After walking coast to coast last year and raising over $26,000 for The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, I have decided to walk again in 2013.

OVERJOYED TO ANNOUNCE THAT DONATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THIS YEAR'S EFFORT HAVE TOPPED $20,000 AS OF MAY 30TH

I plan to walk coast to coast TWICE.

First, from Santa Monica, CA to Long Island, NY, and then to return Westward along a Southern course from Tybee Island, GA back to Santa Monica. I know that I can do better than I did in 2011, and I plan on walking 5800 miles in 2013 to benefit Lustgarten and to raise awareness of this deadly disease.
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  Hello, my name is Benjamin J. Timoner, 

  Welcome to the homepage of BJ Walks America in the Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer.

  Please support my effort to walk coast to coast raising money and awareness for the Lustgarten Foundation. I will leave Santa Monica for the East coast on January 2nd, 2013, commencing my 2nd walk across America in this cause.

  The Lustgarten Foundation's administrative expenses are underwritten by Cablevision. 

Every dollar goes to fight pancreatic cancer!  Few charities can make the claim that 100% of donations go to the cause.  Thanks to Cablevision, The Lustgarten Foundation proudly can!

Where will the money go?  The Lustgarten Foundation has sponsored nine international research conferences, launched a national public awareness campaign, and awarded $65 million in support of promising pancreatic cancer research.   Your support today could mean a cure for tomorrow.

Together we can cure Pancreatic Cancer!

As you may know, I have been deeply affected by pancreatic cancer. I lost my father, Bertram, to this terrible disease when I was five years old.

Did you know that pancreatic cancer is the nation’s fourth leading cancer killer? Worse yet, unless it is found early when it can be surgically removed, there is no cure. Yet, there are no tests to find it early. How can this be?

Only twelve years ago, fewer than a dozen researchers were focused on pancreatic cancer. There simply wasn't enough funding available to support a career in the study of this disease. As a result, pancreatic cancer was virtually ignored, and with startling consequences to patients, their families and loved ones.

I am one of those loved ones, and I decided to take a stand by walking coast to coast (AGAIN) raising money and awareness for the Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer. I walk to honor my father and to help those battling cancer now and in the future.

I started a fundraising page at The Lustgarten Foundation in hopes of continuing that effort. Last year's walk raised $26,010 and every penny of it went directly to fight pancreatic cancer. The Lustgarten Foundation was created to find better treatments and a cure for pancreatic cancer, and I support that mission. Join me.

Please support my effort with a tax-deductible donation to The Lustgarten Foundation, and be as generous as you can. Your donation, along with my own, will help give pancreatic cancer patients a fighting chance.

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