Candy Briscoe is from N Style Boutique in Berlin, NJ.
Crystal Walker is from 1 of a Kind Boutique in Lawnside, NJ.

Dear Candy and Dear Crystal:

In the past week, I have been singing your praises and been thanking our Heavenly Father for your generosity and your choice to make breast health awareness the focus of your fashion show on May 3, 2009. I continue to feel that your invitation to me is a confirmation from God that I am doing the work he wants me to do. Outreach is very important to me, regarding early detection as I know there is still so much to be done in our community of African Americans, as well as among all people.

A NOTE OF THANKS FROM A VERY COURAGEOUS YOUNG WOMAN

Through God's grace, I am still standing...

I'm standing on the backs of all the survivors that have come before me, like my mom,

And I am fighting for all little girls, like my Maddie,

So they may have a world without breast cancer.

--Kerri Marie Conner

I did have a great day at the race on Sunday. It was my first time walking down the steps as a survivor. Last year I did not do the walk down the steps because I was not up to it emotionally. I was just about done my treatment at that time. So, this year I am a year in after my last treatment.

I walked down holding the hand of an old friend that I have reconnected with because we are both survivors. We are both around the same age & from the same neighborhood.

When asked to identify the highlight of her 30-year career as a dance instructor, without hesitation Jane Lopoten will say, the Susan G. Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure: "To see my girls be a part of something so huge is the most thrilling achievement of my career."

HAPPY FEET GO THE DISTANCE FOR HEALTHY FUTURES

When Interboro High School students Alicia Kennedy and Courtney Hartney chose their senior project, they set out to literally get the community on their feet to take action in the fight against breast cancer.  And that they did-with an 11-hour dance marathon held in the cafeteria of their Prospect Park, PA high school.

HEAVY METAL, WARM HEART

Once again this Mother's Day weekend, The Hixon called together several of their "Metal Brothers" for a Komen Philadelphia Affiliate benefit event. The ninth "Heavy Metal Takes a Stand Against Breast Cancer," was held on May 10 at the Cherrywood Rock Club in Clementon, NJ, and generated more than $1,200 for the Affiliate. 

THOSE WHO "KAN," DO!

At a young ten years of age, Angelina Meo realized she had the ability to do something in the fight against breast cancer. And so, that year, encouraged by brochures she saw at her local YMCA, she walked in her first Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure. The next year, she gathered a small group of family members and formed team "Good Morning Sunshine." And this year, she took her ambition to make a difference even further with a unique initiative at her school called "kans for the kure."

May 11, 2008

Dear Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure,

I had a wonderful time at the Walk today, we were blessed with such beautiful weather, and I met so many inspirational participants. After I finished the 1 mile, I stood at the finish line for the 5K, and cheered everyone as they approached the end of the race.