The Furry Monkey

BEACONS OF HOPE AWARDS

As part of the work the Lymphoma Association do with the Worldwide Lymphoma Coalition, they celebrate World Lymphoma Awareness Day every year on 15th September.

As part of the celebrations the Lymphoma Association will once again be holding the Beacons of Hope Awards, where they will be recognising the contribution’s made by people who have a connection to the Association and/or lymphatic cancer.


Beacon Of Hope Award Nominations 2007 - Furry Monkey

In the category Raising Awareness of Lymphoma, the Furry Monkey (aka ME!) who is a Primary Bone Non Hodgkins Lymphoma patient was nominated.

Karen (also known as the Furry Monkey in the Lymphoma world!) devised how own excellent website “The Furry Monkey” which was awarded the Medgadget Best Patient Weblog Award 2006.  The site tells others of her journey through treatment for Lymphoma, as well as providing lots of very useful information about the illness.

In addition Karen has helped create an organisation called CREST which exists to ‘bridge the gap between home and hospital’.

 

Four awards will be given, with the categories being as follows:

Outstanding Contribution in Care and Support
Be it a medical professional, friend, family member, colleague etc. who has made a real difference to a patients’ journey by providing outstanding care and support.

Raising Awareness of Lymphoma
A person who the judges see have raised the profile of lymphoma - be it in their local community, hospital, county – even the UK.

Lymphoma Association Fundraiser of the Year
Given to a fundraiser, or a group of fundraisers, who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in raising funds for the charity. Please note, though, this award will not necessarily be given to the person or persons who have raised the most money.

Special Commendation
 Someone who may or may not fall into the above categories, but will be a person who the judges feel deserve special recognition for the contribution they’ve made to lymphatic cancer patients and/or the Lymphoma Association.

If you would like to nominate anyone for one of the above awards, please send your contact details, along with the contact information of the person you are nominating and details of why they deserve the relevant award to Julie Mercer, Head of Communications, PO Box 386, Aylesbury, HP20 2GA or by email to juliem@lymphoma.org.uk