Top 10 3-Day Blog Posts (You Might Not Know)

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During event season, and all year long, we are giving you the latest and greatest in 3-Day content on the blog. From training tips and fundraising ideas, to compelling participant profiles and sneak peeks, there is a lot of content to keep track of!

You can always search for what you’re looking for, or use our handy topics on the blog homepage to keep up to date with our posts. However, if you’re looking for the best of the best of 3-Day blog posts you might have missed, we now have you covered there too.

Here are out top ten 3-Day blog posts to read this week. You’ll find inspiration, information and all kinds of 3-Day goodness ahead…

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Susan G. Komen 3-Day Fundraising Dollars: See Your Impact Locally with Our Infographics: For recruiting new team members, incentivizing donors, or just reminding yourself how much it means to fundraise, these infographics make it easy to see the 3-Day impact.

Fundraising Resources in Your 3-Day Participant Center: We provide as many fundraising resources and ideas as we can, including lots in your Participant Center. Here you’ll find letter, sample social media posts, quick links and a progress tracker to see just how much you’ve raised!

Learn More About the 3-Day Host Cities: Our host cities are the best! Learn more about them, and plan your next out-of-town 3-Day walk for 2018. If you’ve always walked in your home city, this year is the perfect chance to visit a new 3-Day and see the event from a whole new perspective!

Make the Most of the 3-Day Social Stars: Did you know that you can earn prizes for interacting with us on social media? Join our 3-Day Social Stars now!

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Meet Jen B., a Preventative Mastectomy 3-Day Walker: We have so many inspiring participants, and she is one of them. Both she and her mom had the BRCA gene mutation, and both chose to undergo preventative mastectomies this past year to reduce their chances of getting breast cancer in the future. Then, they walked the San Diego 3-Day hand in hand.

Male Breast Cancer: Rare but Real. Meet the Gillers: Men can be diagnosed with breast cancer too, and one of those men, Lee Giller, made a large impact on our 3-Day community.

Route Hours, Cabooses, and Sweep Vans, Oh My! Behind the Scenes on the 3-Day Route: So much happens on our 3-Day routes! Use this post to recruit a teammate to walk with you, recruit a new crew member and learn more about your 60-mile journey.

Pick Your Pack: The Great Waist Pack vs. Backpack Debate: As our 3-Day season draws closer, this is a great packing post to help you prepare.

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3-Day Walking Hacks: This is an absolute must-read for any first-time walkers or those coming back after missing the 3-Day last year.

Susan G. Komen 3-Day Inspiration Gallery: We update this gallery all year long to provide our 3-Dayers with inspiring imagery, shareable social graphics and more! Bookmark it and save it to check back for updates.

What are some of your favorite blog posts? Link to them in the comments!

3-Day Camping Hacks

Last week, we shared some walking hacks for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day, and if you thought those were good, wait until you see what tricks are up our sleeves for making your Komen 3-Day camp experience easier and better than you imagined it could be.

1. Everyone’s bags tend to look alike when you go to claim them at camp. Make yours stand out by tying on a colorful scarf or marking it with vibrant duct tape.

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We might suggest a color other than pink; not that we don’t love pink, but if everyone uses the same color, it kind of defeats the purpose.

2. Pack each day’s clothes (including socks and underwear) in a separate 2 gallon Ziploc bag.

susan g. komen 3-day breast cancer walk blog camping hacks ziploc bags clothes This makes it easy to find the day’s clothes in the morning darkness of your tent, and gives you a bag to put your dirty clothes in, keeping them separated from everything else in your bag. Pack your lounge wear for camp, PJs and extra undies in bags too, and bring a couple extras.

3. Instead of taking up space in your luggage with a pillow, just bring a pillow case filled with clean clothes you’re going to wear.

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4. A yoga mat makes a great sleeping pad.

susan g. komen 3-day breast cancer walk blog camping hacks yoga mat sleeping pad It also takes up less room (in your luggage and in your tent) than an air mattress.susan g. komen 3-day breast cancer walk blog camping hacks yoga mat luggage

5. Bring single servings of toiletries in straws. This hack takes a bit of work (see the how-to here), but every little bit of luggage space and weight counts!

6. Worried about travel-size shampoos and lotions leaking in your bag? Put some plastic wrap over the opening then screw the cap back on.

7. If you use the 3-Day towel service, instead of pitching your towels into the bin immediately after you use them, take them back to your tent and use one as a doormat.

susan g. komen 3-day breast cancer walk blog camping hacks towel doormat Save the other to put on the floor of the shower stall tomorrow for a makeshift bath mat. Then put it in the bin.

8. If your feet/legs hurt at the end of your day of walking, you can use your duffle bag as a foot rest to keep your tootsies elevated during the night.

susan g. komen 3-day breast cancer walk blog camping hacks bag as foot rest (This method works well if you’re sleeping on a flat camp roll or yoga mat…not so well on an air mattress.)

9. 1-inch binder clips are the perfect size to clip around the cross-poles of your tent.

susan g. komen 3-day breast cancer walk blog camping hacks binder clips for tent Use them to secure the rain flaps open, to fasten a tarp or plastic sheeting over the top, or to attach tent decorations.

10. If you dread the thought of disrobing from your PJs in the cold morning air, get dressed in the next day’s clothes before you go to sleep. You’ll wake up toasty warm, and may even snag 5 extra minutes of shut-eye because you’re already dressed!

 

Got any good 3-Day camping hacks? Let us know in the comments

(Thank you to first time San Diego walker Kenzie D. for modeling these hacks! Oh, and here’s what happens when you leave your camera unattended with your teenage model… )Komen_3day_camping hacks_teenage silliness

 

Join us for a 3-Day Tweet Chat on August 5 – All About Packing!

The very first Susan G. Komen 3-Day® of the year is rapidly approaching, and we’d love to hang out with you on Twitter and chat about packing. What should you bring to the Komen 3-Day? What should you leave at home? Seasoned 3-Day walkers know there are a few secrets to success for packing (like the magic of Ziploc bags!), so let’s share our best tips and strategies for packing your gear (and sticking within that 35-pound limit).

Join us on Tuesday, August 5 at 6:00 p.m. PDT (9:00 p.m. EDT, and 8:00 p.m. CT) for a Tweet Chat all about packing. Never done a Tweet Chat before? That’s okay! Some people call them Twitter Parties or Twitter Meet-Ups, but whatever the name, it works like this:

  1. Sign on to Twitter at 6:00 p.m. PDT (or a few minutes before).
  2. Make sure you’re following @The3Day on Twitter.
  3. On Twitter, search for #The3Day, which is the official hashtag we will use for this Tweet Chat.
  4. You can also use the website com. Sign in, enter the hashtag #The3Day, and you’ll be able to watch and tweet in real-time with us.
  5. We’ll ask some questions to get things started, and we will also share tips and tricks from 3-Day veterans and coaches. This will be a great way to meet your fellow 3-Day participants, ask your questions, and motivate yourself to keep your training on track. Our 3-Day Social Media Team, Alyssa and Erin, can’t wait to tweet with you!

Not on Twitter yet? Here are a few quick tips to get you started:

  • It’s free and easy to join at com.
  • Go to twitter.com/the3day and click “Follow” to make sure our messages show up in your feed.
  • A hashtag is a way to “file” tweets and collect them under a certain topic, so you’ll be able to see everything everyone is tweeting under this hashtag. Just search for #the3day in Twitter and you’ll be able to see everyone’s messages about the 3-Day, not just ours.
  • When writing your own messages, keep in mind that tweets can only be 140 characters at a time, so it’s best to keep things short n’ sweet.

 

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If you can’t make this Tweet Chat, you can always search #The3Day on Twitter to see all of the tweets that came from this Tweet Chat. Do you have any questions? Ask here, and remember, the 3-Day coaches are only a phone call away at 800-996-3DAY!