Sunday, April 6, 2008

FOR A GOOD CAUES

AS MANY IF YOU KNOW, I PARTICIPATE IN TWO CAUSES CLOSE TO MY HEART; RACE FOR THE CURE AND MS WALK!

ON MARCH 15, I JOINED SEVERAL MEN AND WOMEN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER! THIS YEAR, I CONVINCED ENOUGH PEOPLE TO JOIN ME... WE MADE A TEAM: THE PINK RIBBONS! IT CONSISTED OF MYSELF, SARA, JENNY, EMILY, RHONDA, KATI, AND VERONICA.OUR TEAM DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN RAISING $500 :) WAY TO GO PINK RIBBONS!!!!

FOR MYSELF, THIS WAS THE 6TH YEAR BEING INVOLVED WITH THE RACE FOR A CURE. BY FAR IT'S THE BIGGEST TURN OUT! WHAT A GREAT FEELING I HAVE WHEN I CROSS THE FINISH LINE. EVERY YEAR I BECOME MORE INSPIRED BY SEEING ALL THESE WOMEN (AND MEN) WHO HAVE BEAT BREAST CANCER AND STILL HAVE AMAZING SPIRITS.

AGAIN ON APRIL 5, I HELPED TO FIND A CURE FOR MULTIPLE SCOLIOSIS! THIS CAUSE I VERY DEAR TO MY HEART.. DUE TO MY AUNT BEING DIAGNOSED WITH MS A FEW YEARS AGO. I WAS JOINED BY MY SISTER, ERIC, TYLER, AND LORI... THIS WAS OUR SECOND YEAR AND GOING STRONG! OUR TEAM: ELIZABETH TAYLOR RAISED $185 :)

I KNEW ONCE WE APPROACHED THE FINISH LINE... WE HAD COME ONE STEP CLOSER TO HELPING SEVERAL IN NEED!
I MAY NOT LIVE WITH THESE DISEASE AND IT MAY NOT EFFECT MY DAILY ACTIVITIES BUT I WORK AT PLACE WHERE I SEE OTHERS LIVING WITH THE STRUGGLES EVERYDAY. I BELIEVE IF WE ALL PITCHED IN A LITTLE, IT CAN HELP TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!! REMEMBER ALWAYS: LIVE EVERY MOMENT... FOR THIS MOMENT MAY BE YOUR LAST!