unless it's for a good reason. (and allstate isn't a good reason.)
but breasts are.
A note from the two ladies pictured above:
In July, the two intrepid young women pictured above will spend the first solid chunk of time they've had together in years. The inspiration is the Avon Breast Cancer Two-Day Walk in San Francisco--a cause that hits us, cousins, close to home. Breast cancer runs in our family, but that family also has a very lucky record of survival, paying only the relatively small cost of chemotherapy, radiation and lumpectomy.
But we realize our luck. And we realize that the family members who have had cancer have also been those who have had health insurance--a factor that exponentially increases one's chances of survival, both due to early detection (through regular, low-cost checkups) and access to treatment.
Nearly 46 million Americans are uninsured. Eight in ten of those are from working families. That could easily be our families. It could very easily be yours.
One way to help the women who can't afford treatment is to make sure that solutions are developed that make sure that the cure (and indeed, the prevention) is more streamlined, more effective and less costly. The Avon Foundation works to improve breast cancer treatment--letting women get back to their families, to their work and to their lives with minimal interruption.
Join us as we celebrate our family's cancer survival stories. Contribute to our goal of raising $3,600 for The Avon Foundation. We'll walk 38 miles over two days in your name--and the names of those close to you who have been affected by this devestating--but someday preventable--disease.
Love, Amy and Shannon
to support downstairs-amy and her cuz, visit their online donation page.
for everyone who is not fortunate enough to personally know downstairs-amy and still donates to her walk, let me know and up-to-a-yet-undetermined-amount (common dudes, i'm about to be on a student budget for the next four years), i'll match your donation.
consider that a challange. lest you forget, i'm competitive.
Also, if you're feeling poor but care about this issue, you can go here:
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/
they'll send you daily reminders to click to fund free mammograms. you are lazy if you dont do it. plus, it links to other worthy causes you can click too.
good challenge, debbie!
Debbie, you are my favorite EVER!
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