Five Dollar Friday!!

From now until the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure (where I'll be kicking some serious cancer butt and taking names for 60 miles!!) I will be doing FIVE DOLLAR FRIDAY!  This is where I will be asking anyone and everyone to donate just $5 towards my fundraising goal of $2,300.  

I started by asking on Facebook and Twitter.  In fact, if all of my Facebook friends donated the $5 I would raise over $3,000.  That would provide 25 potentially life-saving mammograms!  What an amazing thing that would be!

So why just $5?  The 3-day encourages you to ask BIG!  And well, $5 isn't that big.  Most of us don't think twice about spending $5.  I know Sonic gets $5 from me almost every day.  But for me, that was the point.  Everyone can give up one day of Starbucks or Sonic or lunch out with friends for one day.  In today's hard times it doesn't put any one person out too terribly much.  And breast cancer... cancer in general... that is a battle we must all fight together.  We must all do our part to help.  So if that means giving up Sonic for the day so I can do a small part in ending breast cancer, well I'd be happy to.  And I'm hoping that is the response I get from all those I am asking to donate $5.  I hope that they are happy to do their part!


So, 3-day friends, I encourage you to join me in FIVE DOLLAR FRIDAY if you haven't met your fundraising goal yet.  Maybe it will help you along the way!


And for those of you out there reading this, if you could please make a donation of $5 today... well, I sure would be grateful!
 
Visit my 3-day page to donate your $5 today!

3-Day Ambassador... now what?!?

Earlier this week I was notified that I had been chosen as a 2011 Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure Online Ambassador.  I was totally excited!  I really am not sure what all of that means.  I'm hoping that we will find out more soon about what is expected/needed of us.  However, anything that makes the 3-day experience more rewarding is something I'm definitely up for because this is a cause I'm so passionate about.  

You see, the 3-Day is the most amazing experience EVER!  Yes, it's a lot of walking.  Yes, you are physically and emotionally exhausted everyday.  But what you get back from it is priceless.  Knowing you are spreading awareness and raising money to fight breast cancer... well, you just can't beat that!

I'm super excited to be a part of the 3-Day again this year.  My sister and I will be walking together again.  I'm hoping we can find some more people who want to join our team.  (Right now is a great time to do it because you can save $25 when you sign up!!)  I can't wait to be back in our pink tent (with our decorations), being cheered on by our community, eating gramwiches (the best!), making new friends, and FIGHTING BREAST CANCER!

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