Twin Cities 3 Day For The Cure



Mary Jo in front of the stated capital at the closing ceremony

 

Mary Jo and I volunteered again this year to be "Crew" members for the Susan G. Komen 3 Day For The Cure.  This years Twin Cities event was held this past weekend, August 19-21.  It involved 2100 walkers and 425 crew, covered 60 miles over three days and together we raised over $5 million to fight breast cancer.  Mary Jo and I along with two close friends, Randy and Nichole were assigned to "Route Hydration".  We as a team were responsible to supply and re-supply water and sports drinks to all the "pit stops" and "grab-n-go's" along the 60 mile, 3 day route to support the walkers.  My crew did a great job.  I am not going to lie, it was a lot of heavy lifting, starting very early in the morning and working late into the day but it was all worth it.  Mary Jo did a great job (so did Randy and Nichole) and was even selected to be among the 20 survivors in the closing ceremony to come down from the main stage to the center ring, a real honor. 

I was honored to be recognized during the Friday evening entertainment show at camp as the "Top Crew Fundraiser" for the second year in a row.  With your help we raised $6445 for the 2011 3 Day thanks to all of you how generously donated.


Kevin accepting award as "Top Crew Fundraiser"

 

Ready for the 3 Day

Mary Jo is doing well days.  The negative side effects from her chemo and radiation treatments such as "chemo brain" (memory loss, difficulty concentrating) aching muscles and joints, constant feeling of exhaustion all the are slowly but surely diminishing.  Mary Jo has been back to work at Delta Airline since June and jumped right back into flying international trips to Amsterdam.  She will continue to take a daily dose for 4 more years of Anastrozole the generic name for Arimidex which is a class of medications called nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitors. It works by decreasing the amount of estrogen Mary Jo's body makes. This drug can slow or stop the growth of many types of breast cancer cells that need estrogen to grow and  Mary Jo's cancer was estrogen receptor positive.  The drug has side some effects but Mary Jo is tolerating it well. 

Mary Jo and I are preparing for this weekends big event, the Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure.  We have been doing everything we can to raise money and awareness to this important cause and we have just a few days left to reach our fundraising goal.   Mary Jo and I want to thank everyone who has already contributed.  If you would like to donate, just click here or click on the "Donate" link to the right. 

The Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure is a 60-mile walk over the course of three days, August 19-21. Mary Jo and I have volunteered to serve as road crew members and our job title is "route hydration". Our four member team will be responsible for supplying and re-supplying water and sports drinks along the route to all the walkers at this year’s event.  The events public opening and closing ceremonies are a very powerful emotionally and I would highly recommend you try to attend one or both this year.  Opening ceremony is held in Edina, Friday morning at 7:00 am in the south east corner of the parking lot at Southdale shopping center and the closing ceremony is held Sunday afternoon at 4:30 pm in front of the sate capital in St Paul.