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UPDATE

We raised $220 through this event. Thanks to everyone who participated. A special thanks to Cheryl and Sharon for conducting a great class. Thanks also to my teammates, Jennifer & Chi Mei, for helping out at the event.

See raffle winners listed below!

View photos from the event here.

Proudly presented by Piedmont Yoga Studio

Instructor: Cheryl Fenner Brown

Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location:

Piedmont Yoga Studio, Lobby & Studio 1
3966 Piedmont Avenue
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 652-3336
www.piedmontyoga.com

Join Cheryl Fenner Brown & Roderick Reyes for a yoga fundraising event to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), to raise funds for the LLS Team in Training® which fights to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives.

This special event, which is graciously being hosted by Piedmont Yoga Studio, will include a yoga class blending active and restorative yoga postures, guided meditation and chanting. The class should last for about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

After the session, there will be a raffle for prizes including:

* 3 month membership to 24-Hour Fitness on Piedmont Ave. ($110 value)
-- WINNER: Lisa Considine
* Series of 4 classes to the Living with Cancer yoga class at Piedmont Yoga ($50 value) - courtesy of Cheryl Fenner Brown
-- WINNER: Lisa Considine
* Bar Cesar gift certificate ($65)
-- WINNER: Espie Reyes
* Eco-friendly yoga mat bag and metal water bottle ($40 value) - courtesy of Green Buddha
-- WINNER: Chi Mei Tam
* Scott's Seafood wine & cheese gift basket ($40 value)
-- WINNER: Sharon Olson
* 2 Entree Dishes at Home of Chicken and Waffles (up to $32 value)
-- WINNER: Dana Dowell
* Mariposa Botanica Gift Bag ($25 value)
-- WINNER: Melinda Van Roey
* 2 AMC Theatre movie passes ($21.50 value)
-- WINNER: Dana Dowell
* Ace Grand Lake Hardware gift certificate ($20)
-- WINNER: Cheryl Fenner Brown
* Tropix Caribbean Restaurant gift certificate ($20)
-- WINNER: Toni Elizalde
* Folks Art gift certificate ($20)
-- WINNER: Jennifer Wenceslao
* EcoMetro Guide ($20 value) - courtesy of Waterlilies
-- WINNER: Dana Dowell
* 2 Grand Lake Theater movie passes ($19 value)
-- WINNER: Toni Elizalde
* Yoga Nidra CD ($15 value) - courtesy of Cheryl Fenner Brown
-- WINNER: Jeanne Dowell
* Hand-knitted yoga mat bag - courtesy of Sharon Olson
-- WINNER: Ruta Krusa-Anthony

Refreshments will also be served after the class (donated by Pizza Pazza & Lakeshore Cafe), and Piedmont Spa will be there to give chair massages. Vitamin Shoppe & VITAS Hospice Care will also have free gifts to hand out to attendees. I got word that there will be a kirtan performance in the upstairs studio later that night.

A minimum donation of $20 is suggested but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. We're also looking for volunteers to help at the event. Let us know if you're interested.

Please RSVP to Rod Reyes to reserve your space. Payment accepted at the door. If paying by check, please make it out to "LLS".

Download the event flier:
http://kuyadin.com/2rod/files/tnt/tnt_yoga.pdf

Over the past 20 years, the LLS Team In Training® (TNT) has grown to become an unparalleled sports training program. Proceeds from this event will sponsor Roderick Reyes who is completing the ING Bay to Breakers race as a member of the team. Roderick is running in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers, especially for the following honorees:

* Adrianna Tucker - 11 years old, battling AML
* Maddie Badger-Scherer - 12 years old, battling ALL
* Louis Lai - Diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma
* Matt Parrott - Diagnosed with B-cell follicular lymphoma
* Cole Regan – Died from AML July 2004
* Brenda Donato – Died from AML April 2007
* Stephen Heisler - Diagnosed with Lymphoma
* Suzanne H. Spencer - Died of large-cell (non-Hodgkins) lymphoma in May 1988
* Nicolas Fong - 7 yrs old, battling leukemia
* Carole Kramer - Died of leukemia in 2008
* Scott Eppler - Diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2008
* Bert L Smith II - Passed away from leukemia in 1982.
* Bert L Smith III - Passed away from leukemia in 1983.
* Roger Austin - Diagnosed with lymphoma.
* Lisa Considine - Recovering from multiple myeloma.
* Ryan Fausett - Passed away from leukemia.

For more info about LLS, please visit their website at http://www.lls.org. Their Tax ID number for donations is 13-5644916. You may also visit Roderick’s fundraising page at http://www.kuyadin.com/tnt.

100% of proceeds will benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Bios:
Cheryl teaches a weekly class at Piedmont Yoga Studio for people Living with Cancer. (Thursdays, 12:00-1:15 pm). Cheryl encourages her students to honor where they are in their bodies today and use the yoga practice as a way to heal and find ease. For more information, contact her at (510) 290-2641 or Email Cheryl at Yoga.Cheryl[at]yahoo.com.


Roderick Reyes is a member of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Team in Training ® and trains three days a week for the various races he is participating in this year. He finds inspiration and encouragement from his coaches, other team members, and especially the patients who are suffering from blood cancers. Sometimes, his team’s honorees (whose names are listed above) show up and participate in training runs. They are the true motivation behind this whole effort.