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.
Right now I have too many ideas and not enough time! Good place to be, I guess. Frustrating, but in an interesting way. The photo above is a sneak peek of a new series of bones. For lack of a better description, “Old Stripe Bones” since the stripe looks old/antiqued. It is also kind of 3-D with layers from the colored glass.
I will be listing a bone and fish after posting this in my Etsy store, then… torching!
In other news…
Femme Fus Sand Dollar Ornament
I am getting a really late start on my Femme Fus Komen Race for the Cure fundraising this year. Ack! First up, are the Sand Dollar ornaments. I will also be doing the glass ribbon raindrops, like last year. Email me if you are interested in making a donation for these items. I donate 100% to Komen, and also kick in the shipping. Such a deal!
I also have a some fun miscellaneous bead items this year, that I am offering first to my bead people, since you were so awesome supporting our team last year! I have the beads listed on our fledgling Femme Fus Facebook page.
How to get your beads
These items are you choice, first come, first served, with your donation of $30 or more for our Femme Fus team. Just add a note on your donation for with your selection. Thank you!
I participate in the Komen Race for a Cure on a team called Femme Fus. I donate beads for this cause. This is my first “thank you for your donation” item for 2009. (More to come – sneak peek here)
The bead is made by me and is a pink filigrana glass lampwork bead. The small metal charm is an awareness ribbon.
The ornament hangs on “Femme Fus Pink” ribbon – ready to decorate your wall all year round!
I am scrambling to get the Race for a Cure things going, including (cough cough) my running training! Eeeek.
I have the sneak peek up – a gallery of this year’s “thank you for donating to our Race for the Cure team” beads up on our fledgling Femme Fus Facebook page.
This is a sneak peek. If you see something you gotta have, please email me for details!
I participate in the Komen Race for a Cure on a team called 
