As you may know, I am walking the Breast Cancer 3 Day in the Twin Cities on August 18-20. The goals of this 60 mile walk are twofold- raise money to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (85%) and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Research (15%), and to raise awareness of a silent killer that can be defeated.
In this next year some 40,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. So will approximately 1200 men.
Please consider adopting a pink ribbon as your avatar for the next week. Copy mine- hosted on Photobucket. It is a public domain image so copyright will not apply. If you have hosting space, please consider making some available to host the image for others (Apoth- I can’t find your durned link!!! I hate it when I lose important things!) The walk will end on the 20th. I will screen shot the top 100 and anyone else I can find using the ribbon image (Thanks Rob!) on Thursday afternoon before I leave for the walk.
I have trained since March to be a part of this event. My primary goal has been to bring awareness- the last person you spoke with on any given day may be a survivor. Especially if I was the last person you spoke with!
TR is more than a bunch of geeks being geeky. It is about people and the things that touch our lives. We are more than our jobs, former jobs and intellect. We are thinking and feeling human beings that want to BE the changes we wish to see in the world.
Please join me for the week. “Wear” a pink ribbon in support of those who have survived, and recognition of those who have lost the battle.
Early detection leads to prevention. Be aware!
And thank you…
Edited because I can’t spell any more. Spell and sanity checker, please!
