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August 31, 2006
How can we make curing cancer a global priority? By Cindy Crawford
How can we make curing cancer a global priority? By Cindy Crawford**
When I was ten years old, my younger brother Jeff died of leukemia.
Cancer kills 7 million people worldwide each year. Yet it is a treatable disease that—in time—is beatable. However, in today’s troubled global environment, valuable resources that would otherwise go to cancer research are frequently re-directed by the crisis du jour.
What can we, as individuals and as a global community, do to focus & mobilize our governments to find the cures that will make cancer a fear of the past?
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(** Thank you to Yahoo Answers for giving Cindy Crawford the time and space to address this issue in the Yahoo Answers format)
More of Cindy Crawford's Q&A
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I grew up in the midwest, learning a lot about life in my early years. My brother Jeff died of leukemia when he was only 4, and I was 10. By the time I was a teenager, my mother was raising my sisters and me as a single mom. Part of my values stem from the fact that I learned early on life can be difficult, and how important family is. I also learned the value of hard work, which I brought with me to my modeling. I worked hard and fortunately “made it”.
As a business woman, I’m very involved in both the creation and marketing of fashion, beauty & health/fitness products. I try to give back by supporting charities like The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Their work is making a real difference in the fight against cancer, a fight that I’m strongly committed to—not only because I lost my brother, but because that kind of loss is devastating so many people today. It’s a fight we can win & I want to do whatever I can to make that happen. Learn more at http://www.lightthenight.org/
Posted by chooseto at August 31, 2006 03:29 PM