Showing posts with label Susan G Komen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Susan G Komen. Show all posts

Sunday, October 17, 2010

17th Annual Susan G Komen Race For The Cure - Arkansas

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Today, I proudly participated for the first time as a Team Captain in the 17th Annual Susan G Komen Race For The Cure - Arkansas! I walked 3 miles with some of my closest friends and family. I want to send a HUGE shout out to Hanes who sponsored our team shirts. We proudly sported the Hanes Passionately Pink For A Cure Logo on our shirts this year. Walking with over 45,000 women in this amazing event is such an honor. To see so many people banding together for one cause...a wonderful cause is so very touching. There were women of all ages participating in the race and men of all ages on the sidelines cheering us on! What a privilege it was to have worked hard to help raise $1,335 toward this awesome cause. I want to thank each and every girl who came out to walk with us in the Race For The Cure today and those of you who worked diligently to collect donations on your own and at Get Down Downtown where we raised $1,000. We had 39 team members to register for the race and of those 39 members, 24 showed up to walk and 3 came to run! We completed the entire 3 miles.  Unfortunately we never got to meet up with our runners. I can't imagine why in a crowd of 45,000+ people we could not find three women! (grin) A couple of my favorite shirts/signs said: "Squeeze a Boobie, Stop the war in My Rack" "Save 2nd Base". I have put together a slide show of some of the fun we had. Hope you have time to take a look at it. Thanks to everyone who helped make Team CrAzY For A Cure so much fun. You ladies are truly a blessing in my life and I am so excited to have experienced such a wonderful thing with you all. I am already planning next year's fun!!!

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Friday, October 01, 2010

Pink in October

The Breast Cancer SiteOctober is breast cancer awareness month. Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe declared today, Friday October 1, 2010 Go Pink For A Cure day in Arkansas. Shelby, Emily, and I are proudly wearing our Hanes Passionately Pink For a Cure T-Shirts today in honor of our efforts for the Susan G Komen Foundation - Arkansas! If you're so inclined, would you click the graphic and help fund a mammogram for someone in need, then Follow them on Facebook so you can remember to click daily.  They also have some awesome "pink" merchandise to shop as well.  

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Two Thumbs up for Hanes Pink Merchandise

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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Humbled and Grateful

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On this beautiful Sunday morning, I sit here at my computer humbled.  I am almost at a loss for words as how to describe the way I feel.  I have posted all week about Get Down Downtown and the fund raising booth we were going to have for Arkansas Susan G Komen.  We sold pink lemonade and cookies for a cause.  My mother-in-law is a God send.  I am so lucky to have such a wonderful, dedicated, hard working woman in my life!  She was on the phone and pounding the pavement all week last week collecting donated items and funds for this cause.  Thanks to her, we had gift certificates to local restaurants, jewelry stores, and even a day spa donated to us.  We sold tickets for a dollar each for a chance to win one of those prizes.  We gave breast cancer survivors free chances, of course.  (Winners have not yet been drawn)  Sexton Foods, Fanny Brown, and Classic Catering of Harding donated cookies for our cause.  Thanks to them we did not have to do any baking.  Sexton Foods donated 40 dozen cookies made fresh Thursday morning in their awesome bakery and I tell you what, people LOVED those cookies!  The pink lemonade was donated by various businesses in town as well.  We also received lots of monetary donations to which the rest of the supplies and decorations needed were purchased.  We ended up with a final tally of $950 donated at the Get Down Downtown, Main Street Celebration!

As I sat down and counted out all of those ones and fives last night, I was overwhelmed with emotion.  You see, I do not have breast cancer, in fact I have never lost a loved one to breast cancer.  I have, however, lost loved ones to other cancer.  Cancer is bad...no matter what form of it you get.  I was overwhelmed by the fact that I am surrounded by so many people filled with love. This money was not collected in one hundred dollar bills. It was mostly collected one or two dollars at a time and that is simply amazing! My family were huge supporters of this cause.  My husband worked hard to help set up this booth IN THE RAIN!!!  He also did all of the running we needed him to do no matter what we needed and when.  He never once complained.  What a trooper he was.  My mother-in-law collected donations, watched kiddos, and was there every step of the way.  She also made some awesome strawberry cupcakes with pink icing and pink ribbon sprinkles.  Those things sold like hot cakes!  They were fresh out of the oven Saturday morning.  My team mates went above and beyond to make sure this booth was successful.  Amber Carson was my booth neighbor with Re-Zest your nest so she helped me to get things set up like they needed to be and made things look nice and presentable.  If it weren't for Amber, we would not have been at Get Down Downtown, so I owe her a HUGE thank you.  My sister, Mandy was also there for the set up.  It was a bit stressful at first but once we got it all taken care of, we were golden.  She was also there ALL day Saturday.  I had to leave for a bit, and she had things under control.  April Odom, my other sister also had my back in my absence!  In fact, she and Mandy almost had things broken down when I got back and we just had to carry it all to the truck.  Thanks to the muscle of Eddie Boone, also for making that happen!  My sisters in Christ, Chelsey Dodson and Kylah Robinson were also troopers and stuck it out Saturday with us.  Without the hard work of these girls, we could have never pulled this off.  Crystal Beach also worked on Friday night while our girls were "Getting Down" at the stage having fun dancing to the live entertainment.  Words cannot say how proud I am of all who showed up and helped out, no matter how big or small you think your contribution was, it could not have happened without the hands of each individual who helped out and that is the truth. 

I have many more pictures to post and much more to say on this subject, but I have another busy day ahead of me so for now I'll just leave you with a big thank you!!! 

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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Smashing Goals For A Good Cause

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Today was the first day of Get Down Downtown.  I've posted about it a couple of times  before.  But, it's a huge event here in Searcy, Arkansas.  Admission is free, and with three kids we are all about going to free events.  Not only is there awesome entertainment all day long, but there are over 100 vendor booths!  What an awesome event and I am so proud to be a part of it.  I have set up a fund raising booth with some of the girls from my team for the 16th annual Susan G Komen Race For The Cure.  We are selling pink lemonade, cookies, and various items to raise money to reach our team goal of $500.  I am proud to say that on the first night we have surpassed our goal.  We have raised $447.50 and we still have one more day to go.  We've raised $85 online, so we've exceeded the goal.  Perhaps we'll just double it!!!  Keep your fingers crossed for us.  If you're out and about in Searcy or nearby, come on over to Get Down Downtown, stop by and see us.  We're the both with all of the pink.  You can't miss us!!!  Quench your thirst and spoil your diet!  You can see more photos on our Facebook Fan Page and while you're there "Like" us to stay updated.

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Painting The Town Pink For A Cure

Tomorrow is the big day!!!  Myself along with some of my "team" mates will be setting up a booth at Searcy's 3rd Annual Get Down Downtown Celebration.  I couldn't be more excited!!!  I already pooped with spending the week collecting donations from some of the most generous vendors around.  We'll be serving pink lemonade and cookies for donations.  All proceeds will go toward the Arkansas Chapter of the Susan G Komen Foundation.  Team CrAzY For A Cure will be participating in the 17th Annual Susan G Komen Race For The Cure on Saturday, October 16, 2010.  We are PROUDLY sponsored by Hanes who is providing us with team shirts!  They were generous enough to donate some things from the pink collection for our cause.  Shelby and I are modeling the T-shirts here: 

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Two Thumbs up for Hanes Pink Merchandise
Yes, we will have shirts just like these at our booth Friday and Saturday! If you're out and about, come see Team CrAzY For A Cure. We also have donations from Mary Kay, Byron's Jewelry, Colton's, The Bible House, First Community, and much more!!! Remember, ALL PROCEEDS will go toward our team goal of $500. I know we can surpass this goal with your help!!  If you donate a dollar, you can put your name in a drawing for any of the MANY items that have been donated.  
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Banner donated by All Around Graphics!
If you don't live here in Searcy, Arkansas don't worry. You can still donate online. Every dollar counts, so if you can donate one dollar you'll be helping us get closer to our goal.

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Team CrAzY For A Cure Gets Down Downtown

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I just want to invite all of my local friends and family to Main Street in Searcy, Arkansas this Friday and Saturday, September 24 & 25th for the 3rd annual Get Down Downtown Celebration. This free, two-day event in downtown historic Searcy will feature musicians, artists, and vendors from throughout the Mid-South. Activities take place from 6p.m.-10p.m. on Friday and 10a.m-10p.m. on Saturday. Concessions and vendors will be set up both days/evenings. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy a weekend of free entertainment in the Main Street Searcy District!

I will be there with some of my team members from team CrAzY For A Cure.  We will be selling some pink rubber duckies, bracelets, pink lemonade, cookies and other home baked goods for the cause.  We have set a goal of $500 as a team and I am certain that with the help of the awesome folks in Searcy we can easily surpass this goal! You can still BECOME A MEMBER of the team, but hurry because the deadline for online registration is October 1. If you cannot or do not want to walk in support of this awesome cause, you can CLICK HERE to donate to my personal page or CLICK HERE to donate to the team page. Whatever you do, please CLICK OVER and donate at least $5 to help us reach our goal of $500! Thanks so much for your generous support and I can't wait to see all of my chickas out there pounding the pavement in October!!!

Thanks to Hanes for sponsoring Team CrAzY for A Cure by providing us with Team Shirts.  
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

17th Annual Susan G Komen Race For The Cure - Arkansas

My reasons for walking!  What's yours?!
Hey friends! I have put together a team for the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure that will take place on Saturday, October 16, 2010. We are team CrAzY For A Cure! I can't wait to walk. We're still forming a team, so I am reaching out to my local readers to let you know that if you want to walk with us you can sign up HERE.  We are a team of mothers walking with young daughters, teachers, friends, etc.  If you don't have anyone else to walk with, won't you join us?!

The race route is pretty long so you're likely to see lots of film posters and thousands of men lined up along the race route for the 3 Miles of Men campaign that has been such a huge success in the past!  

You will see lots of customized tshirts with the logo for the 2010 race as well as an awesome array of team shirts!

I can assure you that you won't be getting any Rotten Tomatoes thrown at you along the way, no matter how slow you walk. It's all about breast cancer awareness, friendship, and raising money for a great cause!

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