2009 Light the Night

September 26th ACONS members came together to form a team to benefit the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. Thank you to everyone who participated and donated! The team raised $1000 for a great cause. Thank you, Pamela Bermudez, who organized the event.

2009 Race for the Cure

On September 13th, members of ACONS along with family and friends came together to participate in the Race for the Cure. Our ACONS team in conjunction with BMS raised around $800 for Susan G. Komen! Thanks to all that walked or donated money to support our team!!!

Thank you to Pamela Bermudez (right), our ACONS board member who championed the event! That is Diana Mangan (middle)helping Amy Antle (left)get her number in place.

The end of the race was at Isotopes Park. We finished the 5K walk in 1 hour. Wow!!!! Actually, we were gabbing the whole time and going a nice pace for Pamela since this was the longest she had walked since her knee surgery. It was great fun!

Cancer Services of NM Family Retreat

Note from Eloyda Gomez our Community liaison:

Dorothy Montoya and I got there about 4:30 PM, after we got our name badges we went and set up our table. Then we went to eat in the dinning area with the families & other exhibitors. We both saw some patients and families we knew. There was about 12 or 15 other exhibit tables. The exhibit room opened up about 7:00 PM and lasted until about 9:00. We must have seen about 200 - 250 people! We handed out a lot of information and spoke about ACONS to a lot of people. I was really amazed at how many people just wanted to talk and ask questions about their cancer. It was a lot of fun to be able to just listen and answer questions. I think those people just want someone to listen and be sympathetic to them. Although we did hand out a lot of information, we ran out of the bags and coloring books and crayons right away. Well I am glad we went, we had a good time and I think all the people we saw got some good information and seemed to enjoy it.