So, I'm in Vegas for the annual women's hockey tournament and I see these fliers about "Fight Like A Girl" Hockey/Breast Cancer T-shirts. I was about to just automatically order one cause they look cool, but decided I should find out just what happens to the money, you know? And I found out alright, thanks to Pam@elitemarketing.biz. This is about a woman named Sandra. She lives in Michigan and plays hockey on one of the teams that beat us at the tournament. I won't hold that against her. See, Sandra's fighting for her life. It's breast cancer and it's not giving up easily in her case (not that it's EVER easy, but I think you know what I mean). She's a beautiful woman who was diagnosed about 9 months ago, at the tender young age of 29. Here's what I got in an e-mail from her friend: " Since her original diagnosis, she had her breast removed, most of her Lymph Nodes (sp?) and they found that it had spread to her liver - (3 spots), the last tests taken - the larger of the liver spots grew larger. So, they haven't found a chemo drug that's working yet. Basically, she's still a giunea pig."
I'm told she's doing great emotionally, surrounded by supportive friends and is trying to work, take care of herself and take care of her 6 year old son. When I got to the part about the 6 year old son, I just let the tears flow.
Her friends are printing up these shirts and patches and giving the money straight to her and her son. I'm all over that and have already ordered a shirt and a patch.
Now I realize that there are stories like this all over the world, but I don't know those details. Since I know about this one, I want to pass it along to you. And I love the shirts. If you'll send me an email, I'll forward the pdf file to you...it's got the flier so you can order your own shirt. You need to send an email directly to me though--responding here on the blog page won't show me your return address. So let's go: mary@987thepeak.com
I'll be watching for your email. And thank you.