I’m excited to announce that Energizer_® has chosen me to be Chicago’s Keep Going® Blogger for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure® walk that will be held in Chicago from August 6-8! The Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure® is an event where participants walk 60 miles over the course of 3 days to raise funds to end breast cancer forever. There were only 15 bloggers chosen to be a Keep Going® Blogger; one for each city that is holding a 3-Day for the Cure® walk. I’ll include links to the other bloggers at the bottom so you can follow their journey as well. As a Keep Going® Blogger I will be blogging, vlogging, and updating my Facebook and Twitter accounts as I train and as I participate in the walk.

I first heard about the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure® walk back in the beginning of 2003. I lived in Florida then. My goal was to train for the walk and do it in Chicago so I could also get a trip back home to visit the family out of it. Well as I was looking it to the walk I found out I was pregnant. I gave up on the walk at that point. (I did lose that baby, but I also lost interest in doing much else at that point.) I was so excited to find out that Energizer_® was looking for bloggers because I was hoping to finally get my chance to walk! I’m not exactly walking for anyone in particular. I was told that both my Grandmother and Aunt had breast cancer. I know they survived it. I know nothing else of their stories, though. So what I’d like to do is walk for YOU. I want to know YOUR stories. Did you personally have breast cancer? Are you personally affected by someone else that had breast cancer? Please share your stories with me to help me Keep Going® as the Energizer Bunny® would during my walk.

List of cities and Keep Going® Bloggers:

Boston 7/23-7/25 Caitlin

Cleveland 7/20-8/1 Tésa

Chicago 8/6-8/8 Paula

Michigan 8/13-8/15 Shawn Ann

Twin Cities 8/20-8/22 Rachel

Denver 8/27-8/29 Laurie

Seattle 9/24-9/26 Heidi

San Francisco Area 10/1-10/3 TBD

Washington DC 10/8-10/10 Holly

Philadelphia 10/15-10/17 Jennifer

Atlanta 10/22-10/24 Stacie

Tampa Bay 10/29-10/31 TBD

Dallas/Ft. Worth 11/5-11/7 John

Arizona 11/12-11/14 TBD

San Diego 11/19-11/21