Salesforce.com (News - Alert) is showing support for employee John Greene aka JG, who has successfully survived acute myelogenous leukemia, an aggressive form of cancer since last November.

Earlier this year, the company held a bone marrow drive earlier and just kicked off their Light The Night fundraising team, which will walk beside JG at the San Francisco cancer walk on October 20th.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night Walk funds lifesaving research and support for people battling cancer. Other participating companies include Burson Marstellar, Marsh Risk & Insurance, Bare Escentuals, Silicon Valley Bank, Wells Fargo (News - Alert), Takeda, Umpqua Bank, and Genentech.

To inspire employees to join the San Francisco fundraising walk and to help JG reach his goal of raising $100K, Salesforce.com recently conducted three kickoff events, one for each Salesforce.com building: JG’s presentation, “A Dream of a Life: A Brief Timeline (News - Alert) of My Story,” depicted JG’s story from childhood to the present day.

The show included photos of his major life events including his childhood; his wedding day; the birth of their first son Floyd, which coincided with the Phillies World Series win; the birth of their second son, Orion; JG’s 40th birthday; and their fun family trip to Mexico.

It also included a chronicle of his cancer journey, the hair loss, treatments and hospital stays.

Show attendees alternately laughed, welled up and were inspired to take action by the end. Even some of the employees from Salesforce.com shared their own personal stories with JG following the presentation.

On November 8, 2010, JG was diagnosed and given the aggressive nature of his leukemia, treatment started three days later. His doctors at UCSF, by the end of December, decided that he needed a bone marrow transplant.

Salesforce.com team, in support of JG rallied around him and organized a Be The Match Marrow Registry drive in January 2011 that yielded nearly 400 additions to the National Marrow Registry and even made the local news.

The effort turned out to be successful as a match was found and JG got a new life with the new immune system.

In related news, Hockey Fights Cancer, a joint charitable initiative of the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association, will once again team up with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to take a shot at pediatric cancer.