Passionately Pink

Dear Friends and Family,

I'm writing to tell you about a team I'm a part of, a team of people getting ready to take extraordinary steps (many, many steps!) to help fight breast cancer here at home and throughout the country. Our team is called the Passionately Pink Teachers. I joined this amazing group of people for personal reasons. I lost a grandmother to breast cancer and never had the privilege of meeting her. My grandmother learned shortly before she died that she was expecting her first grandchild but did not live long enough to see me. My other grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer about two years ago. Thankfully, after surgery she is doing well and we are praising God. I have also lost a few friends to this terrible disease. One of my team members lost her sister, two of our male team members each have a wife currently fighting breast cancer. Another team member just lost her sister-in-law last month.

On April 4-5, The Passionately pink Teachers will be among thousands of people dedicating their weekend to walking as part of the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. We'll walk at least the distance of a marathon (26.2 miles), and as far as a marathon and a half (39.3 miles). Either way, it's a very long walk.

Together, we'll spend the the remainder of February and March training, fundraising, and preparing for the event. It's the biggest challenge I've ever taken on, but I'm very excited about doing it because I know it will make a real difference to the millions of people affected by breast cancer.

EACH team member commits to raising at least $1,800 to participate; our cumulative goal is $28,000. Please help to support our efforts and the breast cancer cause by making a contribution of any amount that is comfortable for you. You can make your donation online by simply clicking on the link at the bottom of this message, which will bring you to our team page where you can learn more about our team members and reasons for walking. If you would like to make a contribution but are not comfortable with online payments please let me know and I will be more than happy to send you a coupon with my registration number and envelope.
If you are unable contribute at this time it is completely understood. I do however request that you would keep me and the other team members in your prayers as we embark on this endeavor. Please also pray for the women that have been diagnosed with Breast Cancer and for their families.

Please remember as you're making your donation that in less than the time it took to read this, another woman in the U.S. was diagnosed with breast cancer, one every three minutes.

The money raised goes to the Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade, whose mission is to fund access to care and finding a cure. They provide funding to organizations all over the country in five areas: medical research, clinical care, support services, educational and advocacy seminars, and community-based, non-profit early detection breast health programs. Much of the money raised will stay right here to help people in our city.
If you have already contributed as many of you have it is greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you in advance for your support and prayers.

Please see my personal page: http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR/Walk2009/Houston?px=4454481&pg=personal&fr_id=1750


P.S. You can find out more about the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer by visiting www.avonwalk.org (http://www.avonwalk.org/)


Click here to view the team page for The Passionately Pink Teachers
If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address:
http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR/Walk2009/Houston?team_id=59290&pg=team&fr_id=1750&s_tafId=310702
Some email systems may send your response to the Avon Foundation, not to your walker/donor when you push "reply". Before "sending", please confirm that your message is addressed to your intended recipient (above). If info@avonfoundation.org appears as a recipient, please delete and add the correct recipient email. If you no longer wish to receive email messages sent from your friends on behalf of this organization, please click here or paste this URL into your browser: http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/TellFriendOpt?action=optout&toe=6c56b9492221eaf76f54f65d90e2b5343de7adeb4b3cbee5c157793613dbaef5