Walk for Breast Cancer

I'm so proud of my niece. After being overweight for most of her life, she managed to take off 90 pounds by changing her eating habits--that's about three chins and four bra sizes!

Many of you may know her from her old blog "Steff's Secrets" or the joint blog we used to have "2 fat chicks." She is also a former contributor to Steff's Poetry Corner at CWO.

She's recently decided to get active in addition to eating well, and as part of this new leaf she's turned over in life, she's walking for breast cancer. Steph says,

"I think just about everyone including myself has in someway had their life impacted by cancer, be it a spouse, a friend, a family member, or even fighting it themselves. I haven't directly been impacted by the effects of breast cancer and my hope is through raising money toward the cause maybe I wont have to. The statistics now say that one in 9 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime are not just scary- it's terrifying. On average, 415 Canadian women are being diagnosed with breast cancer every week (that's over 21500 a year) and 102 Canadian women are taken by the disease each week. And these number are on the rise. In Manitoba alone, the incidences of breast cancer-and all cancer-is growing by 3% annually.
If the incidences of breast cancer continue to rise at this rate in Manitoba, by the time I reach the age of 40, (forgive me if my math is wrong) there will be on average almost 1400 Manitobans being diagnosed with breast cancer each year compared to the average 810 in Manitoba at present. That's almost DOUBLE."

If you'd like to know more about the walk, or if you'd like to sponsor Steph, you can visit her page for the cause here: End Breast Cancer

Steph needs to raise $2,000.00 in order to enter the walk. Go Steph!!