We have started on a journey that will end with a 3-day 60-mile walk in August in Minneapolis. It will challenge our bodies and our spirits, but we know we can do it. We have survived other challenges and struggles (and we are stubborn). When we are done we will be stronger, wiser and better. And we will have raised at least $6,900 for breast cancer research.
We are walking in the Breast Cancer 3-Day, which benefits Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund. Every advancement in breast cancer research, treatment, education and prevention in the last 25 years has been touched by a Komen for the Cure grant. They are working hard to build a future without breast cancer, and we want to help bring them closer to that goal.
We have formed the “Cancer Sucks” team in support of all those who have battled cancer, especially breast cancer.
We walk in honor of these breast cancer survivors:
Ginny Thorn (1 year) Janice Blazey (3 years) Jenny Rasmussen (1 year)
Lisa Perrin (8 years)
Heidi Esposito (6 years) Juanita Tongen (25 years)
Katie Connolly (2 years)
Jane Levene (8 years)
Myrna Hanson (17 years)
Cindy Davey
Stephanie Payne (8 years)
Karen Cole (just diagnosed)
We walk in memory of those who are no longer with us:
Stefanie Williams
Barb Fallis Mercedes Rinkel
Without a cure, one in eight women in the U.S. will continue to be diagnosed with breast cancer. That’s why we are walking in the 3-Day because “Everyone deserves a lifetime”.
Now we need your help. Please donate to our cause by going to http:///www.the3day.org/. Click on donate and search for either of our personal fundraising pages. If you want you can spread a donation over four months, using the payment plan option. Please also ask your employer if they will double your donation with a matching gift. We would like to reach our fundraising goal of $6,900 by June 1st, so please don’t delay.
If you can’t donate now, please send your positive thoughts and prayers. Or you can go on a walk with us as we train over the next several months.
Thank you for your support!
Love,
Tina Ham Peterson
Ginny Thorn
Mercedes Welter
If you want to join our team and walk with us, give us a call or email.