That?s 17 times taking a 60 mile walk (add in all of my training walks and it?s probably close to 1000 miles walked just for the 3Day!) and 17 times asking you, family and friends, to support me with donations.  You?ve never let me down!  In fact, you have helped me raise over $55,000!  Unbelievable!

It?s hard to believe that I started this journey in 2007.  In all actuality though, the journey started in 2005 with my diagnosis.  Back then I had no idea where being a Survivor would lead me.  I wasn?t thinking past the initial shock, subsequent surgeries and treatments.  Becoming an advocate for finding a cure was not really on my radar.  Fast forward 20 years later and HERE I AM living and thriving with MBC.

What is MBC? Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) is an advanced stage (IV) of breast cancer where tumor cells have spread to other parts of the body such as the bones, liver, lungs or brain. Nearly all breast cancer deaths are due to MBC. In fact, it kills over 44,000 people in the U.S. every year. It?s estimated there were more than 168,000 women living with MBC in the U.S. in 2023.

The 3Day is a weekend of hope, as we honor lives lost, celebrate survivors, promote breast cancer research and help bring breast cancer care and support to those who so desperately need it.  Your donation will help make a difference and save lives!

This year is a special one for my team Powered by Optimism!  The team began in 2010 with a small group of friends who believed that hope, determination, and a shared purpose could make a real difference. What started as a small group of passionate walkers soon grew into a powerful team dedicated to the mission; helping to end breast cancer.

Every year we come together to train and participate in the 3-day walks to raise funds and to walk in honor of survivors, thrivers, and those we've lost. We are united by optimism, inspired by love, and driven by the belief that OUR STEPS MATTER.

Together over the course of 15 years, we have raised over $2 million dollars for the cause, and with your help our goal is to hit the $3 million mark for our 15th anniversary this November?.  PBO will be the 3rd team to achieve this milestone!

Walking 60 miles is hard, but I will keep walking until Breast Cancer is no longer a threat.  I walk so that no one will ever have to experience the ravages of Breast Cancer.  I walk as a survivor, a mother and a woman living with Breast Cancer.  I walk because others cannot.  I walk because

EVERYONE DESERVES A LIFETIME