcing, 2 kids. Needs to move, can't afford current rent. Told to call for funds to assist with move. I will send her $1,000. Also encouraged her to contact social worker at Abbott for other help that may be available. Thanks, Barb 4/28/10 Update from Barb at Regions HospitalWe will help another patient today. She lives in Cokato but getting her care in Hutchinson. Going through chemo and income has decreased during chemo due to side affects. Needs help paying her rent. She was also referred to social worker for applications for Angel Fund, etc.Thanks, Barb 4/8/10 Update from Barb at Regions HospitalHello Dick, We are helping a pt today. She has just been diagnosed and will have surgery tomorrow. She is single and has been going to school and working until Jan. 2010 when she had to stop due to problems with her knee. She is scheduled for knee surgery in May. She lives in housing for the disabled but no longer recieves disability or social security. She now has MN. care for insurance. She receives $200 in food stamps and no other source of income. I know that this is a long message but it's getting more and more frequent that we see these bad situations,especially with the down-sizing of the GAMC program.
Thanks again for the help! Barb 3/24/10 Update from Nancy at Unity HospitalHi,
Wanted to let you know we've helped a couple people here at Unity in the past few weeks and here are their stories:
The first gal is undergoing chemotherapy for recurrent breast cancer and is currently being treated with chemotherapy and is unable to work. Her husband was also just recently diagnosed with cancer. Needless to say they are struggling finanacially and appreciated anything we could do. We paid their mortgage for March and they are deeply greatful!
The second gal we helped this month had undergone a mastectomy with recontruction and the pain/discomfort from the surgery has not allowed her to work. They are facing many co-pays as well. We were also able to help them pay for their mortgage.
Thanks so much,
Nancy 3/9/10 Update from Barb at Regions HospitalHi, We were able to help another patient today. This is a 43 year old lady who immigrated from Korea. She has been doing odd jobs to pay the rent and has no other source of income. She is currently having radiation treatment to treat her breast cancer. We are setting her up through social services to help with as many programs as possible. I sent her a check for $1,000. Thanks, Barb 2/4/10 Barb received this Thank You CardFrom someone we helped!
1/13/10 Update from Barb at Regions HospitalI have spoken to another person who needs help today. She lives in Austin, MN and all treatment was done at the Mayo. She heard about our funds per her cousin, Diane, who she says has friends that have participated in the ride. The patient finished her treatment about a year ago, is back to work part time, is a single parent, and having a hard time catching up on bills since her treatment was completed. She used a credit card during the time of treatment and now needs to pay it back. We will send her a check today. Barb 1/8/10 Update from Barb at Regions HospitalPatient from Blaine called today. Finished chemo about 1 year ago. Taking drug Arimidex - cost is $875 per quarter. Patient knows Linda L. and was told to call us for help. We sent patient $1,000 in March of 2009, was told by Linda that we could send her another $1,000 at this time. I also gave patient information on drug programs that are available to help with cost of drugs. Referred her also to Angel Fund & Hope Chest foundation. Check request sent through today. Barb Update for 11/16/09Dick, I have a request from a patient today. We will be sending her $1,000. She is being treated in Buffalo. Heard about Regions thru a member of the ride. She had surgery in August and is 1/2 way thru chemo now. She is working, has a spouse and 2 kids. They are just slightly behind in bills. Hope this help. Barb Check out this story, breast cancer affects men too!
Update for 10/28/09Recieved the following message from Barb at Regions Hospital regarding another patient that we were able to help: Patient with underlying heart disease before breast cancer diagnosis. Hasn't been able to work since heart valve surgery. Now will require chemo therapy. Update for 10/16/09Thank you note that Lynnda received from a patient we helped: Thank you so much for the financial help you have given me and my family. There are so many things spinning around in my head with this breast cancer journey that this helped lighten the load with our finances. God bless you for your kindness and all the people who make this possible. I am truly grateful. LLBCAR Gets Some Press from ABC Newspapers
| Breast cancer survivor rides to help others |
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| Wednesday, 07 October 2009 |
by Sue Austreng
Staff writer
Lynnda Laubach strapped on her helmet and straddled the Harley for a 100-mile ride Sept. 26.
The event was the fifth-annual Lynnda Laubach Breast Cancer Awareness Ride, established shortly after Laubach was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma.
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Breast cancer survivor Lynnda Laubach rides with husband, Steve Laubach, in the 2009 Lynnda Laubach Breast Cancer Awareness Ride Sept. 26. (Photo courtesy of Mark Christofferson)
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She fought the cancer with a rigorous treatment regimen, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.
And then she was determined to fight for other cancer victims, as well and so the Lynnda Laubach Breast Cancer Awareness Ride was born.
This year, 259 cyclists rode along with 109 passengers for the ride.
By ride’s end, more than $50,000 had been raised.
The 2009 ride had cyclists starting at Zylstra Harley-Davidson in Elk River, then stopping at Captain’s on Long Lake in Isanti and Bailey Ray’s in Santiago before crossing the finish line and enjoying a pasta party at Rockwoods Grill and Backwater Bar in Otsego.
The Breast Cancer Awareness Ride operates fueled by this mission statement, “Bikers riding together with the goal of helping breast cancer patients and survivors improve their quality of life today and into the future.”
The Lynnda Laubach ride did just that, selling tickets for 80 different baskets packed with donated items, staging a live auction, and then drawing the winning ticket for the 2009 Harley-Davidson Fat Bob motorcycle.
All told, 6,506 $5 raffle tickets were sold for a chance at winning the Fat Bob.
Money collected during the Lynnda Laubach Breast Cancer Awareness Ride will be disbursed to the breast cancer centers at Regions, Mercy and Unity hospitals.
For information about the Breast Cancer Awareness Ride, visit www.thebreastcancerride.org .
Sue Austreng is at sue.austreng@ecm-inc.com. |
Direct Link to the original story on ABC Newspapers website: http://abcnewspapers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9270&Itemid=27 Kim Michels' Pix 9/26/09Cindy Rosen's Pix 9/26/09Dan Dawson's Pix 9/26/09Sandy Herrala's Pix 9/26/09Update for 8/19/09Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:07 AM
Hi Lynnda,
We were able to help another patient today. This is a young lady, 36 y.o., single, who's family is in India. She is here in U.S. working on temporary job assignment and lost her job due to chemo. She has had to have chemo first and just completed that and will have her surgery next week. She is very grateful for the help we could provide. Barb
Lynnda Laubach Update for 8/11/09Hi Lynnda,
We were able to help another patient today. She is a lady who is back to work after treatment, who says she has lots of bills due to being a single mother with two teenagers. Mark requested help for her - she was treated at Mercy hospital. Thanks, Barb
Lynnda Laubach Update for 6/2/09Just when you think you’re having a bad day, you read about other people’s lives. How sad.
From: Laubach, Lynnda A
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:05 PM
To: Sue.Christofferson
Subject: Third one in the past week.
Sue,
This one is really sad, glad we could make a difference.
Hi, I’m sending another check out today! This patient is undergoing treatment and her husband has a brain tumor andis in the hospice program. She needs help to be able to hire more help for him while she's still being treated.
Thanks, Barb Update for 6/1/09Another reason we “wear pink” and sell raffle tickets!
From: Laubach, Lynnda A
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 11:28 AM
To: Sue Christofferson
Subject: We helped another
Sue,
Just got this from Barb and I thought I would share it.
Hi, We are helping another pt today. Her surgery was almost a year ago and she's had many complications. She lost her job with St. Paul Public school system and she's trying to keep her premium paid to finish her treatment. The help from us will pay her premium for another month. Thanks, Barb Update for 5/27/09Another great reason for raising $$!
From: Laubach, Lynnda A
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:01 PM
To: Sue.Christofferson
Subject: Here's another good story
Hi Lynnda, We are able to help another patient today. Scott came over to say that a patient was about to be evicted from her apartment. Her surgery was April and she will be able to go back to work in June. We are sending a check today. Thanks! Barb
Lynnda Laubach Update for 4/19/09 FYI – another “warm fuzzy”!
From: Laubach, Lynnda A
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 9:49 AM
To: Sue.Christofferson
Subject: helped another
We helped another pt today. She is single, just able to return to full-time work after completing chemo. She is in
danger of loosing her house to foreclosure. Barb
Lynnda Laubach Update for 2/10/09Just received this message from Lynnda, it's a message from Barb at Regions Hospital.
Hi Lynnda,
Just to let you know, we were able to help another patient today. Patient is in chemo and has lots more to go. She can't work presently and her husband just got a new job that pays $8.25 per hour. They weren't able to pay the lot rent for their trailer house so we helped specifically with that. This patient says that her brother has participated in the ride!
Thanks, Barb Update for 1.11.09Here is an E-Mail we received from someone we helped.
Barb I really hope you got my other email .If you did well thank you again for your help with the benefit. When Dick told me about this, I first said no but Dick encouraged me to give you a call. I wanted to thank you for making an uncomfortable situation seem bearable. I/we are not people that are used to getting help so your way of handling it for me was appreciated. Thank you for all the help and the personal touch you give to your work. If you or the board need anything else from us please just let us know. Thanks Again Update for 12.17.08We were able to help another patient today. I received a call from Paul about a patient who is having treatment at Hubert Humphrey Cancer Center.
We helped her pay her co-pays. Update for 12.4.08I just got this from Barb, boy this one made me cry. I know this person can really use the money. Another good feeling that we all should have. Thanks to all of the people who donated there time and efforts to make this event such a success. I just want to let you all know how much Steve and I appreciate all that you have done for this wonderful cause. We want to give everyone a very big
Thank You for all the time you spend making this event so great. It makes us feel good to be able to help others.
Here’s the note from Barb:
Wanted you to know we helped another lady this week.
She is 60 years old, multiple medical problems before diagnosis of breast cancer, and lives with and cares for a disabled grandson! I was very happy to send her a check. Hopefully they can have a little Christmas besides paying bills. Talk to you soon. Thanks, Barb (P.S. When I talked to this lady, she said, "even 50cents would help me now")
Thanks again everyone,
Update for 8.14.08It's been kind of quiet on the fundraising drive lately, not much to talk about. Everyone is getting pretty excited though, as we get closer to September 20th. Mark and I mapped out the route last week and we were pretty happy with it and I'm sure everyone else will be as well.
I met with the Rogers City Council this week and I also spoke to the Rogers Chief of Police. I think the entire community is pretty fired up about this years event.
Our web developing friend and sponsor, Five Technology, has done some really nice work on a website for us. Please take a moment to check it out and be sure to spread the word that pre-registration for the ride can be submitted on the site and simply mail in a check to go with it. www.TheBreastCancerRide.org check it out!
We've still got a lot of tickets out that need to be accounted for so if you've got some tickets that don't seem to be selling you might want to get them turned in so we can move them somewhere else. We also now have the $15 Party Tickets if anyone needs them. They can be ordered through the website also. Update for 7.30.08Just a couple of quick announements... the Anoka County Fair was a huge success, we sold over $2,000 in raffle tickets etc. We had a lot of highly appreciated help as which is what makes it all happen.
Thanks to those that helped; Cindy, Mark, Sue, Danette, Natasha, Kim, Laura, Doug, Mary and we picked up a new supporter... her name is Sue and she works at Trade Secrets in Rogers. Sue has made some basket donations as well as coming out and working ticket sales with us for a few hours and now you can find Sue at Trade Secrets... wearing a button and still selling tickets.
And I have to mention a special thank you to Sadie, Danette's daughter spent the whole time at our table doing free face painting for kids. When it was all over Sadie decided to donate a pretty large share of her tip money to our cause. I thought that was pretty special and obviously Sadie is pretty special.
Update for 7.17.08The following is a message we received from Barb at Regions Hospital on July 11th:
Hi Lynnda and gang,
I mentioned to you that we were able to help another patient this week. She has called me after receiving her check and is so grateful! She is 45 y.o. Breast cancer diagnosis, receiving lots of chemotherapy. Her Husband works but the pay is low and their insurance is not very good. She has been unable to work for most of this year and they have 3 children at home. It's such a pleasure to be able to help people like this.
Thanks again! Barb |
