So, one of the fun things about setting up a blog is finding all the different templates that are available. I thought, since this is about training for the 3-Day that I would choose something with a pink theme. I hadn't bargained, however, on Pepto-Bismol pink. I'll keep it for a while, just for giggles, though. Damn, though - it's PINK!
So, yeah - I'm going to take a 60-mile walk over a 3-day period in September of this year in St. Paul, MN to raise bucks for Breast Cancer. I hadn't know about the 3-Day until I met a great gal who had participated before while researching the Walk for a news article (Hi reporterbabe!). After reading what reporterbabe had to say about the Walk and her enthusiasm for it, I let her know that if she wanted to try it again I was game for doing it with her. It wasn't too long before we were scheming to recruit more team members from the parenting board we belong to (www.Sybermoms.com), hoping to get a few more people involved.
It snowballed.
The more we talked, the more people began joining the cause and those that didn't participate in the actual walk supported our team with time, talent and money to help us fundraise. It's amazing what a determined bunch of moms can do; in 2005, our second year as a team, we raised over $65,000. Unbelievable.
The sad part is that there will be another Walk this year and every year until Breast Cancer meets its demise. Through hard work and determination, the millions of walkers who participate in each of the 3-Day events have raised millions of dollars for Breast Cancer research, but it's still not enough. It won't be enough until we can beat the monster that has already taken so many vital lives, devastating family after family.
This is a cause I believe in wholeheartedly. If it hadn't been for the money already raised, the type of equipment used to find even very tiny masses would not exist making early detection much more difficult.
Please consider giving. For the women in your life: To Donate
So, yeah - I'm going to take a 60-mile walk over a 3-day period in September of this year in St. Paul, MN to raise bucks for Breast Cancer. I hadn't know about the 3-Day until I met a great gal who had participated before while researching the Walk for a news article (Hi reporterbabe!). After reading what reporterbabe had to say about the Walk and her enthusiasm for it, I let her know that if she wanted to try it again I was game for doing it with her. It wasn't too long before we were scheming to recruit more team members from the parenting board we belong to (www.Sybermoms.com), hoping to get a few more people involved.
It snowballed.
The more we talked, the more people began joining the cause and those that didn't participate in the actual walk supported our team with time, talent and money to help us fundraise. It's amazing what a determined bunch of moms can do; in 2005, our second year as a team, we raised over $65,000. Unbelievable.
The sad part is that there will be another Walk this year and every year until Breast Cancer meets its demise. Through hard work and determination, the millions of walkers who participate in each of the 3-Day events have raised millions of dollars for Breast Cancer research, but it's still not enough. It won't be enough until we can beat the monster that has already taken so many vital lives, devastating family after family.
This is a cause I believe in wholeheartedly. If it hadn't been for the money already raised, the type of equipment used to find even very tiny masses would not exist making early detection much more difficult.
Please consider giving. For the women in your life: To Donate
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