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Tiffany Ewigleben, the team captain of the CFI Michigan Light the Night team, shares her reasons for being part of Foundation Beyond Belief’s partnership with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. You may remember Tiffany’s story from last December, when atheists and other freethinkers came together to send her home to see her mother (Ed Brayton and FBB board president Hemant Mehta both posted her story to their blogs). Tragically, her mother passed away before Tiffany could make it to her bedside.

Tiffany says on her LTN page:

My cause is deeply personal.

My mother had grace, compassion, and unending love for myself and her grandson. She was a beautiful, caring individual who lived with cancer for a year WITHOUT diagnosis. She managed and treated her pain ON HER OWN because she had no health insurance and struggled financially. NO ONE should have to do that.
She died alone. I live in another state, and was on my way to see her when I got the call that she had passed away in her sleep. I knew I was on my way to say goodbye, but I didn’t have the chance.

If she was here, she would be walking with me. She put everyone before herself. I miss her every day, and I don’t know of a better way to honor her memory than to participate in this effort.

Please donate what you can. Help this effort, help save lives, and help me to honor my mother, Christopher Hitchens, and all the others we’ve lost.

Thank you.

-Tiffany

We still have a month of matching courtesy of the Stiefel family. You can donate to Tiffany’s LTN page here or find out more about our FBB LTN team here.

Our international Light the Night team is a third of the way to our $1 million goal (including matching donations courtesy of team captain Todd Stiefel and his family) with a little less than two months to go in 2012. Many teams have started sending us pictures of their walks.

CFI Michigan raised almost $2,000 from individual donations, a kickoff event at McFadden’s restaurant, and a partnership with their local Culver’s restaurants. They walked on October 6 in Grand Rapids, MI.
 

The Chicago-Area Secular Student Alliance Group, consisting of affiliates from Loyola, DePaul, Northwestern, and the University of Chicago raised $1,255 and walked on October 20 in Chicago. 

Walking with the Chicago-Area SSA teams on October 20 was the Chicago-Area team, which raised $3,332.

Camp Quest and Humanist Community of Central Ohio raised nearly $1,200 from individual donations and walked on October 27 in Columbus, OH.

Secular Student Alliance National Staff raised more than $700 from individual donations and walked on October 27 in Columbus, OH.

Minnesota Atheists raised $700 and walked on September 23 in Minneapolis, MN.

CLU SSA & The Humanist Community Thousand Oaks raised more than $700 and walked on October 27 in Woodland Hills, CA.

Birmingham Temple beat their $2,000 goal by another $200 when they walked in Troy, MI, on September 22.

Secular Student Alliance at the University of Michigan raised $700 from a Send-an-Atheist-to-Church fundraiser and individual donations. They walked in Ann Arbor, MI, on September 29.

The Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island raised $2,500, beating their goal by 25% from team and individual donations. They walked on October 12 in East Meadow, NY.

Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation raised more than $1,600 from individual donations and walked on October 21 in Glenview, IL.

It’s not too late to donate! Don’t forget, donations are being matched up to $500,000 by the Stiefel family and support the incredibly good work being done by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.