Talkin with Teenie: Racing for the Cure

October 28, 2009

Racing for the Cure

By Classroom Confessions @ http://classroomconfessions.wordpress.com

When I hear the words “Breast Cancer” I immediately think Race for the Cure.

Why you ask? Well, I have been lucky. I have been lucky enough to have never experienced breast cancer myself, nor known anyone close to me who has been affected.

And yet I want to help because millions of women and men are affected by this disease yearly. So
many others loose their mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, and
daughters to this terrible disease. I want to do whatever I can to make
the number of those who have to suffer get smaller and smaller each day.

My
own experience with cancer came through another form. In 2007 I spent
weeks in the hospital with my college boyfriend watching his father
slowly die in a hospice of melanoma that had spread to his major
organs. I know that all types of cancer; melanoma, breast, lymphoma,
leukemia and others; are killing so many people in our world. Race for the Cure and events like it, allow us to make a difference so that others will not have to suffer or watch their loved ones suffer.

This Saturday, on October 17^th, I will be Racing for the Cure once again. In addition, on October 17^th, I will Light the Night in honor of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (http://www.lightthenight.org).

I
race for the lost, the survivors; I race because I could one day be a
victim. I race because it could happen to me. It could happen to my
mother or sisters. I want a future where my daughters and granddaughters will one day have a chance to live without fear of dying from this disease. I race to help them celebrate all their birthdays- not to be cut short by a cancer within.

I hope you’ll join me this year in Racing for the Cure. It’s easy to participate (they even have a Sleep for the Cure option). To contribute or find a race in your area, visit http://www.komen.org.

Please don't forget to donate by clicking here for Keep a Breast or here for Susan G Komen.

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****Kara @ Incredible Women has also gone pink this month. Please head over to her blog to check out the great stories and the PINK giveaway!****

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By Classroom Confessions @ http://classroomconfessions.wordpress.com

When I hear the words “Breast Cancer” I immediately think Race for the Cure.

Why you ask? Well, I have been lucky. I have been lucky enough to have never experienced breast cancer myself, nor known anyone close to me who has been affected.