Right after the New Year I called my friend, Kelley, to ask if she'd like to take a walk with me. She agreed to fly up from San Diego to join me. And then, a week or so later, my friend Carole and her family came to dinner and she saw a pink flyer on my refrigerator. She'd thought about taking the same walk in the past, but never did. This year, she's coming with me. And then, another week or so went by and I talked to my friend, Clare, in Indiana. She's decided to come out for a little walk with me as well.
The thing is, the walk is in July and is about 39 miles long, over 2 days. And we'll be walking with LOTS of other folks!
The ads for the AVON Walk for Breast Cancer emphasize the power of so many walking and raising funds together to show support for and give to research to help friends, family, and sometimes themselves, against this disease. The t-shirts in the promotional videos show the names of those for whom people are walking. I'm not sure what I'll write on the back of my shirt. If I list everyone I know who is battling or has beaten breast cancer, I won't have much shirt left!
But I do know, I have three friends who will be joining me for a little walk. Join us if you can!
More to come on this....
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Andrea -- found your blog through Squidoo -- what's that? see my lens here about Avon Walk -- I hope you don't mind I added a link to your blog in the Great Find section! http://www.squidoo.com/avonwalk
I read your comments about writing names on your shirt -- you might want to check out my Buttons of Hope -- I make custom photo buttons one at a time so you can "put a (beautiful) face on your cause" -- thanks for making a difference! michael
see info on Buttons of Hope here
http://www.squidoo.com/photobuttons
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