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The Breast Cancer 3-Day

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

It’s almost here! This Thursday, Pizza and I are flying out to Texas to walk in the Breast Cancer 3-Day. I wanted to share some info here in case anyone is interested in following it. All of this info can be found on the DFW 3-Day Supporter Guide.

WEBCAM

There will be a live webcam from camp (Video only, no aidio). See riveting footage of a couple thousand people shuffling about in pain. The camera will be on from 2 pm to 9 pm on Friday and Saturday evening.  To visit, click on the link above to the Supporter Guide and follow directions.

CHEER

If you are in the Dallas area, you can stop by cheering stations to hoot and holler at us. These stations are:

Friday, November 7:

9:00 am – 10:30 am
Collin Creek Crossing (Syms & Hobby Lobby)
800 – 900 West 15th Street, Plano
Please park in parking spaces closest to 15th St.

12:45 pm – 5:00 pm
Albertson’s
4625 Frankford Rd., Dallas
Please do not park in front of other stores

Saturday, November 8:

7:30 am – 9:45 am
Carrollton Plaza Supermarket
3040 N Josey Ln, Carrollton

10:15 am – 1:45 pm
Kroger Signature
3305 N. Dallas Pkwy, Plano
Park behind store on Communications Pkwy. Please do not park in front of other stores.

Sunday, November 9:

7:45 am – 9:45 am
Prestonwood Town Center – Walmart
SE corner of Arapaho & Montfort/Knoll Trail
15220 Montfort Rd, Dallas
Park north of Walmart – closest to Arapaho

SEND ME A LETTER

Please send letters to:
Breast Cancer 3-Day Camp Post Office
ATTN: INSERT NAME OF PARTICIPANT
5100 Eldorado Parkway
PMB 539
McKinney, TX  75070

Never mind, it’s probably too late to send it. Oh well.

GET EMAIL UPDATES

Thanks to my Jack Bauer Blackberry (Jackberry?), I’ll be sending interested supporters emails from the event. These updates may not exactly be magnificent prose. In fact, you can expect something like “MY FEET HURT” and “HOT DAMN, THIS REST STOP HAS PB&J!” or “I GOT A BLISTER THAT LOOKS LIKE A BREAST IMPLANT!”. But if you’re interested in receiving them, email me at karenbgarrett (at) gmail (dot) com.

CHECK THIS BLOG

Next week when I get home, I’ll post pictures and stories of the event.

Thanks everyone!

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What is Karen’s News?

Monday, April 7th, 2008

I bet you thought I was pregnant, didn’t you?

Nope!

Instead, my news is that I’m going to ask you to again open up your wallets, purses and manbags in support of boobies, because I’ve decided to participate again in the Breast Cancer 3-Day. This year, I’ll be walking November 7-9th in the Dallas/Fort Worth event.
Longtime readers coming from my former blog, FNUR FNUR know that I did the 3-Day in 2006, two weeks before my wedding. Longtime readers also know that before my wedding, I was an idiot. (Now I am a married idiot). But I did raise over $2,300 for breast cancer research, education, prevention and treatment for men and women all over the world. It was an honest-to-goodness life-changing experience, and I still get choked up talking about it.

This year, I have a few things going for me that I did not have the first time. 1) I have one under my belt so I know what to expect. 2) I’m not getting married or participating in any other incredibly stressful/wonderful/intensive event any time near the 3-Day. And 3) Pizza is going to be walking with me! This is her first time doing the 3-Day, and I’m so excited that I can share this experience with her.

Of course, I’ll be posting updates on training, fundraising, blisters, random thoughts that occurred to us while walking, and desperate pleads to Dana to help me figure out why my knee is doing something weird.

Meanwhile, I ask you to dig deep into your Jack Bauer manbags and donate to show your support of breastesess. Whether you have them or just like to cop a feel, please support the fight to protect them. At the current rate of the disease, ten million women across the world could die from breast cancer in the next 25 years. Through funding and awareness, we can increase the number of survivors and eventually FIND A CURE. Thank you all so much for your support – whatever you can give is VERY appreciated.

DONATE NOW! 

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A reminder from your friendly neighborhood Spiderman

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Spiderman says,

HEY! YOU!

Don’t you like Erik? Don’t you like Karen?

Don’t you like boobs?

Then head over to Karen’s Avon Walk Page – she and Erik are going to be on the crew for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Charlotte next month. We’ll be supporting the 1300+ walkers raising awareness and funds to eradicate breast cancer in our lifetime. So why don’t you go to Karen’s Avon Walk Page and cough up some scratch? Do it for Erik. Do it for Karen. Do it for boobs.

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