The 2024 Susan G. Komen San Diego 3-Day had 1,850 walkers and 340 crew members who raised $6.4 million in the fight against breast cancer. To wrap up Day 1, our top fundraisers were recognized Friday evening at the Bank of America Celebration of Champions. This year, Bank of America has donated $33,000 to the top fundraisers to jump start their 2025 fundraising efforts. Join us in congratulating these teams and individuals for their incredible achievements and contributions! 

We kicked off the celebration by recognizing our crew, who raised a combined total of $121,000 at the 2024 San Diego 3-Day! Our Top Individual Crew Fundraiser, Anna S., raised nearly $11,000 this year at her third event, with her lifetime total surpassing $18,500. She was rewarded with a $500 donation toward her 2025 Susan G. Komen 3-Day® fundraising thanks to our National Presenting Sponsor, Bank of America!  

The San Diego 3-Day Youth Corps showed us that it’s never too early to make a difference, surpassing an outstanding $21,000 in the fight against breast cancer. Our Top Three Youth Corps Fundraisers demonstrated their commitment to spreading awareness and raising funds to end this disease once and for all. Talia and Leora Z. tied for first place raising over $1,500 each for their second event and will both receive a Komen 3-Day branded Hydro Flask as a token of our appreciation and to spread awareness wherever they bring it. First-timers Violet and Frankie D. were also recognized for raising over $1,400 and $1,300, respectively. We are constantly blown away by Youth Corps’ commitment to the breast cancer cause. 

Next up, the incredible Sweep & Shuttle crew was recognized for the more than $21,700 raised by all 42 members captained by Janet K., Mary M., and Bridget H., making them the Top Crew Fundraising Team.  

With our crew recognized, we continued by celebrating our Rookie of the Year, Robert S., who entered the Pink Bubble with gusto, raising more than $17,700 for his first 3-Day®! Bank of America gave him a head start on his 2025 fundraising with a $500 donation! We can’t wait to welcome Robert back to the 3-Day next year when he’ll no longer be a newbie! The crowd applauded for his contributions and tenacity to raise such a tremendous amount of money at his first event. What a way to kick off his Pink Bubble experience! 

We then recognized our Top Individual Fundraiser, Rachel B. who raised more than $52,200, contributing to her lifetime total of nearly $369,000 raised in the past 19 years. This year, Rachel’s team of eight, Bouncin’ Buckeyes, was also awarded our Small But Mighty Team Award for raising an incredible $78,500. We’d like to extend our congratulations to the Top 2-Day Walker, Jung C., for raising $7,700 and our top 1-Day Walker, Debra R., for raising $4,000 at the San Diego 3-Day.  

We went on to celebrate Hands Up For Hooters, our Top Fundraising Team, who raised more than $121,000 amongst their 84 team members, also making them the largest team! Captained by Sally D., in their 15 years as a team, Hands Up For Hooters has raised an unbelievable $1.4 million at the 3-Day and has no plans of stopping until we end breast cancer forever.  

Whatever your fundraising goals were for the 2024 San Diego 3-Day, the effort you put in and the funds you raised are essential to ending this disease. On behalf of Bank of America and Susan G. Komen®, thank you for all that you do to help fight breast cancer!