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Wild Pink Yonder - On the trail to a cure...

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For more information contact:
Pam Glover - now out on the trail so please call
(cell) 797-2561
pam@WildPinkYonder.com
Box 6, Grp 27, RR2
Ste. Anne MB R5H 1R2

Backup contact:
If you can't reach Pam on her cell phone on the trail, call Myriam 795-5519

A Message from
our Trail Boss

In 2006, I was diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer.
It was not one of the finer years in my life ... and it has most certainly been a life-altering experience.

I don't want to be a cancer survivor. It sounds like I escaped from Auschwitz! There has to be a better word than "survivor". Cancer "victor"?

Thanks to the grace of God and some phenomenal medical personnel, I am still here. I'm not "cured" though because (so far) there is no cure, so I guess I can't be a victor.

I'd like to change that.

What if I call myself a cancer "warrior"?

I want a battle cry, and I want to yell it every morning when we set out on the trail.

I don't enjoy feeling like that old time cartoon character, Joe Btfsplk, in the Li'l Abner comic series -- the little guy with the perpetual black cloud over his head.

When my shoulder hurt for a while, I ran to the doctor to be sure the cancer wasn't back. A pain in my hip? Off I went again.

That happens to many "survivors" ... because breast cancer can be so sly, and we've lost too many of our sisters to it.

I loathe the little black cloud.

If they must face breast cancer, I want my daughters-in-law and my grand daughters to be able to fight it, beat it and never know the cloud.

That is why our wagon will roll. Please join us.

Sincerely
jane Hurl

PS ... Somebody once said,
"The future you see is the future you get."
Okay ... then let's see a future without breast cancer!

We hope you’ll ride with us, starting Sept 11th.

All funds raised by Wild Pink Yonder
in Manitoba will stay in Manitoba
and be used for breast cancer research
as directed by CancerCare Manitoba!

In Alberta, we took an outrageously pink covered wagon and an entourage of outriders called The Hole in the Head Gang to 22 towns throughout central Alberta. Our purpose was (and still is) to raise money that will be used to fight breast cancer.

Riders came from far and wide to Ride Off Into the Wild Pink Yonder.

Towns along our route rose to the occasion, offering us a place to stay for the night and, in most cases, feeding our group.

We sweetened the pot for towns by incorporating a contest we call Pinkest Little Town in the West. It offers towns an opportunity to go wild (and pink) -- and potentially win a free country music concert. The winning town can throw open the doors for everyone in town or charge admission and use the money to, say, build a new playground. The concert is theirs to do with as they wish. Our winner also wins bragging rights in the form of town entrance signs that proclaim them to be The Pinkest Little Town in the West.

In many towns the breakfasts and suppers weren’t just for our riders. They were for locals too, and became part of the town’s fundraising strategy to win Pinkest Little Town in the West. This was particularly beneficial because it raised significant funds for our cause while still making our visit fun for everyone -- and it helped us keep our costs down so that we could write a larger cheque for breast cancer research, treatment and education.

We now extend the challenge to Manitoba towns to top the "pinkness" of Alberta's towns!!