Bio for the LLS Gala at Skirvin May 21!

In his thirtieth year as a broadcaster, Brent Weber serves as Sideline Reporter for the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder telecasts. An award-winning correspondent for CNN Sports, Brent came to Oklahoma City to anchor the successful launch of the Fox 25 Morning News and immediately fell in love with the people who embraced him throughout the state. Brent volunteers and/or serves several non-profits, including Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Harn Homestead, American Lung Association, Maisha Orphanage, World Neighbors, Salvation Army, Travelers Aid and Hoops For Health. For the past two years he has emceed the opening ceremonies for the OKC Festival of the Arts. An author (“The Sports Guy: Scorecard Scribblings From An Ordinary Journalist”), actor, artist and producer, Brent is grateful for the unwavering support of his loving family, including daughter Nicole, Diane, his parents and siblings. He couldn’t have launched this “campaign” without the help of Nikki, Mary, Brent, Sheri, and Ben. Brent’s statement: “I have been blessed with this opportunity to provide one more voice to the chorus of those who have made such progress against catastrophic illnesses through the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society. We are all here not only to raise awareness for a far-reaching organization whose efforts have helped millions in their battles – but also to see to it that their brave work gains the momentum needed to face, fight and conquer these forms of blood disease. I am humbled to be part of this endeavor.” 

Chason at the Thunder Game!

Thanks Chason and your family for being our guests at the thunder game against the Bobcats! The guys pulled through with a big win!

You are already an inspiration and a winner - as is our girl of the year, Morgan. Next year we'll be sure to get you to a game Morgan!

I can't wait to see you, your families and all your supporters at the Leukemia Lymphoma Society Gala May 21st at the Skirvin!

Downtown Monthly .... a nice reminder of may 21st event!

Open Letter To YOU!

Dear Friends,

I am honored to say that I am a candidate for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Man & Woman of the Year campaign. I am writing today to ask for your support of LLS efforts to find a cure for blood cancers and to assist patients and families as they battle these diseases. In these tight financial times, it’s important we look to the future and support – in any small way possible – organizations like LLS.

 I was approached about becoming a candidate by friends in Oklahoma City who know that I am passionate about bringing light to organizations like LLS. How could they have known that I am competitive, too, and wouldn’t it be great if you helped me “win” the LLS Man of the Year? I am so fortunate to have a healthy family, but have several loved ones and inspiring friends who have battled, and some beaten, this type of cancer. Some, but not all. One day we will replace the word “some” with “most”? We’re closer than you think to beating these cancers.

 At our kick-off banquet at the Iguana I met our Boy and Girl of the Year from Oklahoma, Chasen and Morgan. Their stories are inspiring, and their families are wonderful. They are among the lucky ones – and their fight continues. We were able to host Chasen and his family at the final home game of the Thunder season, with help from my daughter Nicole, and it was terrific to get to share their stories with others. I wish Morgan could have been there, but I’ll get her to a game next year. You can see more about the events at the personalized blog, http://www.brentoftheyear.blogspot.com.

 Here’s the catch – I have procrastinated. Working as sideline reporter with the OKC Thunder, I wasn’t able to give my full attention to this campaign until the season ended a few days ago – and our event is here! The campaign to be the Man of the Year is all about dollars raised. Every dollar raised is a vote and more importantly a vote to cure cancer. I’ve enclosed a donation form and an envelope to make it easy for you to send your tax-deductible contribution (payable to: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) to me. Or, if you prefer, you can go to the campaign Web site and make your contribution there. Visit my personalized page at http://ok.llsevent.org/bweber. Then, I’d ask you to reach out to others you know and ask them to do the same

 Again, the Gala is Thursday night, May 21st at the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City,  and I’d like you also to consider buying a ticket – or sponsoring a table for up to ten guests.  Deadline to get your name in the program is May 1^st and for your donation is May 20th. LLS is funding research for cures and helping patients (and parents). This is an organization that is doing the right things with the dollars it raises, and I’m humbled to be associated with it.

 I’ll let you know how the campaign goes. For now, I am grateful for your friendship and support.

 Sincerely,

 Brent Weber

“Thunder TV”

1119 Cumberland Drive

Nichols Hills, OK 73116

LLS Update

Friends, It was wonderful having Chason and his family at the last Thunder home game. As LLS Boy of the Year he is a true inspiration. I wish morgan could have made it, but I understand she was having some minor surgery. I hope it went well.

Thanks to all of you who are visiting - please click the link to the right and buy a ticket to the gala. Wow, what auction items we'll have. The Thunder, Table One, great artists like newcomer Ben Potter, Brent Gibson - amazing architect and dear friend, Londall Guyse at Pier 1 - Penn Square and many many others have already stepped forward in the fight. 

See you on TV!

Thanks For Getting Us Going....

Thanks to everyone who has stpped up to get started. I am very excited about the banquet in late May, where all the candidates will have dozens of fun creative auction items. You KNOW the Thunder provided us with a one of a kind item... Bt you need to buy a ticket or sponsor a table to get there... and it IS tax deductible. SO visit the link above for more event info! 

Man of the Year

Hi - thanks for taking a minute to consider being part of a monumental change in human history. In the year I was born, many forms of cancer, leukemia and lymphoma, were death sentences. Survival was a long shot. In the very short period of time, one dollar at a time, researchers, doctors, nurses, caregivers and families have fought back. The once 'insurmountable' concept has seen many of those same cancers now within 50 to 90 percent survival rates. And that short period of time - my lifetime to now - is a blip on the radar. Imagine if we continue to progress over the next forty years, then the 40 to follow - my daughter's lifetime - we will do it.

That's why it is such an honor to tell you about an amazing organization, dedicated to helping those battling these diseases today, as well as those waging war for treatments and cures. The LLS Man/Woman of the Year campaign is about each of you.
I am an experienced sportscaster, actor, writer and producer. I am currently working in Oklahoma City as a sideline reporter for Thunder TV. Prior to that, I was a Morning News Anchor for Fox25 KOKH-TV. I continue to work on my writing and acting, as well as my human being skills. I sit on the boards of several charitable non-profits, including Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park and have hosted wonderful events, including the Maisha Banquet, American Lung Association's Clean Air Challenge and others. I am thrilled to be a part of the 2009 Man and Woman of the Year Campaign and I look forward to helping to further the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's mission, to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

DONATE NOW!

We ask that you join us by making a contribution to this fundraising campaign. Each dollar we raise counts as one vote and the candidate who gets the most donations is named the Oklahoma Man or Woman of the Year. We are raising money in honor of the boy of the year, Chason Andrew and the girl of the year, Morgan Snowden and truly hope to make blood cancers a thing of the past. All donations are greatly appreciated. Your donation is tax deductible and will support The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society programs, including research, patient services, advocacy, public and professional education, and community services. Consider buying a table for your organization so you can be a part of our prestigious annual gala and auction. Bidding opportunities include a Thunder basketball with signatures of the historic first team as well as art, home goods, great dining, and more.

Not to mention the chance to meet and be inspired by some amazing cancer survivors.

DONATE NOW!

Many thanks for your support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! Be sure to visit my Web site often to check on my progress and please ask your friends to support my efforts. Join me and help support The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

DONATE NOW!

I am a bit hokey, some say, but I believe one word, love, can cure all. If we treat each day with hope, each person we meet with compassion, each opportunity to learn with eagerness and allow our hearts to speak freely with passion, then we are applying the healing energy which can make this world, our world, a better place. Chason belives it, too. He gave me this art which he created while battling his disease, to remind me of the power each of us commands.