Microblading Auction for Lisa

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In 2014, Lisa found a spot on her calf that turned out to be melanoma. She had lymph nodes removed at that time which came back negative for the cancer. In the end of February of 2018, she found a swollen lymph node that was immediately taken out and found to have melanoma. Much to every doctors surprise, the cancer had metastasized. A few weeks later on her 40th birthday, she had surgery to install a port for immunotherapy treatment to begin. Because of the nature of her melanoma, the doctors decided she needs the most aggressive treatment for the cancer. She had her first round of immunotherapy with 2 different drugs a month after the lymph node was removed. She will continue immunotherapy for at least the next year. There isn’t much data on this new therapy, but it so far it has the best results they have had against melanoma in years.

Lisa and her husband have 2 boys Owen, 13 and Drew, 11, and live an active lifestyle in Colorado. Despite this diagnosis, Lisa is optimistic and knows melanoma hasn’t met such a spunky and stubborn redhead who will smile, laugh, and fight through this battle. Thank you so much for supporting her in the fight of her life.

The Gary Courtney Cancer Foundation will be running several events to help Lisa fight melanoma. For each Fighting for Lisa bracelet you purchase - proceeds will go directly to Lisa and her family for medical bills and other needs as they arise. Each bracelet is $2.00. Shipping and handling will be covered by the Gary Courtney Cancer Foundation.

 

Fighting for Lisa

Donation Campaign for Lisa Benscheidt

Fighting For Lisa Benscheidt

Bracelet Campaign 

 

Number of Bracelets

1 bracelet $2.00 USD 5 bracelets $10.00 USD 10 bracelets $20.00 USD

Donation Amount

Option 1 $5.00 USD Option 2 $10.00 USD Option 3 $25.00 USD

In 2014, Lisa found a spot on her calf that turned out to be melanoma. She had lymph nodes removed at that time which came back negative for the cancer. In the end of February of 2018, she found a swollen lymph node that was immediately taken out and found to have melanoma. Much to every doctors surprise, the cancer had metastasized. A few weeks later on her 40th birthday, she had surgery to install a port for immunotherapy treatment to begin. Because of the nature of her melanoma, the doctors decided she needs the most aggressive treatment for the cancer. She had her first round of immunotherapy with 2 different drugs a month after the lymph node was removed. She will continue immunotherapy for at least the next year. There isn’t much data on this new therapy, but it so far it has the best results they have had against melanoma in years.

Lisa and her husband have 2 boys Owen, 13 and Drew, 11, and live an active lifestyle in Colorado. Despite this diagnosis, Lisa is optimistic and knows melanoma hasn’t met such a spunky and stubborn redhead who will smile, laugh, and fight through this battle. Thank you so much for supporting her in the fight of her life.

The Gary Courtney Cancer Foundation will be running several events to help Lisa fight melanoma. For each Fighting for Lisa bracelet you purchase - proceeds will go directly to Lisa and her family for medical bills and other needs as they arise. Each bracelet is $2.00. Shipping and handling will be covered by the Gary Courtney Cancer Foundation.

Going Blue for Colon Cancer Alliance 

CCA

March 3rd, 2017

in Honor of John Gressmen

 http://support.ccalliance.org/site/TR?px=1750577&fr_id=2495&pg=personal

Donate Please at this link. 

Thank you on Behalf of the John Gressmen family and

the Gary Courtney Cancer Awareness Foundation.

http://support.ccalliance.org/site/TR?px=1750577&fr_id=2495&pg=personal

Fighting for Lexi

This is Lexi. She is the daughter of our friends Corey Walker and Crystal Lynn Walker. This family has been struck by the words no parent should ever have to hear - Cancer. Lexi has a tumor too large to surgically remove on her liver. She will be starting chemo this week. My husband Don Smith and I will be raising funds for the family with bracelets (fighting for Lexi bracelets will be available September 6th) and a fundraiser yet to be announced. We love this family. They have been so supportive to us in so many ways - including raising funds for Leukemia, Lymphoma Society - LLS. Keep watching for ways you can help us help them. God Bless them and all who know their pain.

Fundraiser for Baby Greyson and Davies Family

Fundraiser for Baby Greyson and Davies Family

 

Magna's Halloween in Summer Festival July 16, 2016. 8950 West to 9200 West - along 2700 South.
 

We will be doing Pendulum Readings, selling water, have giveaways, Cancer Awareness items for donation, Spinning wheel with prizes. All proceeds go to the Davies family for their baby Greyson and the bills that will incure during his fight at Primary Children's Hospital.
 

The festival is filled with the sites and sounds of Halloween and will be a great event for everyone. We will have one booth dedicated to fundraising for Greyson and the Davies family.

Fighting Hard - Bryan Roethel

Fighting the Battle

Warrior

Bryan Roethel 

Bryan Roethel is fighting lung cancer. While his prognosis is not good, he is battling this horrible disease with his family and friends. The Gary Courtney Cancer Awareness Foundation would like to help the family in their time of need. 

We will be collecting donations for the Roethel family to cover medical bills and anything else they need. We will also be adding Bryan to our LLS Light the Night and Relay for Life events. God Bless this family with strength and courage. We hope we can make the small dent in their worries. Please donate if you can on the right hand side of this blog. 

We have to fight until there is no fight left!

American Breast Cancer Foundation Fundraiser

The Face of a Survivor

Marlyne Pearson is the face of a Breast Cancer Survivor. Six years cancer free, she still inspires all those who know her. Help us fight against breast cancer and produce more survivors like Marlyne.

Fundraisers for the American Breast Cancer Foundation will run throughout April and May for all warriors of this curable disease. Make a donation or buy a raffle ticket for this adorable watch.

Make a $25 donation and get this watch as a gift. Make sure to include your shipping address. Thank you for helping us make more survivors like Marlyne.

Colon Cancer Alliance Fundraiser

Thanks to the BSO Paranormal Team, we were able to raise close to $800 for Colon Cancer Awareness. Ft. Douglas hosted the event. Corporations and private donors gave generously to the raffle. Thank you all!!! 

Early Raffle Tickets for Amazing Prizes - All Proceeds Go to the Colon Cancer Alliance

https://www.facebook.com/events/153468121675222/ For Investigation and Ticket Information

Get ready for the Paranormal Investigation and Raffle March 12^th at Ft. Douglas Historic Military Museum to raise funds for Colon Cancer Alliance. Early raffle ticket sales start now!

Rules for early ticket purchases:

Purchase tickets $1 a piece or six for $5 next to the item you want to win.

If it is a small item such as a gift card – you need not be present to win.

If it is a large item such as the quilt or baskets you must pick up the night of March 12^th at the Ft. 

Douglas Museum, or make arrangements with Cat Smith for pick up within 3 days. After three days the second place winner will be notified and receive the item.

For all early ticket purchases, a full name, mailing address, email address and phone number must be included in your PayPal message and/or sent to Cat Smith at poeticcat2003@yahoo.com after payment.  

Another Angel Departs Before their Time

https://www.gofundme.com/MandyG

Blessed friend of April Courtney Barrett leaves this world way too soon. A donation to Mandy's GoFundMe has been made on behalf of the Gary Courtney Cancer Awareness Foundation.

https://www.gofundme.com/MandyG

Paranormal Investigation for Colon Cancer Alliance March 12, 2016

 

Paranormal Investigation and Raffle at Ft. Douglas - March 12th, 2016. Get your scare on for a great cause.

Raffle for Gift Cards, Gift Baskets, Paranormal Investigation equipment and so much more. 

BSO (Badass Spirit Outlaws sponsoring the event along with Cathy Smith.


Start out the new year by making a difference. We have teamed up with the Colon Cancer Alliance to bring you a Public Ghost Hunt to help raise funds to fight Colon Cancer. On March 12th we will be investigating the Fort Douglas Military Museum. Proceeds go to Colon Cancer Alliance. Tickets are $25.00 a person and you don't need experience. Experienced paranormal investigators will guide you on the ghost hunt. If your now able to make it you can still donate money to the cause. Simply follow the link below and choose the donate option and how much you are willing to help out. Even a few dollars will help. So whether you choose to join us on a ghost hunt or just donate a few dollars you may have spent on lunch we would love any help we could get. Badass Spirit Outlaws

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ft-douglas-paranormal-investig…

Get your tickets here!

Happy New Year From the Gary Courtney Cancer Awareness Foundation

On Behalf of the Gary Courtney Cancer Awareness Foundation

Happy New Year. 

May your 2016 be filled with hope, love, laughter and life. 

May we find a cure for all cancers in 2016!

Merry Christmas From the Gary Courtney Cancer Awareness Foundation

On behalf of the Gary Courtney Cancer Awareness Foundation, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year filled with hope, health and cures for all cancers.

God Bless.

Colon Cancer Alliance Fundraiser in 2016

https://www.facebook.com/events/153468121675222/

The Gary Courtney Cancer Foundation is extending their hearts once again to help the Colon Cancer Alliance. Our March 12th, 2016 event is in memorial of April's Grandfather Smith, my father-in-law Robert Smith and in honor of survivor Annette Smith (my mother-in-law).
Badass Spirit Outlaws (BSO) is sponsoring a paranormal investigation to help raise funds and awareness for CCA. BSO is one of the best paranormal investigation groups in Utah and I am proud to be a member.
Follow the link for tickets and information. Tickets are $25 for a night of fright and fun. A raffle will be held with Utah's Own Items, paranormal gear, handmade items and everything imaginable. Get your gift certificates and surprise someone that has always wanted to go on an investigation.
More info to follow closer to the event.

Update on Gary Courtney:
Gary is looking FINE! He is in partial remission and we are so proud of him. It has been almost a year to the day of this writing that he was diagnosed with lung cancer spreading to other areas of his body. Today he looks better than ever and was able to participate in our LLS walk. I personally want to thank Gary for letting me use this blog to help others.
Gary's foundation has helped Sandy Arnette Marsh, Hope for Hillary, and the LLS foundation. This foundation will continue to raise funds for cancer awareness as long as there is a need. Let us hope and pray that need comes quickly.
Happy Holidays and a Bright New Year to all of you from Gary, his family and myself.
Cat Smith

LLS Walk the Night 2015! We Walked it for Gary Courtney and Catheryn Ireland - and Everyone with Cancer

We Did It! We Walked the Walk! We Don't Just Talk the Talk! LLS 2016 Here We Come!

 

Fundraiser for LLS - Amazon E-Cards for Donations! Dancing in the Moonlight for Gary Courtney and Catheryn Ireland

LLS Walk Fundraiser

Donate from now until September 30th and get an Amazon E-Card! Donate $5 and get a $2 Amazon card. Donate $10 and get a $5 Amazon E-Card. Donate $25 and get a $10 Amazon E-Card. Just click the button to the right. Please add your email to your message at Paypal Check out. If no additional email is provided, your Amazon E-Card will go to the Paypal email address provided in your account. All E-Cards will be issued within 48 hours.

Check out the other promotions we have for donating to LLS Light the Night Walk. Please help us help others. Bless you.

“Dancing in the Moonlight for Gary Courtney and Catheryn Ireland” LLS Walk October 10th 2015

We are going to get our groove on at the annual LLS Light the Night Walk. Funding goes to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. All money goes towards research, care of victims and public consciousness of these two devastating diseases.

I would like to introduce our newest member of the Gary Courtney Cancer Awareness Team. Catheryn Ireland. She is a lovely woman who found out this year she has leukemia. I will let Catheryn introduce herself in her own words.

God, Catheryn, and CLL                                                          

March 6, 2015, it was a beautiful day, the sun beat down, I had the radio on, I was a flying!! Oh wait that is a Tom Petty song.  The sun was shining, the grass was green, but we don't have orange and palm trees here, so it was a beautiful Murray Utah day.  I had come from the Memorial for an awesome, Godly woman at church who had passed away from ovarian cancer.  Not only is her story an awesome one, but her memorial was God-filled AWESOME!!  It was definitely a Holy Spirit filled day!  The band played at her request the LIVELY version a-k-a Pentecostal style of “I’ll fly away”.  The banjo & guitar were playing hard while we clapped to the beating drum.  I think I was stomping my feet, ready to flap my arms, man, I was ready to fly!!  I was clapping, and ready to get caught up in the air when the Holy Spirit poured out on me.  WHAT A WONDERFUL FEELING!!  The room was filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit. As the song came to an end, and with so much excitement in my heart I left to learn about my own fate.  As I departed I said to myself "now it's my turn".  My girlfriend Laurie Jensen said a quick prayer for me and I was off. 

My Oncologist, a beautiful woman of Bosnian descent, gave me the news that I have CLL; Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia; a slow progressing type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow.  As I sat there silently taking this in, I was STILL and so comforted that the Holy Spirit was with me. Dr. Boric gently said “Please don’t be afraid.” I said with a very clear voice: “I’m not afraid.”  Not knowing of her beliefs I said to myself “because GOD has this!!”  I learned again that day that God is infinitely awesome! Because I WAS OKAY, I AM OKAY!!  God has this!  This past February, my regular Doctor referred me to an Oncologist to check my blood because I had severely swollen lymph nodes.  She said it could be Leukemia.  I called my sister Melissa Lenhardt and told her what Dr. Lee said. Right away she started praying for me.  Melissa is the ultimate Prayer Warrior!  She prayed in a way that really uplifted my soul that February day. As she prayed she started crying, naturally I cried too.  She said “Sis don’t be afraid, the Holy Spirit put it on my heart that you are going to be okay.”  Okay doesn’t mean that I will be free from cancer. I am not free, but I am FREE of the chains that bind me!!  God help me!  HALLELUJAH!! Thank-you Jesus! My Father is KING JESUS, and I am the daughter of Alfred and Lillian Martinez who raised me to be a fighter for a cause, to not give up, and to not take crap!!  I will do what I can in this fight against Leukemia to win souls for Christ and to fight a good fight in His glorious name!!