Since this year has been filled with challenges thus far, I have taken on an additional one. On October 21-23, I'll be walking 60 miles over the course of three days, camping out at night with thousands of other women and men taking this journey with me. It's for an event called the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure. Net proceeds from the Komen 3-Day for the Cure are invested in breast cancer research and community programs. Komen for the Cure® works hard to build a future without breast cancer, and I plan on raising $2300 to help bring us closer to that goal. It seems appropriate that 2011 is the year that I want to participate. I was asked in 2009 to do this but I felt awkward asking people for money in such a horrendous economy. I know the economy has not gotten that much better but I believe that there comes a time when the good needs to override the bad. If every one felt like I did in 2009, there would be no fund-raising to continue the research desperately needed to curtail this awful disease. One in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. That's why I'm walking in the 3-Day for the Cure. Please consider making a donation. I would appreciate any amount since I have to raise a minimum of $2300 to participate. Just follow the link below to visit my personal fundraising Web page and make a donation. If you don't want to donate online, please download and print a donation form from my Web page and mail it to the address on the form. Or you can call 800-996-3DAY to donate over the phone. I would like to reach my fundraising goal by September 1. Thank you for your support. P.S. Don't wait - donate today!
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