The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is proud to announce ECM Publishers has been awarded The LLS National Media Award.
ECM Publishers, parent company of Sun Newspapers and Sun Media, has consistently supported LLS since 1992 when its employees first participated in Dress for LLS, an annual fundraiser in which employees dress up in costumes or dress down in jeans and raise money for blood cancers. Along with Dress for LLS, Sun Newspapers also formed a Light The Night Walk team three times under the direction of inside sales executive Michelle Ahrens, fundraising thousands of dollars for the mission.
Sun Newspapers has sponsored ads for Light The Night and Team In Training, campaigns hosted by LLS. It also highlights people in area communities who have partnered with the organization in a variety of ways: Man & Woman of the Year candidates, team captains, and top fundraisers, to name a few.
The Lifeblood Awards, where ECM Publishers will accept its award, is the one night of the year completely set aside to honor and thank the participants and fundraisers, patients and volunteers who are truly the lifeblood of the LLS mission, according to Teri Cannon, executive director of LLS, Minnesota Chapter. The Lifeblood Awards will take place Sept. 17, 2015, as September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month.
ECM Publishers has continually played a great role towards the success of LLS’s mission, striving for a world without blood cancers, according to Cannon.