Lance Armstrong shows Planned Parenthood $100,000 worth of love

[Scuba]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/03/1061497/-Planned-Parenthood-receives-$100,000-matching-pledge-from-Lance-Armstrong,%C2%A0LIVESTRONG-?via=blog_1

Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor, champion cyclist and LIVESTRONG founder and chairman, issued the following statement:

“For 15 years, the Lance Armstrong Foundation has served people and families affected by cancer, especially those in underserved communities. We join Mayor Bloomberg and our partners in the philanthropic community today in their efforts to preserve access to cancer screening for women throughout the U.S. The Lance Armstrong Foundation will add an additional $100,000 to Mayor Bloomberg’s matching challenge for Planned Parenthood’s cancer services fund.

In addition to that $250,000 pledged by Mayor Bloomberg, the Amy and Lee Fikes’ Foundation provided $250,000 in seed funding, and Credo, a phone company, pledged $200,000.

[gopiscrap]

1. Excellent Planned Parenthood really deserves this!!!

[tularetom]

2. Props to him for doing this

I may have to reexamine my opinion of him.

[ZenLefty]

3. Okay.

Just for that I won't say anything bad about him for the next 24 hours.

[obamanut2012]

4. He is a bona fide cancer-surviving medical miracle

Props to him.

He was also raised by a single mom for many years, and didn't exactly grow up rolling in dough, so he gets it in a way some people (NANCY BRINKER!!!!!! MITT!!!!!!) can't, don't, and won't.

[TBF]

8. That's right - and his mom is a very nice lady.

I actually met her on a vacation and she was nice as could be - and it wasn't until I saw her on TV a few months later that I realized "hey that's Linda from vacation!" - she never told us her last name and we never asked. Having had the opportunity to meet her I am not at all surprised that her son would do this.

[obamanut2012]

9. That's so cool!

[truebrit71]

5. Just another reason to admire the man...

...

[justiceischeap]

6. I just read that Planned Parenthood has received $3 million over the last 3 days

if the Komen Foundation were severing ties based on the abortion issue, they handed PP a heck of a fundraiser.

[obamanut2012]

7. Wow