Leukimia Cup Sailboat Regatta
Most weekends on the lake are spent enjoying the sunlight and the water, but every year on the weekend of September 15 th and 16 th the Birmingham Sailing Club goes above and beyond. This year eighteen boats lined up at the starting line to compete in the Club’s 30 th anniversary annual race for leukemia. The Leukemia cup is the Club’s biggest event of the year, and the goal is to raise money for the leukemia Lymphoma Society, or the LLS. “This lake was the start of this event,” says LLS Campaign head Julie Moon. She has been the head of this event, at the BSC, for the past couple years. Julie was assisted by a woman who, herself, had survived leukemia. Kate Siqueira is a two-time cancer survivor who graduated from Jacksonville State University and now assists with charity campaigns, working for the LLS. Events like this are now held nationwide, at various other sailing clubs. This is all thanks to the Leukemia Lymphoma...