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Go Walking in a 3-Day Wonderland in 2014 – for only $35!

For Susan G. Komen 3-Day® participants, the most wonderful time of the year is those 3 beautiful days in the summer or fall spent walking toward a world without breast cancer. And even though there are not any more Komen 3-Day events this year, you can still feel some of that 3-Day magic by making a commitment now to walk again with family and friends in 2014.

 

The days are shorter, the temperatures lower, and time is running out to register for the 2014 3-Day® for just $35. This discounted registration fee will expire at midnight tomorrow, December 12th. You don’t need a special code for this discount – just register for the 3-Day (at The3Day.org or by calling 800-996-3DAY), and you’ll get the lowest price of the year. On December 13th, the price will go up, so you don’t want to wait!

 

This holiday season, give yourself the gift of a life-changing 3 days, and you’ll also be giving the world the gift of hope for the day when we will be able to celebrate an end to breast cancer.

Susan G. Komen walkers gear up and take on Day 1 for breast cancer awareness.

This way to a cure

Crafting the Perfect Fundraising Letter

Each summer, I eagerly anticipate the announcement of the next year’s 3-Day event series schedule. When the 2014 3-Day schedule was posted today, I was happy to see that the 2014 San Diego 3-Day will take place on the same weekend in November that I have come to love. My 2013 event is 109 days away and I am ready to start fundraising for 2014!

As a 3-Day coach, I hear from participants who tell me they don’t know what to say in their fundraising letter. My response is always, “Tell me why you became a 3-Day walker.” It‘s amazing how easily the words then flow. Inspired, tearful or celebratory, I love hearing what motivated them, and after listening to their story, I tell the walker, “Congratulations. You just wrote your fundraising letter!”

One walker who needs no help writing his fundraising letter is Burt Lipshie. Burt started his 3-Day journey in 2004 in San Diego and has not stopped walking since! Burt completed his 15th 3-Day in Boston this past weekend, and is preparing for his 16th and 17th 3-Day journeys in Chicago and Dallas. I asked him to share the secrets of his fundraising success. Continue reading →