Race for the Cure.

My family and I formed a team this year for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure here in Columbus. Our team is Pink Poodle Power, because we have these silly pink poodle patches that we wear on our clothes for the breast cancer awareness walks. Our team consisted of myself, my mom, my sister Traci, my aunt Annie and Seth. Seth was such a good sport rocking his "I'm a pink poodle" shirt. The walk was amazing. Over 50,000 people participated. There was just a solid sea of people. So humbling and amazing. Here are some of the fantastic photos.
Team Pink Poodle Power

The backs of our shirts with our nicknames.

Look at all the people. 

So many people!! 

Cute graffiti.

Soldier for the cure.

Bikers lined the street for 2-3 blocks and revved their engines cheering us on!

We're walking here. 

Mom with her survivor necklace and rose. So proud of her. 
Altogether it was a great day. Later in the night we also attended the Hot Pink burlesque event hosted by Viva Velez. It was so much fun and almost all the proceeds went to the Komen fund. They requested no photos so I don't have any, but it was an amazing night.


Comments

Trinidy Patterson said…
It looks like you had a great time!
I'm thinking about doing Race for the Cure next year here in peoria.
May 30, 2011 at 11:25 PM
AlphaBetsy said…
It was an absolutely amazing time. I would do it if you can. Get some friends to do it with you and have a blast.
May 30, 2011 at 11:39 PM
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