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We have reached $25,000!!!
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Update: I made it!!!
Arrived at Myrtle Beach, SC, and waded into Atlantic Ocean just after 2 p.m. on
December 3rd, 2011.
A few breaks and a few setbacks, but I walked every single inch coast to coast.
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BJWalksAmerica Update
I resumed walking from Marshall, TX to the East Coast on Sept. 30th. I hope to reach Myrtle Beach, SC in the first week of December. Then, Who knows? I might just do the whole thing all over again. ;-)
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On the morning of April 23rd I suffered a heart attack, and I will be off-trail and recovering in Albuquerque while I regain my strength in order to finish my mission.
I walked 2671 miles from San Diego, CA to Myrtle Beach, SC and BJWalksAmerica has raised over $25,000 for The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research.
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 left San Diego on December 25th, 2010.
BJWalksAmerica has been privately funded ensuring that 100% of your donation goes directly to The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research. I ask not one cent for myself or to support the expenses of BJWalksAmerica. In turn, 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 $32 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 ten 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 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 created a fundraising page to support The Lustgarten Foundation. The Foundation was created to find better treatments and a cure for pancreatic cancer.
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.
