Spreading the word!

37.
The number of days I have until I return to the United States of America. That's right, I only have five more weeks here. Time has flown, but I feel like I've taken advantage of every opportunity (except the learning more Spanish one... I dropped the ball on that one). I can't begin to tell you have incredible this experience has been for me, but I'll try. I have learned to enjoy the quiet and the country. I didn't even think that was possible. I've gone five months without text messaging or watching TV, and I've liked it! I've mastered Madrid's Metro (subway) and train systems. I've become part of an incredible family, but I am eager to get home and see my own. Only 37 days left. What will I do with that time? I will finish teaching English to adults in a couple weeks, I will continue to give lessons to the children, I will keep running 15+ miles per week, and I will do my best to NOT get sun burned. But mostly I'm just looking forward to seeing what I can of the country in the coming weeks, checking out those 'must see' places I haven't seen yet, and writing down as many recipes as I can. It's going to be a great 37 days.

5.
The number of cities I will be staying at on my USA trip in August. I will spend a month with my boyfriend exploring Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and San Francisco. I've never been to most of these cities and I am thrilled about getting to see them. We will be walking all over the place! I could consider this a month long training session for the Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk in September instead of a vacation! But really it's an opportunity to see some of the best that the USA has to offer. (Any sight seeing suggestions?)

78.
The number of days I have until I begin the Breast Cancer 3 Day walk. 60 miles is a long way to walk! I'm getting a little nervous about walking 20 miles three days in a row, I'm not going to lie. But my team, Team SuperAwesome, will be right there with me. Having not seen my team since January we will have plenty to discuss (if we can manage to walk and talk at the same time). I'm expecting the Walk to be incredible. The stories I'll hear from Cancer Survivors and from friends and family members who've lost someone dear to them will be moving, I'm sure. I look forward to it all: the walking, the stories, Seattle, my friends. And it's all happening in just 78 days.

850.
The number of dollars I have left to raise in order to be able to participate in the Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk. That's right I've raised $1,350 and only need $850 more! The minimum dollar amount to be able to participate in this event is $2,200 and I'm 61% of the way there. Please help me get to 100%! Net proceeds benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure (http://www.komen.org/), to fund breast cancer research, education, screening, and treatment. Net proceeds will also benefit The National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fun (www.nptrust.org/about_npt/special_projects.asp) to provide a special field of interest fund for breast cancer initiatives. Please take a look at this 3 Day Report Card (http://08.the3day.org/site/DocServer/3-Day_Report_Card_11_07.pdf?docID=341) to see what they were able to do last year with the $86 million that were raised by 3 Day Walks in twelve different cities. Your contribution does make a difference. Please help by logging on to My Personal 3 Day Page (http://08.the3day.org/goto/hannahmo) and making your donation today. Remember every penny helps! Checks may be mailed in with a form that can be printed off my page and please consider talking with your employer regarding funds matching.

The Breast Cancer 3 Day.
Obviously, this 3 Day walk means a lot to me. I've been looking forward to this event since my friend Allison and I decided to form Team SuperAwesome several months ago. An estimated 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to occur among women in the USA during 2008 and I don't want to be one of them. I don't want to be one of them in 2008, 2068, or any time in between. I don't want my Mom, sister, aunts, cousins, or friends to call me with 'the news.' I want to do all that I can to help find a cure. For me, that means walking. I can walk. I do it every day. I don't know how to run tests in a lab or dissect molecules. But I can walk. I can walk, raise money, raise awareness, and raise hope. That is why I will spend my last 37 days here thinking about the Walk. That is why I will look forward to the Walk in each of the 5 cities I will travel to. That is why in 78 days I will take the last 850 dollars and combine it with the $1350 I already have and I will walk. The Breast Cancer 3 Day is more than just a couple thousand women wearing pink and walking. Please help me make a difference.

As always, thank you so much for your support, encouragement, thoughts, prayers, and well wishes. My Blog is still up and running and full of photos and stories. Feel free to drop by any time. Thanks so much.

Hannah
email: hannahmo7@hotmail.com
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team page: http://08.the3day.org/goto/superawesome