{"id":2864,"date":"2009-07-14T08:54:52","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T15:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2864"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:48:57","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:48:57","slug":"live-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/14\/live-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"live strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/LAF_logo.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2867\" title=\"LAF_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/LAF_logo.png?resize=363%2C75\" alt=\"LAF_logo\" width=\"363\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2865\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/jen.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2865 \" style=\"border: 5px solid black;\" title=\"jen drake\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/jen.jpg?resize=226%2C283\" alt=\"jen drake\" width=\"226\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">jen drake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many of you may know that Lance Armstrong has a foundation whose sole reason for being is eradicating cancer from the face of the earth.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s called the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and its motto is Live Strong.\u00c2\u00a0 This summer, a global initiative to raise awareness among world leaders has begun.\u00c2\u00a0 Part of this process is creating the world&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/commit-fight-cancer\">largest dedication book<\/a> &#8211; a book signed by thousands of people united to fight cancer, with each signature dedicated to someone who has inspired them to take up the fight.<\/p>\n<p>I dedicated my page to my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/jen\">Jen Drake<\/a>, a violist who lives in Boise, Idaho. She&#8217;s a member of the Darkwood Consort and the Boise Philharmonic.\u00c2\u00a0 She&#8217;s one of the nicest, funniest, most earnest and fabulous people that you&#8217;ll ever meet.\u00c2\u00a0 In spite of the fact that she&#8217;s fighting breast cancer.\u00c2\u00a0 She has inspired so many young violists through her teaching and performing, and fought hard at the same time.\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s inspiring to me!<\/p>\n<p>So, if you don&#8217;t mind, would you take a few seconds to go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/17430\">dedication page<\/a> and adding your digital signature?\u00c2\u00a0 It will only take a couple seconds, and it will make a difference.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe you&#8217;ll even add your own page honoring someone who has inspired you to make your voice heard.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you may know that Lance Armstrong has a foundation whose sole reason for being is eradicating cancer from the face of the earth.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s called the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and its motto is Live Strong.\u00c2\u00a0 This summer, a global initiative to raise awareness among world leaders has begun.\u00c2\u00a0 Part of this process is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-Kc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5157,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/08\/riding-to-fight-cancer\/","url_meta":{"origin":2864,"position":0},"title":"riding to fight cancer","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"08\/12 UPDATE: Thanks to my many generous friends and colleagues, I've met my $500 goal for this ride!\u00a0 Thank you so much, everyone!\u00a0 If you have not yet donated, please consider it, as it goes to two great causes: the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and the Knight Cancer Institute. 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