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Chicago's Keep Going® Blogger! 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.


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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

Help me reach my goal for the Susan G. Komen Chicago 3-Day for the Cure!
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  2. What an exciting endeavor – I wish you the best in your training and during the walk. It’s going to be really hard – but when you think about what it means I bet you will be able to draw a lot of inspiration from those around you. Good Luck!

  3. Congrats, Paula! My grandmother is a survivor and I’m a huge supporter and volunteer for Komen for the Cure Central Florida. Good luck on your training and your fundraising. 🙂

  6. Congrats Paula!! I wanted to walk in Tampa, but don’t really know how to go about getting donations.

    Both my mom and grandmother had breast cancer. My grandmother beat it, but then got a rare form of Leukemia from the treatments- which in the long run ended up being the reason for her passing. Mom just battled breast cancer and kicked it’s butt! She went through both chemo and radiation and at the last checkup, the doctors seemed very happy and said as of right now she’s cancer free!

  8. I’ve never been personally affected by breast cancer but there are so many women and families out there that are. I’m so proud of you for doing this walk and will definitely follow your journey!

  9. Congrats! I am the Keep Going Blogger for Philadelphia and I am excited as well! This will be certainly be an event we will never forget!!

    Good luck and I look forward to your updates:)

  10. Congratulations! I’m excited to be a part of this incredible event too!

    I’m sorry to hear that you lost your baby. I completely understand not feeling like walking at that point. I also suffered a loss a couple of years ago and know exactly what you mean about not wanting to do anything. Look at us now though! If you had told me then that this opportunity would come along, I never would have believed it. Isn’t it so wonderful to be a part of something so giving?

    Anyway, good luck with being a Keep Going Blogger. I’ll be following along too!

  16. This is wonderful! Congrats on being chosen! My Aunt had breast cancer and beat it! She is a great survivor! Thanks so much for doing this to support the cause & good luck!