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A letter from LIVESTRONG Foundation
posted by Keri McKay
My friend Melanie is one of the nicest, hardest working, and driven individuals I know. She was the athletic trainer for the US Men's Olympic cycling team back in 1992 when Lance Armstrong was just a peon to the sport. I remember laying on Melanie's massage table during my own running career, as she would share her experiences with Lance back in the day, saying how cocky he was, but deep down what a nice guy. Melanie as well I'm sure a lot of the rest of us have been huge supporters of Lance over the years until recently, and Melanie has also done work for the Livestrong foundation. Today she posted a letter on fb that was emailed to her by the Livestrong foundation and below is what the letter says. Please take the time to read it, regardless of your feeling towards Lance's recent confession.
Dear Melanie,
We at the LIVESTRONG Foundation are disappointed by the news about Lance Armstrong. However, as we express our disappointment, we must als...o express our deep gratitude for the drive, devotion and spirit Lance brought to serving the entire cancer community.
He founded our organization. But LIVESTRONG was never about Lance.
It’s about a woman who needs help preserving her fertility to have a child after treatment… It’s about a survivor who needs access to a clinical trial that could save his life… It’s about an uninsured young adult who needs help finding affordable insurance.
And it’s about you and millions of other people who have come together to fight until no cancer survivor has to confront these challenges alone.
Help us make sure nobody has to go through a cancer diagnosis without the support they need by sharing this message with your family and friends on Facebook.
Dear Melanie,
We at the LIVESTRONG Foundation are disappointed by the news about Lance Armstrong. However, as we express our disappointment, we must als...o express our deep gratitude for the drive, devotion and spirit Lance brought to serving the entire cancer community.
He founded our organization. But LIVESTRONG was never about Lance.
It’s about a woman who needs help preserving her fertility to have a child after treatment… It’s about a survivor who needs access to a clinical trial that could save his life… It’s about an uninsured young adult who needs help finding affordable insurance.
And it’s about you and millions of other people who have come together to fight until no cancer survivor has to confront these challenges alone.
Help us make sure nobody has to go through a cancer diagnosis without the support they need by sharing this message with your family and friends on Facebook.
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Now I may no longer be a supporter of Lance Armstrong the athlete, but one thing I will say that he did do right in all of this was to start the LIVESTRONG foundation and I support that 100%!! I hope you will continue to also!!! Thanks for reading this.
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