[LuvItHere]

As a survivor and one around whom a Relay team of families formed, to buoy up my spirits and raise money during my battle with a fast-spreading cancer a few years ago, I want to say that this "all or nothing" approach/attitude is unnecessarily divisive.

It saddens me to see a line drawn between two potentially "warring" factions, as glad-handing politicians now so often pit the "haves" against the "have nots"--US, pitted against our own people in the same boat.

I don't think it should be "All Moffitt" or "All ACS-RFL". We're all in this boat together--I cannot think of anyone who's not had a loved one stricken with cancer. And I know there are many, many gifted researchers out there who would welcome funding from ANY of these efforts, to work passionately for the CURE!

The Moffitt fundraising doesn't need to be the "enemy" of ACS - RFL fundraising. I'm sure that researchers and therapists will welcome funding and equipment from BOTH efforts' monies.

I agree it doesn't seem very "nice" for TV to not allow the Relay in any of its properties in order to focus on the Moffit fundraising goals. But if I set a goal for myself and the bar is set high, I'm going to do everything I can, with God's mighty hands holding me up, to make sure I run that race like I'm Lance Armstrong and not let anything take my focus off that prize.

We comment a lot that when The Villages builds something, they do it right, with high quality and class. I give them credit for not only doing this project, but doing it with FOCUS and determination. That same focus and determination for a dream is what made this the beautiful place that it is!

RFL is well established and respected, and another fundraiser in town (that amounts to only $69 per person if every resident donated) is not going to stifle RFL. Let's unite, not divide.