The Race for Second Base

In honor of my mother's fight against breast cancer yet another time, my sister and I wanted to start a team for the local Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. With the start of a new school year imminent, I have two weeks to really get this organized, and (as you might imagine) my brain has been nonstop full of ideas for how to best fund raise, how to get people involved, what our team name might be, what our team shirts will look like, etc. The first order of business was to come up with a team name so that we could register our team with the website. THIS was quite interesting, hearing everyone's input. From "Can't Attack My Rack" to "Boobs or Bust!" to "Cups Runneth Over," we thought of almost everything. . . which was either taken ("Rack Pack"), family unfriendly ("Knocker Walkers"), or just plain corny ("Thanks for the Mammories"). Our favorite was "Save Second Base" because it appealed to both men and women. Hard to explain to the kids, but fun and creative. Unfortunately, this team name was already taken, so we continued to think and think. From "Boob Troop" to "Fran's Cans" we just couldn't give up on coming back to the 2nd Base idea. It also seemed to go with the fact that this was Mom's 2nd time facing cancer. So, we tweaked it to "Saving Second Base," and viola! we had a team name!

Next, we'll be designing a baseball-themed t-shirt for our team members to wear on the big day. We also have a goal of raising at least $4,000 for the cause, so trying to get family, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances involved in our efforts has taken priority. From Facebook to emails to evites to well...blogs, we are trying to reach out to communities near and far! Please check out our team website or my personal page (or any other team member's page) to join or donate to our team, Saving Second Base.

Sam also has his own personal page - which I'd like to invite any and all of you to go to, as well. You should know, however, that he and I are having a friendly competition to raise at least $500 first! So, far - I'm winning! :) IF you feel so inclined, please contribute, join, get others involved, bring others with you, etc! No matter what you do, keep saving second base with early prevention through self breast exams and routine mammograms!