Lenawee County Community Events: October

The City of Adrian is hosting its second annual Scarecrow Contest.  You can click here to view the contest rules, regulations, and how to submit.

There will be a food drive from September 29th - October 3rd to benefit The Daily Bread of Lenawee.  There will be a truck to receive non-parishable items from 9 a.m.  - 4 p.m. during the week behind the City Hall in Adrian.   You can find out more information, such as what items are needed, by checking out The Daily Bread of Lenawee's Facebook page. 

Carter Rehab and Aquatic Center is also hosting a can food drive from October 1st - October 31st at the Country Market plaza.  They are open from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.  Food can be dropped off directly at the center and will benefit The Daily Bread of Lenawee soup kitchen.

The Lenawee District Library will be having a week-long fall book sale starting Saturday September 27th - Thursday October 2nd during library business hours.  Thursday is bag day:  All the books that you can fit into a paper shopping bag for only $5! 

If you know of any events taking place in or around Lenawee County, leaves us a comment and we'll be sure to add them!

Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month

September is Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month. 

 

Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that begins in the bone marrow, where blood cells are produced.  In 2014 there have been 52,380 new reported cases of this disease and out of those 20,090 deaths have occurred thus far.  Leukemia is reported to have a 57.4% survival rate of five years or more.  It is considered one of the most non-discriminative cancers, attacking men and women of all races and ages, though those between the ages of 55-84 are more likely to be effected.  To date, there are more than 310,000 American’s living with leukemia. 

Lymphoma is a group of blood cell tumors that develop from lymphocytes.  There are two types of lymphoma:  Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.  In 2014 there is projected to be 79,900 new cases of this cancer in the U.S. alone.  There are currently 172,937 people living with Hodgkin lymphoma and 558,340 living with non-Hodgkin.  The survival rate of this cancer is much higher than leukemia, at 80% in 2009 and is one of the most curable cancers; despite the survival rate, there is still 20,170 people expected to pass away from lymphoma in 2014.

You can visit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society website (http://www.lls.org/) to find out more information, as well as ways that you can help through donations and volunteer opportunities.  

Below are books, both fiction and non-fiction, that center around these two diseases.   Visit your local library to check-out or request these items (titles with an asterisk indicates books in the LDL system).

- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult *
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green *
- Before I Die by Jenny Downham 
- Childhood leukemia : a guide for families, friends & caregivers by Nancy Keene *
- Sadoko and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Elenor Coerr *
- Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick *
- A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks *
- Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor
- Lymphoma : current and emerging trends in detection and treatment by Jeri Freedman *
- Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts *

Information taken from

http://www.lls.org/

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/leukemia  

http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/leuks.html 

http://www.leukemia-research.org/statistics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphoma 

http://www.lls.org/diseaseinformation/getinformationsupport/factsstatistics