Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Komen 3Day-Support my Friend Angie James

Hi! I know it has been a long, long time since I have posted anything. Believe me it is not for a lack of content.....it is a lack of time.

My friend Angie James is walking in the Komen 3Day for the 4th time. I am posting this link to her web page so that you can donate. To be able to participate a walker must earn $2300 in donations. So far Angie is at 34%. I know times are tough but any amount helps. If 230 people gave $10 she would be golden. Since over 10,000 people have looked at my blog we should be able to get her to her goal.

I know that everyone is continually being asked to donate money to one cause or another. I like to look at this as an opportunity for you to donate so my friend can walk in this event. I also like to use the "Girl Scout Cookie" model. If I buy cookies from my neighbor Maddie I have supported the Girl Scouts and helped Maddie on the way to getting her badge for sales. I can then say to anyone else that asks I have already bought my cookies from Maddie. This gives me an honest way to decline at Safeway when another little girl asks me to buy from her. Then I don't have to avert my eyes and run into the store while ignoring the other Girl Scouts.

So it is with the Komen 3Day walk. If you donate to Angie and her team you can say that you already donated to the walk. After that you are golden until September. You might even be able to ride that donation through Pink October a.k.a Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Angie has dedicated her walk to me and another friend who was just diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. This woman had been insured her entire life but with the current economy she is without medical insurance. The metastatic disease has spread everywhere because she could not get her mammogram this year as she had no health insurance.

Take a look at Angie's page and become inspired. She is an amazing woman and friend and all of us from the trenches surviving breast cancer we are grateful for every dollar that is earned and every mile that is walked.

Let's find a cure and save the boobies! (.)(.)