National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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How Do you PINK? Gal to Gal Virtual Walk

Written on October 21, 2009 by Michele in Everything Else

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This past Saturday, I ran a 5k with my family, so I’m all about the walking and running this week. I heard about a Gal to Gal Virtual Walk to raise money for breast cancer and I had to join in. For $5, I create a virtual walker (looks a bit like me I think) and she is now walking the country with a bunch of other wonderful virtual people. How cool is that?

Click on the picture, create your own virtual walker and walk with me. It is a $5 donation and you can join the “How do you PINK?” team.

Search for me when you join. I am (of course) ScrappinMichele. That is me up there in the pink jogging suit.

Let me know in the comments if you joined me in my virtual Gal to Gal Walk.

Here is the fabulous group of women I’ve teamed up this month for the Breast Cancer Awareness month campaign. Each day we will do a “How do you PINK?” post. Below is the schedule. Be sure to stop by everyone’s blog and join our MckLinky with your “How do you PINK?” post.

Mondays: Momma’Tudes
Tuesdays: Jen Hinton.com
Wednesdays: Scraps of My Geek Life
Thursdays: Faith, Hope, and Love
Fridays: Cheryl Budge.com & Childhood Clothing
Saturdays: Bantering Blonde
Sundays: A Busy Mommy

Social Causes: Tweets For Boobs. (socialmediaclub.org)
Help Me #BeatCancer (takepart.com)

Tags: BreastCancer, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

How Do You PINK? Week 2

Written on October 15, 2009 by Michele in Everything Else

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I’ve teamed up with a fabulous group of women to join the Breast Cancer Awareness month campaign. Each day we will do a “How do you PINK?” post. Below is the schedule. Be sure to stop by everyone’s blog and join our MckLinky with your “How do you PINK?” post.

I’m a day late (and probably a dollar short too). We have been fighting this flu bug in our house for 4 weeks now. The doctor says it’s H1N1, but he isn’t testing us. But just about the time everyone is well for about 4 days and I think we are over it, BAM…someone gets sick. Yesterday my 6 yr old had a fever and my stomach and head were all messed up.

Honestly, I have a difficult time writing about breast cancer mostly because I have not had it affect my life personally. Last Friday, I took over @banteringblonde’s MomActive Blog Talk Radio show. I did some research about breast cancer and I was really surprised at some of the statistics and information:

In 2009, there will be over 190,000 new cases of breast cancer and over 40,000 women will die of breast cancer
Breast cancer is a random disease. It does NOT always run in families
95% of the women with breast cancer are over the age of 40
1 in 8 women will get breast cancer

Those numbers just seemed enormous to me, but what really scared me the most?