This is NOT School related, but I am trying to get the word out!

Dear Family and Friends,

When I heard that one in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer, I thought about people I know and if any of them had been diagnosed. I realized that I have a good friend who lost his mom, a cousin who lost her mother-in-law, my step-siblings’ mom is undergoing treatment right now, and my friends Vicki and Susan are breast cancer SURVIVORS!! All of these people in my life have been affected by breast cancer. I don’t have a lot of money, and I can’t find a cure for cancer, but I found out that there was something that I could do.

I’m walking in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Breast Cancer 3-Day November 7-9, 2008. We begin at 7:00am at the famous Southfork Ranch and finish THREE DAYS LATER at Southern Methodist University – Dallas Hall.

It’s a three-day, 60-mile (yes, SIXTY-MILE) walk that raises funds for Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund. The walk was begun because everyone deserves a lifetime. Every mother, every sister, every daughter, every family member male or female deserves to know a life free from breast cancer.

It’s going to be tough to fit fundraising and training into my busy school schedule, but I know I can do it. I’m going to raise $5000.00 for the cause. I will admit that it sounds like a whole lot of money for me to raise but I know I am not doing it alone. Here’s where you come in. You can support me by making a donation. I hope that you will acknowledge that I am challenging myself a great deal and putting myself, body and soul, through a whole lot to do a good thing. My hope is that you will see the amount of hard work I am doing to help eradicate breast cancer and will give what you can to support me and all women!

Follow the link below to visit my personal fundraising webpage and make a donation. If you don’t want to give online, you can fill out the donation form and send in your donation via mail. (To my international friends, the mail-in form doesn’t apply to you, only the on-line option.)

Thank you for your support. I’d appreciate it if you could make your donation by October 30, 2008, so I’ll have plenty of time to reach my goal. I’ll keep you updated on my progress as I fundraise and train – and send you a picture of me on the finish line!
Thanks so much for all the love, help and support!!

Mylynka – A Breast Cancer 3 Day Walker

To donate on-line type this into your web browser:
http://08.the3day.org/site/TR/Walk/DallasFtWorthEvent?px=1656489&pg=personal&fr_id=1184&et=-aPPzCqF1vaJ15r3jwyXHg..&s_tafId=6307 OR go to www.the3day.org, click on the “Take Action” tab, click on “Donate” and search for me by name. I am the ONLY Mylynka Kilgore there! ☺