Blood Cancer United - Lehigh Valley & Northeast Pennsylvania

10/15/2026

LAST CALL! The first Light the Night auction ends tomorrow ! Check out these great items in support of Blood Cancer United!
Click here now: https://www.32auctions.com/Oct2026

10/13/2026

Our first Light the Night auction ends this FRIDAY morning! Check out these great items in support of Blood Cancer United!
Click here now: https://www.32auctions.com/Oct2026

10/09/2026

The walk is just 2 weeks away! Thank you to our current Top 10 Corporate Teams! 💛

Your incredible dedication, love, and support is helping make a powerful impact during this year’s Light the Night season. There is still time to change this Top 10 list and help your team. Click here to join a team or make a donation: https://lightthenight.org/events/lehigh-valley

We hope to see you all on Saturday, October 24th at Grange Park! ✨

10/09/2026

The walk is just 2 weeks away! Thank you to our current Top 10 Coummunity Teams! 💛
Your incredible dedication, love, and support is helping make a powerful impact during this year’s Light the Night season. There is still time to change this Top 10 list and help your team. Click here to join a team or make a donation: https://lightthenight.org/events/lehigh-valley
We hope to see you all on Saturday, October 24th at Grange Park! ✨

10/08/2026

Our first Light the Night auction is LIVE! Make sure to check out these three items for a fun night out while supporting Blood Cancer United!
Click here now: https://www.32auctions.com/Oct2026
Auction ends on October 16th!

10/07/2026

This past weekend was the Lehigh University Football Tackle Cancer game! 🏈❤️
Lehigh Valley Restaurant Brands mascot Red was on the sidelines cheering on the Mountain Hawks with their Catering Sales Manager, Melissa Wetzel. They helped ring the ceremonial bell before kickoff! Thank you to everyone who came out to support such an important cause. Together, we're tackling blood cancer!

10/06/2026

🌟Lehigh Valley Light The Night 🌟
We're walking to bring light to the darkness of cancer Saturday, October 24th at Grange Park. Every dollar you raise will support Blood Cancer United's mission of a world without blood cancers.
Grab your lantern and join us to help us shine bright for a world without cancer. Register now at: https://www.lightthenight.org/events/lehigh-valley or email [email protected]

10/05/2026

👋Meet Greg Harp this years Corporate Walk Chair! Help Greg make this years Light the Night the best walk ever! Please donate today at: https://pages.lls.org/ltn/lv/LehighVy26/gharps

10/05/2026

Sign up for a TNT marathon!

10/02/2026

Our first Light the Night auction is LIVE and ready for bids! These three items are great for early holiday gifts or just a fun night out!
Click here now: https://www.32auctions.com/Oct2026
Auction ends on October 16th!

09/26/2026

Valvoline and Blood Cancer United are Driving for a Dream with a special livery on William Byron’s No. 24 for the upcoming race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Designed by Palmer, a 12-year-old blood cancer hero and artist, the colorful beach themed livery represents joy, strength, and resilience.

Take a look at the behind-the-scenes design process of how Emily Butler Lue and Harris Lue of LUE Creative brought Palmer’s vision to life.

09/25/2026

Be Kind to Your Mind 🧘‍♂️🧘‍♀️

Patients, survivors, and caregivers can order a Be Kind to Your Mind wellness box, created with mental well-being in mind. We’re also featured in the September Elephants and Tea September Issue, sharing stories and resources from the blood cancer community.

Check it out and order your box today!
https://bit.ly/4Axg81j

09/25/2026

09/25/2026

"Over 65 years of life, I’ve walked through many difficult seasons, and what I know for certain is this: in every single one, God has been with me, and He has seen me through. But when I got married in February 2023, life felt full again, full of joy, full of plans, full of promise. At my niece’s wedding, while line dancing, I felt a sudden 'pop' in my rib. I never imagined that moment would lead to a diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM), just three months after marrying my sweet husband, Ray.

I had been enjoying retirement after working since I was 14. I survived shingles in 2020 and an emergency appendectomy that same year. I had been savoring time with my five beautiful grandchildren. Then came 2023, a year I expected to spend traveling and building new memories with the love of my life. Instead, pain, muscle spasms, compression fractures, and rib fractures brought everything to a halt.

Looking back, I realized I had been tired and hurting for a long time but had pushed through it, as I always do. My pain tolerance is high, but this was beyond anything I’d ever known. I thought nothing could hurt worse than labor... then shingles came. And then cancer said, ‘Let me show you what pain really is.’

A stem cell transplant on December 29, 2023.

In June 2024, I got the call: I am MRD-negative and still MRD-negative over a year later. God is great! They may say myeloma is incurable, but I know this: nothing is too hard for God. If He did it before, He can do it again.”

For Dawn, "more" meant more time with her new husband, Ray. Just three months after they were married, she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Instead of the travel and adventures they had planned, they faced a blood cancer diagnosis together.

Today, Dawn is MRD-negative and continuing to make memories with her family, her grandchildren, and the life she fought so hard to keep living.

September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month, and we are working toward a future filled with more. Help us raise more awareness and work toward a future where everyone affected by blood cancer has more time to love, more time to dream, and more time to write the next chapter of their story.

We're working toward more time, more hope, and more tomorrows. Learn more about our resources: https://bcutd.org/3Ufxqzz

09/25/2026

More and more support, guidance, and peace of mind.​

​This Blood Cancer Awareness Month, we want every patient and family to know about a free resource that does not get talked about enough. ​

​Open enrollment is coming, and finding the right health insurance plan for your specific needs may lower your out-of-pocket costs. Our Medical Debt Case Managers provide personalized, one-on-one health insurance evaluations to help prevent future medical debt.​

​Because more and more awareness can lead to more and more action.

Preventing medical debt starts with getting on the right insurance plan. Contact us to learn more 👇
https://bcutd.org/3TLuwT8

09/24/2026

Meet Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

A recent National Academy of Medicine electee Abdel-Wahab’s project studies a mutation in the SRSF2 gene. It shows up in 25% of people with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), 50% of people with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, and 25% of people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) over age 65. Understanding what's happening at the molecular level with genes like SRSF2 could mean one new drug works across all of these types of blood cancer.

“Finding funding for this project at this early step can be challenging, but will be critical in bringing this treatment closer to patients," says Abdel-Wahab.

This project is part of the more than 250 academic research projects supported through Blood Cancer United's multi-year grants portfolio, all aimed at getting closer to better treatment options.

Learn more ⤵️
https://bcutd.org/3TTQzqR

09/24/2026

Blood Cancer United and the Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation have announced six new research grants as part of their extended HCL2030 partnership. Nearly $7 million will be invested over the next five years in research focused on better understanding what drives hairy cell leukemia and finding better therapies for patients, particularly those with variant disease or relapsed classic hairy cell leukemia.

This , learn more and read the full announcement ⤵️
https://bcutd.org/4hndl1X

09/23/2026

Our Therapy Acceleration Program (TAP) partners work directly with innovative biotech companies to move the most promising blood cancer research from the lab into clinical trials, faster. TAP looks to change the standard of care while addressing high unmet medical needs.

Royalty Pharma's commitment to TAP is helping power that progress. With this gift of $7.5M, it marks the largest corporate donor donation that our TAP program has received.

Together, that means more treatments and more time for every patient.

Learn more about this impact on TAP ⬇️
https://bcutd.org/4yIm6ee

09/23/2026

Pass it along. 💌

If this is your family right now, you are not alone. The Dare to Dream Project is here for every family navigating a pediatric blood cancer with free resources and personalized support every step of the way. Learn more ⤵️
https://bcutd.org/4yWfnxr

09/22/2026

Your brain called. It wants a checklist. 🧠☎️

If your mental checklist is running overtime, you're not alone. As a young adult with blood cancer, there can be a lot to carry—appointments, treatment, relationships, work, and everything in between. It's okay to prioritize your mental health, ask for support, and take things one step at a time. Find free mental health resources for young adults here👇
https://bcutd.org/3TmqQXL