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Showing posts with label Susan G. Komen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Susan G. Komen. Show all posts
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Quick 3 Day Update
Just a quick update to let everyone know how much I'm loving my 3 Day experience!! 44.2 miles down, 15.8 to go. Can't wait to see my family at Closing Ceremonies tomorrow!!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
A Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure Walker in SERIOUS NEED!!!!
Hello,
I have taken on an incredible challenge. On September 24th - 26th, I will 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 community-based breast health programs and breast cancer research. The research funded focuses on decreasing breast cancer incidence and mortality in the next decade. Susan G. Komen for the Cure works hard to build a future without breast cancer, and I need to raise $2,300 to help bring us closer to that goal. I am also an official Training Walk Leader, so I can help other women prepare for this journey. We walk together several times a week, logging countless miles.
I've been spending the past few weeks preparing for the event and have really made a lot of progress. So far I've raised $1400 - only $900 to go! My training is also going well. I've walked over 100 miles in the last 24 weeks. I can hardly wait to hit the road with the thousands of other women and men who are joining together for this common cause.
Please consider making a donation. If you can't give all at once, you can spread it out over four months, using the payment plan option, if you donate online at The3Day.org. Please also ask your employer if they will double your donation with a matching gift.
Here is my link to my personal page to donate: http://www.the3day.org/site/TRC/2010/SeattleEvent2010?pg=peditor&fr_id=1471&px=4587524
Unfortunately, breast cancer has become an all too common occurrence among women and men throughout the world. Now is the time to take action to help end this disease. Without a cure, one person will die of breast cancer every 13 minutes in the United States. I hope that you'll share this incredible adventure with me - by supporting me in my fundraising efforts. Donate for your mother, your wife, your sisters, your daughters. Donate so that none of these women have to fight the uphill battle a diagnosis of breast cancer brings. 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. To do something bold about breast cancer - because everyone deserves a lifetime.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Sincerely,
I have taken on an incredible challenge. On September 24th - 26th, I will 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 community-based breast health programs and breast cancer research. The research funded focuses on decreasing breast cancer incidence and mortality in the next decade. Susan G. Komen for the Cure works hard to build a future without breast cancer, and I need to raise $2,300 to help bring us closer to that goal. I am also an official Training Walk Leader, so I can help other women prepare for this journey. We walk together several times a week, logging countless miles.
I've been spending the past few weeks preparing for the event and have really made a lot of progress. So far I've raised $1400 - only $900 to go! My training is also going well. I've walked over 100 miles in the last 24 weeks. I can hardly wait to hit the road with the thousands of other women and men who are joining together for this common cause.
Please consider making a donation. If you can't give all at once, you can spread it out over four months, using the payment plan option, if you donate online at The3Day.org. Please also ask your employer if they will double your donation with a matching gift.
Here is my link to my personal page to donate: http://www.the3day.org/site/TRC/2010/SeattleEvent2010?pg=peditor&fr_id=1471&px=4587524
Unfortunately, breast cancer has become an all too common occurrence among women and men throughout the world. Now is the time to take action to help end this disease. Without a cure, one person will die of breast cancer every 13 minutes in the United States. I hope that you'll share this incredible adventure with me - by supporting me in my fundraising efforts. Donate for your mother, your wife, your sisters, your daughters. Donate so that none of these women have to fight the uphill battle a diagnosis of breast cancer brings. 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. To do something bold about breast cancer - because everyone deserves a lifetime.
Thank you in advance for your generosity!
Sincerely,
Monday, August 2, 2010
Great Garage Sale
I have never had much luck with garage sales. It always seems like you sit around forever waiting for people to show up, spend days collecting/organizing/pricing things, and then hours cleaning up afterwards.
I am happy to announce I made a whopping $422 this past weekend from my charity garage sale!! People were very generous with their donations, and I am that much closer to my $2,300 needed to walk. Woohoo!!
I am happy to announce I made a whopping $422 this past weekend from my charity garage sale!! People were very generous with their donations, and I am that much closer to my $2,300 needed to walk. Woohoo!!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
We Walk Because We Must...
We walk because we must. We are strong because the journey demands it. Together in body and united in spirit, we lay down our footsteps for this generation and the next. This is our promise: a world without breast cancer.
This is a mantra, of sorts, amongst the Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure walkers. Screen-printed on t-shirts, printed on posters, recited in promotional videos. These 40 words hit the nail on the head for me. They so accurately describe this journey we walkers are on. I've been wanting to write a post about my experience thus far for a while now, but the words just never came. Until now.
When I first signed up for this walk, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. It was February, and September seemed so far away. And $2,300 seemed easy to raise. This year has flown by, and in 8 short weeks, I will be packing my bags to head to Seattle.
For those of you who don't know, the Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure is just that; fifteen 3 day walks, each 60 miles. Participants are required to raise $2,300 in order to participate. Walkers train all year, logging hundreds of miles to prepare themselves to walk 20 miles a day. A complete tent city is constructed in each location, filled with hundreds to thousands of pink tents, food stations, medical care, portable showers, and entertainment. Cheering stations are set up along the path, with people showing up to cheer walkers on. The walk concludes with all the walkers marching into a stadium filled with family, friends, supporters. From what I'm told, its a very emotional and life-changing experience.
I decided that if I was going to participate, I wanted to go all-in. So, I signed up to be a Training Walk Leader. I didn't know anybody else who was walking this year; I was going solo. When I first started leading training walks in April, I got to know a few people here and there. I was kind of on my own team, hoping to recruit some people to join me. What happened instead was I was recruited for a different team.
Now, there are about 15-25 of us who get together every Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine (or scorching heat!) to "lay down our footsteps." We dress in pink, encourage each other, and explain our mission to anyone who asks. We take pictures, make up cheers and songs and dances, and bond. I think that is what I have come to love most about this. The continual bonding between us walkers. We have men, women, husbands and wives. At the beginning of each walk, we stretch, go over the route, apply sunscreen, Abolene, and Body Glide. And w go around the circle, telling our name, how many years we've done the 3 Day, and why we walk. People get as personal or impersonal as they want. And often times, tears are shed. We get to know our fellow walkers, and keep up with the progress of the people they are walking for. We offer shoulders to cry on, hands to hold, and smiles to help heal broken hearts.
Sometimes, the walking gets tough. It can be hot out, or pouring down rain. We give up sleeping in on the weekends. We also give up large chunks of time on our weekends. Our feet hurt. We get blisters. Our legs get tired. Our backs and hips hurt. We get mosquito bites (maybe that's just me...). And every time I find myself even starting to think, "This sucks.", I remind myself this: This is so easy compared to having breast cancer. I only have to walk 60 miles. I'm healthy; I can do it. I'm doing this for those who can't. Raise $2,300 and walk 60 miles in 3 days? No big deal. I'll walk 60 miles each day of my life if it means no one has to face a diagnosis of breast cancer again. This doesn't suck. This ROCKS!!!
Our team name is "Hello Cupcake", and we are #7 on the list of Top Ten Fundraising Teams. So far, our team of 21 has raised $38,716.75. Our goal for the year is $50,000 and I have absolute faith we will exceed that goal. Here are some photos from our training walks:
This is myself and sweet Tori. She is such an amazing women! Dedicated, strong, caring, H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S, and a truly great friend. She is also a fellow TWL (Training Walk Leader).
This is our poster that comes to every walk. Each new walker signs his or her name, and who they are walking for. This poster even took a dip in Capital Lake (on accident, of course).
Just yesterday, I received an email letting me know that registration is already open for the 2011 Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure. I haven't even completed my first walk yet, but you can be certain that I already signed up for next year.
This is a mantra, of sorts, amongst the Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure walkers. Screen-printed on t-shirts, printed on posters, recited in promotional videos. These 40 words hit the nail on the head for me. They so accurately describe this journey we walkers are on. I've been wanting to write a post about my experience thus far for a while now, but the words just never came. Until now.
When I first signed up for this walk, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. It was February, and September seemed so far away. And $2,300 seemed easy to raise. This year has flown by, and in 8 short weeks, I will be packing my bags to head to Seattle.
For those of you who don't know, the Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure is just that; fifteen 3 day walks, each 60 miles. Participants are required to raise $2,300 in order to participate. Walkers train all year, logging hundreds of miles to prepare themselves to walk 20 miles a day. A complete tent city is constructed in each location, filled with hundreds to thousands of pink tents, food stations, medical care, portable showers, and entertainment. Cheering stations are set up along the path, with people showing up to cheer walkers on. The walk concludes with all the walkers marching into a stadium filled with family, friends, supporters. From what I'm told, its a very emotional and life-changing experience.
I decided that if I was going to participate, I wanted to go all-in. So, I signed up to be a Training Walk Leader. I didn't know anybody else who was walking this year; I was going solo. When I first started leading training walks in April, I got to know a few people here and there. I was kind of on my own team, hoping to recruit some people to join me. What happened instead was I was recruited for a different team.
Now, there are about 15-25 of us who get together every Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine (or scorching heat!) to "lay down our footsteps." We dress in pink, encourage each other, and explain our mission to anyone who asks. We take pictures, make up cheers and songs and dances, and bond. I think that is what I have come to love most about this. The continual bonding between us walkers. We have men, women, husbands and wives. At the beginning of each walk, we stretch, go over the route, apply sunscreen, Abolene, and Body Glide. And w go around the circle, telling our name, how many years we've done the 3 Day, and why we walk. People get as personal or impersonal as they want. And often times, tears are shed. We get to know our fellow walkers, and keep up with the progress of the people they are walking for. We offer shoulders to cry on, hands to hold, and smiles to help heal broken hearts.
Sometimes, the walking gets tough. It can be hot out, or pouring down rain. We give up sleeping in on the weekends. We also give up large chunks of time on our weekends. Our feet hurt. We get blisters. Our legs get tired. Our backs and hips hurt. We get mosquito bites (maybe that's just me...). And every time I find myself even starting to think, "This sucks.", I remind myself this: This is so easy compared to having breast cancer. I only have to walk 60 miles. I'm healthy; I can do it. I'm doing this for those who can't. Raise $2,300 and walk 60 miles in 3 days? No big deal. I'll walk 60 miles each day of my life if it means no one has to face a diagnosis of breast cancer again. This doesn't suck. This ROCKS!!!
Our team name is "Hello Cupcake", and we are #7 on the list of Top Ten Fundraising Teams. So far, our team of 21 has raised $38,716.75. Our goal for the year is $50,000 and I have absolute faith we will exceed that goal. Here are some photos from our training walks:
Just yesterday, I received an email letting me know that registration is already open for the 2011 Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure. I haven't even completed my first walk yet, but you can be certain that I already signed up for next year.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Walking, Walking, Walking
I've been doing lots of walking lately, training for my Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure. I'm an Official Training Walk Leader, so I, along with some other TWL's, organize walks on the weekends. It's fun to get together with a great group of women, often times different ones each time, and log some miles. This past Sunday we did 6 miles. We met at 7:30 AM, did some stretching, and then headed out! There were 8 of us total, so we inadvertently paired off as we walked down the sidewalks. Everytime we came to an intersection, we seemed to switch off partners, which was really nice! I had the opportunity to talk to all of these sweet, sweet women with interesting stories and backgrounds of their own.
Here is our group after our walk:
And Tori, the other TWL, and I after sitting down for coffee to plan our walk schedules for the next few months:
Tori is spunky and full of life, and just as excited about all of this as I am.
Stay tuned for more training/fundraising updates!
Here is our group after our walk:
And Tori, the other TWL, and I after sitting down for coffee to plan our walk schedules for the next few months:
Tori is spunky and full of life, and just as excited about all of this as I am.
Stay tuned for more training/fundraising updates!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
RoadID
I recently learned about an ingenious product designed to protect runner, bicyclists, swimmers, and walkers like me.
The idea is to wear an ID bracelet, anklet, necklace, or shoe tag that identifies you, gives some emergency contact numbers, and lists any information a medical professional should know.
The company is RoadID.
There are a variety of colors and styles available to fit anybody's preference. The stainless steel tag has up to 6 lines of information. I chose the Wrist ID Elite.... "With its rubberized band and watch-style buckle, this sleek ID has you covered on the bike, in the boardroom and everywhere in-between. It's perfect for all of your outdoor activities and knows how to play it cool at formal events. With the Elite, you get valuable peace of mind with a look that’s just right for everyday wear." It comes in 9 colors, and is fully size-adjustable. I, of course, ordered mine in pink to honor my Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure commitment!
Here's what I put on my tag:
I highly recommend a RoadID to ANYBODY. Not just athletes. Check them out!
And, as a special bonus, RoadID is offering a special bonus - order yours and use the coupon code "ThanksMaranda628432" and get $1 off!
Look for all my pictures of me sporting my RoadID coming soon!
The idea is to wear an ID bracelet, anklet, necklace, or shoe tag that identifies you, gives some emergency contact numbers, and lists any information a medical professional should know.
The company is RoadID.
There are a variety of colors and styles available to fit anybody's preference. The stainless steel tag has up to 6 lines of information. I chose the Wrist ID Elite.... "With its rubberized band and watch-style buckle, this sleek ID has you covered on the bike, in the boardroom and everywhere in-between. It's perfect for all of your outdoor activities and knows how to play it cool at formal events. With the Elite, you get valuable peace of mind with a look that’s just right for everyday wear." It comes in 9 colors, and is fully size-adjustable. I, of course, ordered mine in pink to honor my Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure commitment!
Here's what I put on my tag:
MARANDA LAMPING / 1988
TENINO, WA, USA
JOSH 360-***-****
JEANELLE 360-***-****
RICK 360-***-****
NKA / A NEG BLOOD
So, if something were to happen to me while I'm out walking, someone who found me would be able to know my name, my age (based on the year I was born), which town I'm from, 3 emergency contact numbers, that I have No Known Allergies (NKA is a standard abbreviation), and that I am A Negative blood type. This information could save my life someday!
And, as a special bonus, RoadID is offering a special bonus - order yours and use the coupon code "ThanksMaranda628432" and get $1 off!
Look for all my pictures of me sporting my RoadID coming soon!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Training Walks
I am so excited to be starting my official Training Walks this weekend! Sunday is supposed to be nice, so I have arranged to walk with at least one fellow 3-Day walker that morning. We are doing a 3.6 mile loop from Tumwater towards downtown Olympia.
I have also been contacting fellow walkers from the Olympia/Lacey/Tumwater/Rochester/Tenino area to see who's interested in joining my team (Pink Panthers) and also who just wants walking buddies!
And, I am working on finally getting all of my donation letters out to the 75+ businesses I am contacting. Next up, writing my personal letter to family/friends!
I'm excited to finally be getting my rear in gear and accomplishing some tasks! September will be here before I know it!
Thanks for stopping by,
I have also been contacting fellow walkers from the Olympia/Lacey/Tumwater/Rochester/Tenino area to see who's interested in joining my team (Pink Panthers) and also who just wants walking buddies!
And, I am working on finally getting all of my donation letters out to the 75+ businesses I am contacting. Next up, writing my personal letter to family/friends!
I'm excited to finally be getting my rear in gear and accomplishing some tasks! September will be here before I know it!
Thanks for stopping by,
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Be Bold
This past weekend, I attended an informational meeting for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure event. I can honestly say that I am even more excited now than I was before the meeting!
This event is bold. The amount of money raised each year by walks like these is phenomenal. In addition, just the experience of being a part of something this big makes it all worth while. All the miles of training I will put in. All the hours spent fundraising to reach my goal. All the blisters I will undoubtedly suffer from. All because everyone deserves a lifetime.
If you would like to donate, please check out my personal fundraising page. Or, you can simply click on the black Susan G. Komen button on the right sidebar of my blog! Also, I will be blogging here throughout the training/fundraising process, as well as liveblogging during the walk itself!
This event is bold. The amount of money raised each year by walks like these is phenomenal. In addition, just the experience of being a part of something this big makes it all worth while. All the miles of training I will put in. All the hours spent fundraising to reach my goal. All the blisters I will undoubtedly suffer from. All because everyone deserves a lifetime.
If you would like to donate, please check out my personal fundraising page. Or, you can simply click on the black Susan G. Komen button on the right sidebar of my blog! Also, I will be blogging here throughout the training/fundraising process, as well as liveblogging during the walk itself!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day
Save the date! September 24th-26th will be the Seattle Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk. This is a huge event that draws thousands of people, and raises millions of dollars. I am so excited to be participating in my first 3-Day!
I am attending an organizational meeting on January 30th, and will have more info at that time. If you are even remotely interested in joining my team for this walk, please please please keep checking back here!!
I am attending an organizational meeting on January 30th, and will have more info at that time. If you are even remotely interested in joining my team for this walk, please please please keep checking back here!!
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