As I was driving the other day, I heard a commercial for the Chicago Susan G. Komen 3-Day event. My grandmother is a breast cancer survivor and I have done many Race for the Cure and Relay for Life events in the past. As I was listening to the radio I could not even fathom completing an event like the 3-Day....walking 60 miles in 3 days. I had actually looked into doing last year's event but when I did my research, there was one thing that kept me from doing it....fundraising.
As a 3-Day participant, you are required to raise $2,300. It's a nice chunk of change. If you do not raise the minimum amount, you don't walk. It would be a shame to work so hard at reaching out for support and not be able to celebrate the hard work. I decided that I would take the chance this year.
I knew from the NKOTBSB tour this summer that New Kid, Danny Wood, also has his own organization called Remembering Betty, in honor of his mother who's life was taken by breast cancer. I knew that even though I would be walking in honor of my grandmother, Shirley Rich, it might be beneficial to look at joining a Team Betty for the support and resources that they would be able to provide through Remembering Betty. After doing some research, I discovered that a Team Betty had not been formed yet for the Chicago 3-Day....until now. I would like to introduce you to the team captain of Team Betty for the Chicago 3-Day. I've had amazing support from other Team Betty members across the nation as far as giving me the confidence I need to make this commitment. The Chicago Team Betty is comprised of one member so far...me. I do have one other member that will join me in February and two potential members trying to make a decision. If you would like to join, please contact me.
So, now I have made the decision to devote the next 6 months to training and fundraising for, what I can only imagine, an amazing event. However, I NEED help! Would you please consider making a $5, $10, $20 donation today? I know that the economy is not ideal, but even a small donation of $5, when made by enough people can make a difference. Click on the "donate" button below to be my first donor!
Backstreet Boys fans (and New Kids fans) always try so hard to try to impress their guys. Why don't you try to show them what an amazing heart you have.
There are approximately 20,000 BSB Fan Club members. One can assume that at least 90% of them are female. This means that there are 18,000 female fan club members. 1 in 8 U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. I know that there are fans from all over the world on this site, but for the purpose of my point we are just going to go with this statistic. That means that 2,000 of these fan club women could develop breast cancer. Are you friends with at least 7 other fan club members? YOU could be the one that develops this disease, as much as we all want to believe that we are invincible.
From 1995 to 2005, breast cancer incidence rates in the United States decreased by about 2% each year, mostly seen in women aged 50 and older. One theory is that this was due to the reduced use of hormone replacement therapy after the results of a study were published in 2002 that suggests a connection between HRT and increased breast cancer risk. However, notice that those younger than 50...AKA 99% of Backstreet fans, have the same chance of developing breast cancer as we did 7 years ago.
Research and education is what helps to give a chance of survival to more women. In order to accomplish this research, money is needed. That is why organizations such as the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Remembering Betty do events such as Race for the Cure and the Susan G. Komen 3-Day.
We all have so much more in common than just our love for the Backstreet Boys. We are strong, powerful women...who all have a chance of developing breast cancer. Let's join together and try to win this battle by finding a cure. It's worth the fight....
Once again, you can donate by clicking on the donate button below. Thank you in advance for your support.
Thank you so much for doing this. you are awesome!!1
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