Community Involvement

Georgia Pest Control Association is the Largest Partner Ever in Georgia Chapter Light the Night History

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society announced  that the Georgia Pest Control Association (GPCA) raised over $113,000 statewide for the Georgia Chapter’s 2005 Annual Light The Night ® Walks. Eighteen GPCA companies statewide solicited donations from their customers upon completing pest control services.   Many companies also matched the donations of their customers. The GPCA also hosted a golf tournament to benefit the Society and help support the more than 747,000 patients currently fighting blood cancers.

GPCA partners include Advanced Services, Allgood Pest Solutions, Arrow Exterminators, Athens Exterminating, Bug Busters, Bug Out Services, Carroll Exterminating, Chemical Technologies, Cook’s Pest Control, Cox Termite, Expest, Garland Services, North Fulton Exterminating, Northwest Exterminating, Peachtree Pest Control, Southeastern Exterminating, Stewart Services and Terminix.

Currently representing 85% of pest control operators in the state, the GPCA was incorporated in 1950 with only sixteen original members. With more than 700 member companies statewide, the GPCA is made up of pest control professionals who protect health, families, businesses and the environment from insects and the damage they can cause. A major employer, the GPCA is an integral part of schools operations, commercial establishments and home management. High quality communication, education and upholding the professional pest management industry throughout Georgia and surrounding states are the benchmarks of the GPCA. Benefits of GPCA membership include legislative lobbying, training and education, free continuing education programs, professional magazine access, leadership training, scholarships, lending library and business manuals and access to email updates, a toll free telephone number and assistance from a full-time staff. For more information about the GPCA, visit its Web site at www.gpca.org.

Light The Night is a nationwide evening fundraising walk to celebrate and commemorate lives touched by cancer. In Georgia, Light The Night’s fundraising efforts have grown tremendously, with over $1 million raised this year.  Walkers carry illuminated balloons along the 2-3 mile walk routes – cancer patients and survivors carry white balloons as “lights of hope” and supporting participants carry red balloons.

Interested or potential sponsors, corporate teams or individual walkers, please call (770) 438-6006 or (800) 399-7312 or visit www.lightthenight.org/ga.

About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ®

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society®, headquartered in White Plains, NY, is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. The Society’s mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Since its founding in 1949, the Society has provided more than $380 million for research specifically targeting leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Last year alone, the Society made more than 812,000 patient contacts through services provided at its home office and by its 64 chapters nationwide.

For more information about blood cancer, visit www.LLS.org or call the Society’s Information Resource Center (IRC), a call center staffed by master’s level social workers, nurses and health educators who provide information, support and resources to patients and their families and caregivers. IRC information specialists are available at (800) 955-4572, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET.