Avon Walk for Breast Cancer

Hi all.

On July 9th - 10th my wife will be doing the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. She has been training and fundraising since January. She has been training very hard to prepare herself for this long walk for breast cancer. She is current a little under 2/3 of the way to completing her fundraising goal.

The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer is about raising funds to help those affected by breast cancer, and about increasing awareness of the disease.

Did you know: that a new case of breast cancer is diagnosed every 3 minutes?* (* U.S. Statistics; American Cancer Society)

They will walk 39.3 miles over two days to show their strength and commitment to fighting breast cancer. They are dedicating their time to raise funds to provide access to care and find a cure. Most importantly, they walk because every three minutes there’s a new reason to join us in the fight against breast cancer.

Each walker commits to raising a minimum of $1800 for the cause. That may sound like a lot, and it is. We want to raise as much money as possible to continue to provide access to care and work toward finding a cure for breast cancer.

I would really appreciate it if you could donate to this fund raiser. Anything helps.

You can go to this domain that forwards you to her Avon Walk for Breast Cancer page:

http://www.emmacouhault.com

Some mind blowing facts:

1. It's estimated that three million women are living with breast
cancer - and one-third of them don't know it yet.

2. A new case of breast cancer is diagnosed every 3 minutes.

3. Breast cancer kills approximately 40,000 a year. That's one every 14 minutes!

4. No one knows what causes breast cancer, or how it can be
prevented, and there is no known cure.

5. Men can get breast cancer, too.

*There is no cure for breast cancer. Early detection is still the best defense.

 

Just donated...

 

thanks spdude I really appreciate it. my wife thanks you as well.



remember it is for a good cause and your donation is tax deductable. ;-)

Thanks,

Juls

 

yes it is a well worth cause i feel and something thats worth donating to i wish i could have gave more since its a tax wright off plus i know it is going to a good cause

 

thanks for sharing the facts. usually, charities are always deducted from your taxes.

 

Thanks for the donation Boston_JM we really appreciate it. Just got back from the fireworks Still short by ~$750 before she meets her required fundraising goal.

If anyone can donate it would be very appreciated.

Tom, ya you are right. Any donations to a 501c3(non-profit) is always tax deductable. The good thing is that when you donate to the Avon Walk they automatically give you the tax deductable form.

Thanks,

Juls

 

That is indeed a well worth cause. I am seriously considering it.

 

thanks, we really appreciate it.

the DP is a great forum and I am sure you will love it.

 

it's really nice to see that US people are working on breast cancer issue. I have my plans for next couple of months to make peeple aware of all types cancer and i am about make a site on that where i will be telling how, when n where to diagnose . Where can you get cheap and best treatment in the world . We will be helping out all needy people who don have money to spend for cancer treatment. I might calling them to india as its very cheap here and we have the better tecnology. i india we have treament for some diseases which no one has in this world. Recently one of my cousin, who was 3 yrs old and had blood cancer , got survived and got right treatment even at the last stage. But now he is no more coz of an accident.I have seen so many foreign tourist are coming to india for cancer,heart disease and dental health etc.
So if anyone needs any consultation or information then feel free ask me and i would request everyone to raise fund for http://www.emmacouhault.com

 

thanks westhaven.

I appreciate the support.

 

Since I originally posted this thread asking for help to fundraise for breast cancer awareness her fundraising funds went up by nearly $150.

Thank you DP & the members that have donated.

If anyone else is interested we would appreciate the donation.

The event/deadline is coming up this friday.