Komen Salt Lake City Race for the Cure

Chandy's sister Angie has created a team to run/walk/gimp along at the Komen Salt Lake city Race for the Cure on May 9th at the Gateway.

Many of you may have received an invitation to join the team and walk or run a 5k or to make a donation on behalf of Chandy. If you have not then you should consider this your invite.

Don't be concerned if you're not in the best shape. My entire family is doing the walk. My knees do little more than hold my shins to my thighs, Matt is only 5 and you may have heard that Chandy has breast cancer. If we can motor through it then I'm certain you can as well.

The entrance fee for an adult is $25.00 and $15.00 for seniors and youths 12 and under. This also covers a t-shirt you receive from the race.

You probably already know that this race is mainly a fundraising event used primarily to fund under served women and families dealing with breast cancer and it helps to fund research to find a cure. All participants and teams are encouraged to fund raise as part of their participation. Chandy has certainly been a recipient of the hard work done by those who have preceded us in this situation and we'd like to help continue the work they began.

Here is a link to Chandy's team page that Angie set up:

http://race.komenslc.org/site/TR/Race/General?team_id=3200&pg=team&fr_id=1000&s_tafId=1000

You'll probably need to copy and paste this into your browser and it takes you right there.

On the top of the box where you'll see the names of the participants who have already registered you'll see a "join team" link. Click this and you're on your way.

You are welcome to make a donation there in the name of one of the participants or Chandy's name if you're unable to join us for the run/walk. Just look to the left of the team page and you'll see a link "donate to a participant" or something like that. Type in the name of the participant, "Chandy Bronson" would be a good one, and it's simple from there.

We've decided that our fundraising project will both support Chandy and raise money. We are having t-shirts produced with "Chandy's Crew" displayed proudly on the front. We'd love to have everyone participating in the event to wear this t-shirt while they run/walk. Could you imagine the number of us with the Horman and Bronson clans along with all our friends? It would be a huge boost for Chandy and a wonderful experience for the rest of us.

The cost of the t-shirt will be around $7.00. We would encourage you to give anything in addition to that $7.00 that you are able to or feel comfortable with. Please understand that I would rather have you buy the t-shirt and participate in the race without an additional contribution than to have this be too expensive and have you not join us at all.

I am probably too selfish a person but my main goal here is to buoy up my wife and make this a fantastic experience for her. The other fundraising and such is something good to do as well.

I need to have the final count for the t-shirt order by the end of April. Please register under our team by that date so that you can be included.

The cost for the "Chandy's Crew" t-shirt and any additional donation needs to be payable to me, Gary Bronson or to Angie Spendlove. You are also welcome to have one of these t-shirts made even though you are unable to participate in the race.

Chandy is doing well and is resting now after receiving her last chemo dose on Tuesday. We're glad to turn the page on that experience. Stay tuned. She plans on blogging in the next day or two.

Thanks for everything,

G