Race for the Cure Beads

2009 Race for the Cure Update
Lots of bead goodness happening over at my Komen Race for the Cure team page. We are Team Femme Fus, and are excited to have 27 members on our team this year. Go us!

This year’s race is Sunday, September 20th. We run for my very dear friend and veterinary school classmate, Cindy a.k.a. “Peach,” who is now a 2-year survivor of a serious form of breast cancer. Yay!

To help the cause, I am donating beads.
Your donation of $30 or more goes directly to Komen Oregon. I donate my time, materials and shipping (US addresses) as a “thank you” for your contribution not just to our team, but to fight cancer. Because of my involvement in the Race for a Cure, I learned that the Pacific Northwest (WA and OR) have the highest breast cancer rates in the entire nation! Why? They don’t know yet…

Breast cancer happened to someone my age, and many women (and men) even younger – in their 20′s and 30′s – get breast cancer. Some die from it. Scary stuff. I run the Race for a Cure to promote awareness and funds to help put an end to this all-too-common-cancer.

Here is a video I made last year to tell the our story. Peach and I were thrilled that it finished in the Top 10 of the Lance Armstrong Livestrong Challenge.

Let’s see the beads!

Click on any photo to go to the BEADS page on our Femme Fus Race for the Cure site. I have a large selection to choose from – free with your donation of $30 or more to the Portland Komen Race for the Cure donation on the behalf of myself and our team.