My Hair Chopping Adventure

June 27th, 2007 marked the 9 year anniversary of my father's passing away from cancer. In honor of him, I chopped off my hair and donated it to Beautiful Lengths, which is an organization that collects donated hair to make wigs for women who have lost their hair from the treatments needed to fight cancer.


Here is the after photo...much better than the before photo shown below. I hate having my picture taken alone so Sarah was such a good sport and had her picture taken with me. Thanks Sarah!


Here is the photo taken before my hair went on the chopping block.

Benefit Garage Sale - Extreme Adventure

With amazing support from my family and friends, we were able to pull off a very successful garage sale in which ALL proceeds went to my Breast Cancer 3-Day fundraising. The sale raised a total of $977.50, which allowed me to reach my minimum goal of $2200 for The 3 Day. So many people who stopped in and purchased gave extra for the cause. It was truly amazing and uplifting to see such generosity and support from my hometown community. Thank you to everyone who helped with the event (before, during and after) and to all of those who made purchases and donated above and beyond my wildest expectations.


A few of my awesome family that helped me continuously to make this sale happen.


A true supporter of the event, this great lady came to shop the garage sale sporting her 3-Day shirt that she received from doing the event years ago. She mentioned to me that back when she did the walk, their minimum dollar amount they needed to raise was only $100.



I think we frightened the UPS driver a bit when we ran to greet him at the truck since he was delivering our "Cancer Sucks" gear. Perfect timing from "brown". Not for certain, but I think I heard squealing tires as he darted away...he couldn't get out of there fast enough :-)

My 3 Day Adventure - Awareness Weekend and Benefit Concert DATE SET!!!

We are starting week 12 and anticipation to the weekend of the walk continues to build. There is still much going on in preparation, but one thing that I wanted to get the word out on is a fund-raising event that will be taking place at Melvin's the weekend of July 13-15th. More details will follow as the event plans are made and confirmed, so please check back to my blog! The Feature Presentation will be Jeff James performing a benefit concert on July 15th...it's something you won't want to miss so please mark your calendars and join in on the fun while raising money for a cure!