Fund raising.......

Obviously fund raising is a huge part of the 3 Day. For me personally, it's something that is on my mind from the moment I register to walk. When I walked in 2008, a small group of us worked the concession stands at Comerica Park and I met my fund raising minimum with quite a bit of time left. We're not working games this year so I had to come up with a few new ideas. I held a Tupperware/Golden Girls party in Oct. and made around $650 from both donations and a percentage of the product sales. I've also sent out 2 emails asking for personal donations. I was OVERJOYED when I came home the other day and 3 people had donated that day!!! Then the next day I was given another large donation. Then my wonderful Mom called me and told me that she had requested and been approved to have "jeans day" at work where people can wear jeans for $5 and I receive all of that money. Imagine my surprise when she went on to tell me that it was for all FOUR Friday's in April!!!! And they are having a bake sale and donating those profits to me. I am so excited and so thankful to such awesome people supporting me in this walk.

The fund raising is really WHY we do this. I mean we are certainly making a statement by walking 60 miles but each and every single walker must raise $2300 to participate. To date, there hasn't been a single revolutionary discovery made in Breast Cancer research that The Susan G. Komen foundation didn't have their hand in. I say that very proudly, I am proud that I contribute to that. I am proud to a member of The 3 Day community!