We have moved into the #7 spot out of 1,118 teams!
Go Femme Fus!

Individuals can register up to the day of the race, but team signups are closing soon, so now is the time to join our team!

Click on the button, and we will see you September 19, 2010!
Our official team name is Femme Fus and there is a “join this team” link just above Cindy’s name

Can’t join us? Please consider a donation on behalf of FemmeFus.

Many thanks for your help in our Race for the Cure!

New Black and Pink Beads for a Cure for 2010! These beads are a “thank you” for your donations of $50 or more to Team Femme Fus on behalf of JCrosby.

Learn more: why I run the race and about these beads. See other available “thank you” beads, too.

Wooooot! I just checked the main Komen fundraising progress page, and team Femme Fus is movin’ on up in the standings. We are now #12, thanks to all of YOU! yeah!

We can’t sit back and celebrate, we still need you. Please help us spread the word to your friends at work, via Facebook, etc. I have some new bead goods for this year’s race coming up this week … Stay tuned.

There’s still time to join our team – but don’t delay – the team deadline is Sunday, August 29th! Click on the button, and we will see you September 19, 2010! Our official team name is Femme Fus.

Can’t join us? Please consider a donation on behalf of FemmeFus.

Many thanks for your help in our Race for the Cure!

Click on the button,  and we will see you September 19, 2010!
Our official team name is Femme Fus.

Can’t join us? Please consider a donation on behalf of FemmeFus.

Many thanks for your help in our Race for the Cure!

Some encouragement from the Peach herself:

In 2008 Team Femme Fus raised $14,403 and placed 2nd overall in team fundraising
2nd out of 1,037 teams!!!!!

In 2009, Team Femme Fus raised $5,477 and took 13th place overall
13th out of 1,196 teams!!!

This year we’d like to shoot to #1!!!!  Please help!

Ever wonder where the money goes?  I sure do.  The majority of the money raised in Oregon stays to help patients in Oregon – 75% of it to be exact.  The other 25% goes to the national Komen organization.  This year four major research grants from that national fund came back to Oregon  – 3 of the 4 grants went to OHSU and 1 went to Providence.  So the majority of the money we raise here stays here to help the people we know.

I was diagnosed with “Triple Negative” breast cancer 3 years ago now.  This form of breast cancer carries one of the worst prognoses with the highest incidence of resistant, aggressive recurrence, usually within the first 5 years after diagnosis.  Luckily only 15% of breast cancers are of this type.  Part of the problem is that up to this point there have been no real effective treatments identified for triple negative disease.  However, in the last year PARP inhibitors have surfaced as a potential treatment to slow metastatic triple negative cancer.  Research funding, largely from Komen, allowed for this discovery. Let’s help the researchers find something to prevent metastatic spread next….

Peach

Peach is back with a new installment to her story:
What “Triple Negative” Means

The Femme Fus Experience
Team Femme Fus is up and ready to go! Please visit our Komen Team Page for more info.

Meet the Peach
Here the whole story is in a nutshell:
Peach (just WHO is she, anyway?)

• Bilateral mastectomy
• The diagnosis
• What “Triple Negative” Means

Oh yeah! We are back for the September 19, 2010 Race for the Cure in Portland Oregon!

We are getting an early start this year. Team Femme Fus is up and ready to go! Please visit our Komen Team Page for more info.

Join our team as a walker, runner, or sleep-in participant. If you can’t join us, donations are most welcome, too! You may make a team donation on behalf of the entire team by clicking on the button above the thermometer, or click on an individual’s name to go to their personal page and donate on behalf of that individual.

Either way, the entire team and Komen benefit. Thank you for your support!

2009 Femme Fus Team