Susan Komen 3 DAY WALK 2009: Sixty miles of inspiration!

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2009 SUSAN KOMEN 3 DAY WALK: Everyone Deserves a Lifetime!

Welcome to my Susan Komen 3 Day Walk lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2009 Susan Komen 3 Day Walk|fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens:

First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and updated information on the amazing Susan Komen breast cancer organization, the 3 day Walk events, information on what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself! Re: Custom Buttons | Buttons of Hope - Putting a face on fundraising | North Carolina

Second, I'd like to introduce myself and Buttons of Hope for your consideration. I started Buttons of Hope to give people like you a way to personalize your cause. Rather than just scribbling a name on the back of your t-shirt -- now you can easily create your own custom photo button to honor a loved one or support a friend. Imagine if everyone at the 3 Day wore a button with the smiling face of a loved one, WOW! [more on Buttons of Hope and me below]

So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around -- I hope you will find this a useful and fun resource and please consider wearing a photo button in honor of your loved one ~ together we can put a face on breast cancer!

PLEASE SEE MY POLL BELOW 80% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ANSWERED SAID THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST 3 DAY WALK --I SAY THAT DESERVES A BIG OLE' HIGH FIVE!

Did you know Susan Komen has their own channel on YouTube?

Talk about an "inspiration network"! Be sure to check out all the "official" and fun user submitted videos on the Susan Komen for the Cure and The 3 Day on the Susan Komen YouTube channel!

YouTube - KomenfortheCure's Channel

Click on the videos to go to the Susan Komen Channel!

WORDLE THE SUSAN KOMEN 3 DAY LENS

Just For Fun

Found this really cool web toy called WORDLE (Thanks Jonathan Feinberg) Wordle takes the most frequently used words in a blog or lens and shows them in a "word cloud". Most frequent words appear bigger, neat! Here is the cloud for this Susan Komen 3 Day lens.

Wordle Applet

The offical Susan Komen For the Cure 3 Day Walk website

Handy link for your walk and fundraising...

2008 Susan Komen 3 day Homepage

Breast Cancer 3 Day: Benefiting Susan G Komen for the Cure on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Whether you're new to the Susan Komen 3-Day or an old pro, your journey begins here. A Get Started Meeting will provide you with the information and inspiration you are looking for...(more)
Calendar of Events
Find out everything about your local Susan Komen 3 Day at get started meetings, training walks and more...
Register here...

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Step up and get ready to walk the walk! Choose your 3-Day below to register today.
Volunteer here
Working on the breast cancer 3-Day walk, you serve as the backbone of the event - bringing it to life and becoming the support system for the walkers every step of the way.
Walk with a team...

Breast Cancer 3 Day: Benefiting Susan G Komen for the Cure on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Participating on a team means that your friends will be by your side all 60 miles of the event and in camp at night. If your team becomes one of our top teams, your fundraising and recruitment efforts will be recognized on the 3-Day website and on the event.
Fundraising help...
Additional tools are provided on this website, where you'll find sample fundraising letters, a fundraising idea library, posters and business cards to download and many other tools to guide you on your 3-Day journey.

Nancy Brinker on the breast cancer fight!

Inspire More | Scribble Less with Buttons of Hope!

You know how it is, the morning of the walk ten minutes before the start and you're hurriedly scribbling the names of loved ones on your back!

At Buttons of Hope we make is super easy for you to make custom photo buttons of all your loved ones before the walk. You know why you're walking ~ now you can proudly show them for WHO!


Less Scribbling....

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More Inspiring....

My sign

Glad you're here, will you do me a favor?

I am thrilled to have so many people, stopping by my 3 Day lens ~ I know it's that time of year.

Here's the favor with so many visitors I am perplexed why more people are not making photo buttons to wear during the walk!

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NEW! Buttons of Hope founder Mike Gibbons talks about his passion & Race for the Cure!

Read Mike's Behind the Button blog post about the video and the work he is doing with charity walks and missing children!
Buttons of Hope's Mike Gibbons on the Debra Kennedy Show
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Once-A-Year Walker's Survival Kit

How to Make it Through a Charity Walk

If About.com's Wendy Bumgardner is not THE expert on walking then I don't know who is! She does a nice job with a special report for Once-A-Year charity walkers. Watch the video "5 Walking Mistakes to Avoid"

Get a Better Walking Workout- Five Walking Mistakes to Avoid Video - About.com

Click on the walkers to watch the video!

NEW Susan G Komen TV!

Videos about Susan G Komen and the 3 Day Walk

Informative and Inspiring videos** about Susan Komen Race for the Cure & The 3 Day Walk to end breast cancer. New on my Squid Channel

Watch, Vote, & Add (your own)

**brought to you by YouTube & SquidVids

80% OF SQUIDOO VISITORS DOING THEIR 1ST KOMEN 3 DAY!!!

Pretty interesting and very cool results for our informal poll (see below) Godspeed on your first Susan Komen 3 Day Walk!

Squidoo : Lensmaster Workshop

Sheryl Crow and breast cancer

Sheryl Crow talks about her return to Congress to push for the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

Click on Sheryl to watch the video

Buttons of Hope in Southpark Magazine!

I am honored to be chosen as South Park (Charlotte NC) magazine's Snapshot for March 2008! Buttons of Hope is my passion & I hope this helps everyone understand just how powerful custom photo buttons & putting a face on your cause can be!
read the article here | Photo Buttons Focus on People
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Make your own custom photo button to wear in honor of a loved one.

To the world it may be just a photo button, but to one person that photo button may be the world!

Try something new this year! Show them WHO you're walking for. Honor a loved one or support a friend by wearing a custom photo button with their picture at your 2008 3 Day Susan Komen walk.

Make your custom button today at Buttons of Hope


  1. No Minimum - make one custom photo button if you like

  2. Upload a photo and add custom curved text

  3. $1 from each photo button donated to Susan G Komen

Energize your fundraising...Motivate your team... and Inspire yourself! Put a face on your cause.

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Great resource on breast cancer at About.com

"Whether your interest in Breast Cancer is from the perspective of a newly diagnosed patient, concerned family member or friend of a patient, or someone who wants to reduce their risk of breast cancer, this site is for you." Pam Stephan, About.com

Knitted Boob - Do-It-Yourself Breast Prosthesis
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'Be the change you wish to see in the world'..said Ghandi

Battling breast cancer is hard work. Hard work to overcome it, for the people affected. Hard work to treat it, for doctors and other healthcare professionals. And hard work to find the causes and cures, for breast cancer researchers. That's why we walk so far on the Breast Cancer 3-Day. To honor the fact that, while a world without breast cancer is possible, getting there requires hard work.

Though the fundraising minimum is $2200, the average amount raised per walker is actually $3000! It's just what happens when you bring passion and commitment to such an important endeavor. DO SOMETHING BOLD

Garth Brooks "Pink Edition" CD

Put a Spring in your Susan Komen 3 Day Training!

Garth Brooks has joined forces with Susan G. Komen for the Cure in the promise to end breast cancer forever, with the release of the "Pink Edition" of The Ultimate Hits album. The album is a new 3-disc set, and contains 30 classics, 3 new songs and a bonus track on two CDs. For every "Pink Edition" of The Ultimate Hits album sold, $10 will go to Komen for the Cure. ORDER YOURS HERE

breast cancer 3 Day Walk

You get the picture!

Ronan Keating by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer
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Ronan Keating by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer
Ronan Keating by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer
Ronan Keating by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer
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Absolutely everything you need to know about walking from Wendy Bumgardner!

Whether it's your first charity walk or you are a fundraising champ - Wendy's posts at About.com are interesting and informative. This is really good stuff!

April Showers: Walking in the Rain
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I'm curious about You & the Susan Komen 3 Day

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SO WHO IS THIS BUTTON MAN?

So who is this guy Michael Gibbons and what are Buttons of Hope? I think if you watch this video you'll understand my passion and meet some of the people we have helped!

Custom Buttons | Buttons of Hope - Putting a face on fundraising | North Carolina

Click on Mike's head to see what people have to say!

What am I thinking? Michael Gibbons' Behind the Button blog

Inspired stories about the people behind the photo buttons we make & some thoughts on fundraising & charities from the founder of Buttons of Hope.

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    mukunda22 May 8, 2009 @ 8:52 pm | delete
    Great work for Breast Cancer (eradication!)

    And congrats on the Purple Star!!
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    Tipi May 8, 2009 @ 8:43 pm | delete
    I fell in love with this lens. Congratulations on the Purple Star, it is well deserved om this lens. I'm going to feature this on Charity Assessment where I am collecting lenses to feature there. - Thank you for making this lens on the Susan Komen 3 Day!
    I'm as proud of you as I can be...in the most positive way. - Susie
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    Joan4 May 8, 2009 @ 7:58 pm | delete
    As a former director for the March of Dimes in our area of SC, I am astounded at the brilliance and the simplicity of the Buttons of Hope! Yes, the buttons make the cause real - with real people! Congratulations on your beautiful purple star, too! Your lens is also blessed by a joyful Squid Angel.
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    Susan52 May 8, 2009 @ 6:12 pm | delete
    Wow, awesome lens. Congratulations on the purple star!
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    tandemonimom May 8, 2009 @ 10:46 am | delete
    Great job, and congrats on the purple star!
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EASTER EGGS! huh?

That's the nickname for great things found on the web!

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My 3 Day Training

My 3 Day Walk Training

The 3 Day is what got me started in trying to make a difference when it comes to breast cancer so I'm keeping the name it's always been.
2007 Michigan Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk

2008 Michigan Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk

Amanda and Carrie, a.k.a. The Pink Ribbon Gibbons, are at it again! This year the Michigan Three Day Breast Cancer Walk will be held September 28-30th. The walk begins at Oakland Community College in Farmington Hills (a few miles away from where I grew up!) and closing ceremonies will be held at the
YouTube - Breast Cancer 3-Day - Philadelphia 2007
This is the 3-Day, 60 mile Breast Cancer walk on October 5-7, 2007 through the streets of Philadelphia.
YouTube - Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer Walk 2006
YouTube - Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Our 30 second Public Service Announcement that visually conveys Susan G. Komen for the Cure's unwavering commitment to ending breast cancer.
ReMax & Susan G. Komen for the Cure
2008 marks the seventh year of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and RE/MAX International's partnership in the Komen Race for the CureĀ® National Series Breast Cancer Survivor Recognition Program.
Inside RE/MAX | Racing for Life

Inside RE/MAX | Corporate Information | Community Involvement | Racing for Life

RE/MAX contributes "I'm a Survivor" pink tee-shirts, caps, "In Honor of" and "In Memory of" back-signs, and program banners for each race. RE/MAX Associates who are breast cancer survivors
Custom Photo Buttons | Buttons of Hope - Putting a face on fundraising

Custom Buttons | Buttons of Hope - Putting a face on fundraising | North Carolina

Buttons of Hope is changing the face of fundraising, making it easier, more fun and more rewarding for charities One photo button at a time!
Interesting Study: Breast Self-Exams: No Survival Benefit From Monthly Screening
Doing a breast self-exam doesn't improve breast cancer survival, and it makes biopsies of benign breast lumps more likely, an updated research review shows.
Cancer survivor takes team to Boston for Komen foundation walk - Evening Sun
Boston Susan Komen Race for the Cure
Important!

Walk in the 2009 Susan G Komen 3 Day Walk to end breast cancer & Remember to Put a Face on Your Cause!

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"A year ago Mike Gibbons had never done any fund-raising. Now he hopes
to change the world"
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