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nurse at Oregon Health &. Science University,
said she hopes to raise $3,900 for the group.
Jansson is running in honor of her cousin
Jimmy Maggard, who died in 1985, and in
honor of Bill Jensen of Scappoose, who is bat
tling leukemia.
In addition to raising money, she said she
wants to raise awareness about leukemia and
lymphoma and the need for new research. Nei
ther disease is curable, and both can be fatal.
“To continue to have new breakthroughs, we
need money for research,” Jansson said.
Although she’s run three marathons in the
past— in Boston; Pensacola, Fla.; and Vancou
ver, British Columbia— she said the training for
Honolulu has been “a big undertaking."
"My last marathon was almost 10 years ago—
I’m older now,” she notes with a laugh. “I’m a lit
tle out of shape. It’s been a challenge, for sure.”
Jansson said she is paying for her travel expens
es and accommcxlations, so all of the money she
raises will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society. She’s participating with Team in Training,
a program that began with one woman, Lucy
Duffy, whose husband was diagnosed with
leukemia. Duffy raised $22,000 for the society
while training for the New York City Marathon in
1986. Two years later, the first Team in Training
team was formed, raising $320,000 for the society.
To sponsor Jansson, send a check indicating
her name and the event to the Leukemia &.
Lymphoma Society, 6501 S.W. Macadam Ave.,
Portland, O R 97239, or visit www.active.com/
donate/tntor/tntorjjansso.
Supporters can also go to McFadden’s Pub for
a charity event and indicate that they are sup
porting Jansson’s fund raising. The event will be
elections, we want to place these important
issues squarely before our community,” said
William Seaman, a volunteer with Portland
Peaceful Response Coalition, one of the co
sponsors for the event. "We are calling on all
candidates for public office to take a strong and
clear stand against war and against occupation.”
According to Seaman, the gathering will
address the issues of peace, social and global jus
tice, civil rights, democracy and human needs.
“This rally and march will give voice to the
people who knew these wars and occupations
were a bad idea from the start, the people who
did not suffer a ‘failure of intelligence,’ the peo
ple who stood by the truth when it was fashion
able to sound the steady drumbeat for war," he
said. “T h e halfhearted apologies of The New
York Times and The Washington Post do not rem
edy the lies they blithely published in support of
these criminal wars.”
Mikel Clayhold, another volunteer helping
organize the march, added, “As in the past, the
themes highlight links between local and global
issues affected by the U .S.’ permanent war econ
omy and military-based foreign policy.”
Jeannette Jansson is training to complete the Honolulu Marathon to raise money to cure
leukemia and lymphoma
For more information call Portland Peaceful
Response Coalition at 503-344-5078 or Peace &
Justice Works. Iraq Affinity Group at 503-236-3065.
held from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 24 at 107 N.W. Couch
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