Digital Odyssey Inbox! CDH Fights Cancer.
By Frank Lee
Now featuring letters that may very well be fake!
Dear DO,
I’m quite familiar with the fantastic work CDH does during the week. However, what’s life like for a CDH member on a weekend? Do you relax or enjoy time with your families just like us real people? Are you robots that simply power down?
Sincerely,
Curious Jorge from New York
Dear Curious,
We at CDH actually spend weekends FIGHTING CANCER. Well, at least on the weekend of April 19th-20th this year, at the annual Relay for Life at UCLA. Relay for Life is a tag team walk-a-thon-style fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, and this year CDH has formed a team of around ten staff and family members. The UCLA event takes place in Drake Stadium over 24 hours (Saturday 12PM – Sunday 12PM), during which we’ll have at least one team member on the track the entire time. Each team member is encouraged to get donations and can set their own goal. The team goal is currently set at $1,000, and is 47% complete with about half a month left until the event.
To get the inside scoop, join us– in a display of narcissism and journalistic excellence– for an interview with the team captain himself, Frank Lee.
DO: Frank, what inspired you to create a team and get CDH involved in this event?
Frank: I first heard of the event when my friends in the community service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega formed a team. This year I was going to join their team, but figured I’d be able to raise more funds than alone by starting my own team. CDH people have always been a friendly, social, and socially conscious bunch, so I thought they also would be eager to take part in the event. It was fantastic that we’ve got people who jumped right on board. Although this is the first group philanthropic event I know of, in the past years Linda Holmes (CDH Labs Manager) put together softball practices and competitions against the other computer consortiums, so team socials/exercise isn’t a new concept to us.
The Digital Odyssey also asked other team members why they joined the team and this is what they had to say:
“My intention when I initially offered to join the team was to have some fun and support CDH. Then I received a phone call from a good friend, during her annual mammogram the doctors found an cancerous lump in her breast and she said she was scheduled for surgery in a week. I could not believe it, It was out of the blue, we just had dinner the previous week and all was fine… The Relay for Life event is more to me now and I feel like walking for somebody close and for everyone battling this disease… I really hope to raise money and awareness for this cause.” – Linda Holmes
You’re more than welcome to CLICK HERE and make a donation for the team (or join the team)!
