May 21, 2011

Komen Race for the Cure

Okay, I registered for the Komen Race for the Cure. Despite the sea of pink and my issues with Komen's lower of support of research (25% of dollars raised locally) vs. focus on early detection (75%), Rik and I will walk with the Hadassah Heelers on June 5.

You can make a donation on my personal page by clicking here

Almost as soon as I posted the news to Facebook, I got a notice that I had already received one donation! Thank you M for your support. All others: I do really believe that there are better places to donate that fund larger dollar amounts and percentages to breast cancer research for a cure. (See my post Pinktober.) But Komen is the 600 pound gorilla of breast cancer advocacy, and they are worth supporting if indeed they can find a cure.

Especially in time for me to benefit from it.


2 comments:

  1. We may have to rely more heavily on Komen if Planned Parenthood funding is cut off all over the country. PP is a forerunner in women's health and early detection. Komen may have to step up to the plate in a big way. BTW, I walk every year for my sister...8 years no recurrence.

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  2. Hahaha before I read this, I had **just** posted an unfavorable reply to someone who said I should do this 5k, and sent two links from your blog. :)

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