koestrike

Hi everyone- My brother is climbing Mt Everest to raise money for LUNGevity in honor of my mother Jackie Oestrike who passed away to lung cancer last June. Him and his climbing partner left last week and are doing some acclimazation hikes to get ready for the big mountain. There have been a lot of newspaper articles and news stories about them, which have been generating a lot of awareness for LC. I just thought some of you may want to check out his blog at www.climbforcancer.blogspot.com because i think it is pretty inspirational what they are doing. Please send prayers and good thoughts toward Brian and Justin, to help them with a safe and successful journey in climbing and raising awareness. Katie

My name is Katie, i have been looking at the LCSC page for a while but couldn't get myself to write. My mum Jackie Oestrike passed away to lung cancer back in June. She faught with the disease for a little over 5 months. She was a very strong healthy individual, and so lung cancer came as such a shock to both my family and friends. It all still really feels like a bad dream. She was strong and really was very positive until the very end. Since them my family has become really involved in the lung cancer community. My brother Brian is climbing Mt. Everest for LUNGevity and we are working on a ton of different projects. I am helping out at LUNGevity with a satellite adventure on April 28th. I guess that this is one of the only ways we feel we can combate the terrible reality of lung cancer and can do something that my mom would be proud of. Here is the link for the satellite adventure http://www.lungevity.org/site/epage/42200_447.htm Tell your friends and everyone you know, its easy to register and make some money for lung cancer research. Also we have a blog at www.climbforcancer.blogspot.com Thanks to everyone, Katie Oestrike