AVON Walk for Breast Cancer

Hello everyone!

I wanted to take a minute to thank you again for your support and donations towards such an incredible cause: The AVON Walk for Breast Cancer. I just completed the walk yesterday, and I won't lie, it was HARD! The truth is, I wouldn't have been able to do it without your contributions! The first step towards the walk was meeting the fundraising goal.

I am proud to say that my team mate and I raised almost $4200!!! What started out as an effort to show a friend we cared, and honor the lives and memories of many women in our lives, turned into an amazing experience. All of the months of training, power bars, gatorades, and bandages could not prepare us for the journey that we made over the last 2 days.

It was very emotional and inspirational, and I met some INCREDIBLE men and women along the route: families walking with each other, children working crew whose moms had breast cancer, daughters walking in their mom/aunt/grandmother's memory, men walking with or for their wives, volunteers whose lives themselves have been touched by breast cancer, and who travel the country just to help at these events, friends walking for and with friends, many repeat walkers, but most inspirational were the survivors themselves, and those currently suffering from cancer walking themselves!!!

I was truly touched by these people, and so happy to have been able to walk and make a small contribution in the fight against breast cancer. This year's Charlotte AWBC had over 1200 participants and raised over $2,300,000!!! Much of that money will be spent in the Charlotte region to fight breast cancer and help patients in this area.

Thank you again for your support! I have been so touched by everyone's support and encouragement through this process, and I couldn't have made it without you guys! I have attached a photo of my friend and team mate, Beth, at the finish line! Beth kept me going, and was super cheerful throughout it all!!! Thanks Beth!

I walked because I could, and I am glad that I did! I walked today to help find a cure for tomorrow.

Thank you again,

Andrea