Breast Cancer 3-Day 2009

We are very happy here because we can see the Capitol - our final destination!

Team Giddy Up is recovering from walking 60 miles for the Breast Cancer 3-Day. It was an amazing journey and we had a blast along the way. It was challenging at times, but we worked our way through it. We are all so proud to have participated in this event and couldn't have done it without all of the support from our family and friends. Here is a sneak peek at our weekend. We will post more when we have the energy!

You can participate in the Breast Cancer 3-Day...without walking 60 miles.

Did you know that you can participate in the Breast Cancer 3-Day…without walking 60 miles? Come on out to one of the cheering stations along the 3-Day route and cheer on Team Giddy Up! We have been told that the cheering stations are a lot of fun for everyone and we would love to see you out there!

Friday, August 21:
8:45 am - 11:00 am

Lake Harriet Bandshell

43rd St. W and E Lake Harriet Pkwy

Minneapolis, MN 55409

11:15 am - 3:15 pm

Gold Medal Park

2nd St. S and 11th Ave. S

Minneapolis, MN 55415

Saturday, August 22:
7:15 am - 9:15 am

Holiday Inn Express

1100 County Rd. E

Vadnais Heights MN 55110

10:45 am - 3:30 pm

St. Paul Regional Water Services

1900 Rice St.

St. Paul MN 55113

Sunday, August 23:
7:30 am - 9:30 am

North St. Paul Tap & Grill

2379 McKnight Rd.

North St. Paul MN 55109

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Indian Mounds Park

1113 Mounds Blvd.

St. Paul MN 55106

Closing Ceremony:

After three days and 60 miles, participants will take a final and incredibly emotional victory walk into the Closing Ceremony. Friends, family and supporters should arrive at the Closing Ceremony site at least one hour early to get the best view of the program. Please allow extra travel time due to expected traffic congestion at the site.

Hope to see you there!

Hanging in the back yard with Sven...

On Thursday we participated in the '3 day for the 3-Day Tread-a-thon,' sponsored by Cities 97 and Kare 11 news. We won $1000 for the Breast Cancer 3-Day by walking on treadmills during the newscast. We had a great time hanging in the backyard with Sven! Thanks to Cities 97 and Kare 11 for this wonderful opportunity to raise awareness about Breast Cancer.

We are going to be on TV!!!

Team Giddy Up was selected by Cities 97 to participate in their 'Tread-a-thon" and receive $1000 for the Breast Cancer 3-Day! On Thursday, August 6th we will be on Kare 11's 5PM newscast keeping the treadmills going! There are 15 teams that will be walking during the newscasts next week and we are lucky enough to be one of them. During the 6 PM newscast on Thursday they will also select one of the 3-Day teams to receive an additional $5000 for their fundraising. So tune in to Kare 11 on Thursday evening to see us raise some $ and awareness for Breast Cancer!

Overwhelming support from the small town of Nashwauk...

Team Giddy Up and Rack Rescuers joined forces this weekend for a special event in Nashwauk, MN. Together at total of $1,269 was raised for the Breast Cancer 3-Day! The lucky winner of the raffle was Brian Johnson of Penguilly, MN. This event would not have been possible without Wizard's Bar & Grill offering to host the event and donate prizes. Thank you for your support. We would also like to thank all of the people who came out and purchased raffle tickets. We appreciate your support!

Way to go Kelli, way to go!

Congratulations to Kelli for meeting the required fundraising goal of $2,300 for the Breast Cancer 3-Day! You have worked so hard and had a blast along the way! You really put your organizational skills to use planning great fundraising events. You have done an amazing job and should be very proud of yourself. Now you can relax and focus on training! Way to go Kel!

You could win one of these...

Team Giddy Up and Rack Rescuers have joined forces for a very cool event taking place up in Nashwauk, MN this weekend at Wizard's Bar and Grill. In addition to great food and drinks, there will be a raffle to win some awesome prizes. For a $10 donation you can be entered into the drawing for a Mini Chopper like the one pictured above. Or maybe you will win the signature series Dale Earnhart Leather Jacket being given away... Plus there will be other great prizes as well. The raffle will take place at 9 PM on Saturday, July 18th. You need not be present to win. So if you are in the area, feel free to stop by and show your support. Or if you aren't able to make it up there, let us know if you would like to participate in the raffle by sending an email to alicia3day@gmail.com.

Thank you for your continued support. We will announce the winner this weekend!

Another great weekend...

Thank you to everyone who came out to Team Giddy Up's garage sale this weekend. We raised another $650 for the Breast Cancer 3-Day! We continue to be amazed at the generosity of others. All of the items in the garage sale were donated by friends and family with all of the proceeds going to our cause. Alicia's neighbors were having a sale over the weekend and were nice enough to donate 10% of their proceeds as well. Thank you to everyone who helped make this weekend a success!

Calling all garage-salers!

Our last garage sale was such a success that we decided to have another one! Feel free to stop out and support Team Giddy Up. We will have some great donated items to sell including baby, home decor, furniture, clothes, craft boutique, and much more! Stop out to shop or for a snack. We will have coffee and muffins in the AM and hot dogs, chips, & pop in the PM! All proceeds will go toward Team Giddy Up for the Breast Cancer 3 - Day!

July 9-11th, 8 AM - 4 PM

1228 16th Ave SE Forest Lake

Thanks for you continued support! Hope to see you then!

Boobily Joobily Bowling Tourney

There's still time!! We have plenty of room for additional bowlers. If you would like to participate, just show up on Sunday...we'll fit you in! $25 per bowler. Lot's of great door prizes!

Stars and Strikes Entertainment Complex
Wyoming MN

We're also having a silent auction with lot's of great items!

If you aren't able to attend, but would still like to help out our fundraising, please go to www.the3day.org and search for team Giddy Up. You can donate to any team member you like.

Thank you for your continued support!

Kelli

Spread the Word!

FREE FREE FREE!!!!

Now that we have your attention, we are asking for your help. In an effort to spread awareness - after all, that IS why we are walking - and raise some additional funds, we would like your help in spreading the word. For your participation, we will enter you in a drawing to win a pair Gopher Hockey Tickets for the upcoming season. We will also be drawing for a giveaway from A Royal Affair Studio. One lucky winner will have their choice of many lovely bracelets generously donated by A Royal Affair Studio.

So.......

First, the awareness part...

Age: a major factor

A woman's chance of getting breast cancer increases with age. According to the American Cancer Society your chance by your current age is:

20 years old - 1 in 1,837

30 years old - 1 in 234

40 years old - 1 in 70

50 years old - 1 in 40

60 years old - 1 in 28

70 years old - 1 in 26

Lifetime - 1 in 8

Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in women, but it can be successfully treated.

The key - early detection.

The American Cancer Society recommends:

Mammography - every year starting at age 40

Clinical Breast Exam - every 3 years between ages 20-39

Self Breast Exam - monthly beginning in your 20's

Have you been 'squeezed' lately?

To be entered in the giveaway:

Comment to this post....and for additinal entries into the drawing.......

- Share this with a friend new to this blog and invite them to stop by - have them mention your first name (as well as their own) in the comment section and we will enter BOTH NAMES into the drawing.

-Share this info on our blog using another social network (blog, facebook, myspace, twitter, etc.) and post a comment telling us how you 'Spread the Word.'

We will draw a winner on June 24th, so SPREAD THE WORD!!!

ps. To really boost your drawing odds, donate $10 to one of our team members and we will put your name into the hat 10 additional times!!! go to http://www.the3day.org/ and search for team Giddy Up

(Gopher Hockey tickets donated by the Anderson Family, A Royal Affair Studio can be found at http://www.aroyalaffairstudio.etsy.com/

Boobily Joobily Bowling Tourney

Bowling for Boobies!What could be better?!

Please join us on June 28th for the Boobily Joobily Bowling Tourney!

Stars & Strikes Entertainment Complex - 5063 273rd St Wyoming 55092

Registration will fill up quickly!

Cost: $25 - this includes shoes if needed.
$15 for 16 years and younger
(you will receive an email after your registration is received directing you to PayPal for payment - payment will be sent to A Royal Affair Studio - our Etsy account - please note: you DO NOT need to have a PayPal account in order to pay)

Check in wil begin at 12:30, bowling will begin at 1:00

We will bowl 3 games in a 9 Pin No Tap tournament style. Fabulous prizes to be won! So bring the whole family and help support team Giddy Up in the Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk. Stars & Strikes has a wonderful menu, full bar, and awesome arcade for the kiddies!

They even have Laser Tag!!

Bling for Boobs - a success!

The Bling for Boobs jewelry fundraiser was a great success! Michelle Wilson with Cookie Lee Jewelry donated 40% of the sales from the jewelry party to Team Giddy Up for the Breast Cancer 3 - Day! A special thank you to Michelle and also all of the wonderful ladies who came out to shop for a great cause! We raised $580 from the jewelry party!

Afterward, our team went out with a couple of girlfriends to raise some more money for the Breast Cancer 3 - Day. We made special t-shirts and sold party beads at some of the local bars. Not only did we have a blast, we also raised $320!

It was truly amazing to see the generosity of strangers.

The grand total for the night $900. I'd call that a successful night!

Thanks again to everyone for their continued support!

Holy Smokes!!

Congratulations to Sheila....she is $95.44 away from her goal of $2,300!!!!

Help her reach her goal and donate today! Every penny helps!!!

Way to go She-Rah!!!

-Kelli

Team Training Walk

Last week we all got together at Central Park in Roseville for a team training walk. We walked 4.5 miles while we discussed all of our upcoming events. We were so busy talking and laughing it didn't even feel like we walked that far. Hopefully we can train together again soon!

(Kelli, Allison, Alicia, Sheila, and Baby Mack)

Our team has grown...

We are so excited that Allison Ahrens and Alicia Broker have decided to join our team for the Breast Cancer 3 Day! Welcome to Team Giddy Up ladies - this is going to be an amazing experience! We will be updating our blog soon with more information about our new team members. If you would like to make a dontaion to Allison or Alicia go to www.the3day.org and search for Allison Ahrens or Alicia Broker.

~Crystal, Kelli, and Sheila

Training Kick-off Event

On Sunday we participated in a training kick-off event for the Breast Cancer 3 - Day. There was a clinic to learn about the 'equipment' we will need to walk 60 miles. After the clinic we went for a 3 mile training walk and then got fitted for shoes.

Shop for a cause!!!!

You're Invited!

June 5th, 7-9PM

26170 Goodview Ave

Wyoming 55092

Cookie Lee Jewelry Party

40% of all sales will be donated to the Breast Cancer 3 Day fundraising on behalf of team Giddy Up. So come shop for a cause!

Please join us for a fantastic jewelry party! Cookie Lee is a fun line that's new to most of us. Check out http://www.cookielee.com/ to see their full line. There will not be a formal presentation, so please feel free to stop in anytime between 7-9. We'll have laughs, food, and fun!

If you would like to place an order, but are unable to stop in to shop, please let us know.

Thank you again for all your support!

Kelli, Crystal & Sheila

PS. don't delay...donate today!

The kits were a hit!

A special thank you goes out to all of the ladies at the Memory Lane Scrapbooking Retreat who purchased our scrapbooking kits! We sold 7 kits ($115) over the weekend with all of the proceeds going towards the Breast Cancer 3 day! Check back soon to see how you can purchase a kit of your own...

Breast Cancer 3 Day Garage Sale

May 15-16th - 8 AM - 4 PM - 26170 Goodview Ave, Wyoming 55092

Team Giddy Up will be having a garage sale to benefit our 3-Day fundraising. If you would like to donate any items, please contact us.

We would love to see you stop by, browse and support our efforts!

All proceeds will benefit our fundraising, and any remaining items after the sale will be donated to the local thrift store/Goodwill.

Thank you again for your continued support!

Thanks! - Kelli

PS. If you would like to donate to our team or personal fundraising, please visit http://www.the3day.org/ and search for team Giddy Up, or our personal fundraising pages. Donations can be set up over 4 easy installments if the pocket book is a little tight :)

Sheila = Rockstar

Way to get a jump start on fundraising! Congratulations to Sheila on getting her first donations! After only a couple of days Sheila has already raised $170! (That brings our team up to $853 raised so far.) You go girl!

Glad to have you on our team!

Crystal and Kelli

Eat your peas!

My dear friend Alyssa asked me to post this to our blog. She wanted me to share with you some very important information about eating your fruits and vegtables and how doing so has proven to be huge prevention of cancer.

The antioxidants in fruits and vegtables are measured with an ORAC score (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity). By getting 7-9 servings of fruits and veggies, you are taking in an ORAC score of 4500. Cancer cannot live in your body with 6000 ORAC units - this is a scientific fact; which means every one of us should up that dose of fruits and veggies....

You can find some additional information at Vitamin D3 World.

What's that saying....knowledge is power?!

Kelli

PS. If you're not sure how to get those extra fruits and veggies....Alyssa is a MonaVie distributor and would love to share more with you. Please contact me for her information at kelli3day@gmail.com.

And then there were three.....

YEAH!!! Sheila Singer has joined team Giddy Up!

We are so thrilled to have Sheila join us in this journey. Over the next few days we will be updating our blog to include all of Sheila's information. In the mean time, if you would like to donate to her personally, please visit www.the3day.org and search for Sheila Singer.

Welcome Sheila!!!

Kelli & Crystal

Bling for Boobs

Drum roll please......

Introducing A Royal Affair Studio.....

We have now opened our online store called A Royal Affair. We are selling our handmade beaded bracelets. Please take a moment to visit our site at www.aroyalaffairstudio.etsy.com. 100% of the proceeds from the "We Stand for HOPE" section will benefit our fundraising and 75% of all other sales will be donated as well. A link will also be available from this site.

"We Stand for HOPE" - each bracelet is named for a woman who has battled breast cancer.

We are very excited to start this new endeavour together. Wish us luck!

Kelli & Crystal

Oh those Classy Misfits!

We want to say a special thank you today to the wonderful ladies from our Thursday night bowling league.

We bowl on a Thursday night league at Ham Lake Lanes. Our league is called Classy Misfits. The wonderful ladies we bowl with have generously been donating to our fundraising campaign each week. The premise is to donate $1 (or more) if you DO NOT bowl your average. We also began offering pink awareness ribbons last night for a donation of $1. Last night alone we raised $25, bringing our three week total to $110!

So again, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Kelli & Crystal

First training walk

Spring time in Minnesota can be so wonderful!

Yesterday, we completed our first training walk. We walked along Gateway Trail from Hwy 96 to Manning Ave and back.

Total roundtrip.....7 MILES!!!

Only minor muscle aches today. We are looking forward to our next walk!

Team Player!

Congratulations to Crystal for obtaining her first individual donation! I am so proud of my friend for taking on this incredible challenge with me.

- Kelli

A remarkable journey

Hello Friends!

We have taken on an incredible challenge. On August 21st, we'll be walking 60 miles over the course of three days, camping out at night with thousands of other women and men taking this journey with us.

It’s for an event called the Breast Cancer 3-Day, which benefits Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund. Every advancement in breast cancer research, treatment, education and prevention in the last 25 years has been touched by a Komen for the Cure grant. They are working hard to build a future without breast cancer, and we plan on raising $2,300to help bring us closer to that goal.

Please consider making a donation. Even spare change will help. Also ask your employer if they will double your donation with a matching gift.

We are doing this for the women we've known over the years who have had to battle this horrible cancer. Some have won and some have lost. We are doing this for anyone who know's someone who has gone through this battle. We are doing this for all women who have survived or lost their battle. W are doing this for our future, our childrens future, and the future of all women so that one day a 3-day walk is no longer needed. We are doing this for Kelli's Grandma Pat - a 20+ year survivor, Liz, Betsy, Jody, Jennifer, Denise, Marlene and Margaret. Without a cure, one in eight women in the U.S. will continue to be diagnosed with breast cancer. That’s why we're walking in the 3-Day. Because everyone deserves a lifetime.

To make a donation, go to http://www.the3day.org/. Click on Donate Now and search for our team fundraising page. If you would prefer to write a personal check, please make it payable to "Breast Cancer 3-Day" and mail/give to one of us. We would like to reach our fundraising goal by August 1st, so please don’t delay!


Thank you for taking the time to read this and thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Team Giddy Up
Kelli & Crystal

P.S. Don’t wait - donate today!