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It takes something truly important to pull Dialogue staffers away from our work but we set aside our super stylish note cards last weekend to get physical for a worthwhile cause. Dialogue participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in San Diego on Nov. 2.
Company employees, friends and family laced up their tennis shoes and donned pink to walk in the 12th annual 5K to continue the fight against breast cancer. Even some of our four-legged friends got in on the action; you can see them in our picture! Each person at Dialogue has been affected by breast cancer whether as a survivor or loved one of a breast cancer patient. We had a fabulous time but we were really out to raise awareness about this horrible disease, which threatens the life of one in eight women.
Nearly 13,000 people joined forces to raise almost $1.4 million in the San Diego area alone. Our team raised over $700 for the organization, which will fund breast cancer screenings for women who may not otherwise be able to afford them.
Since it began in Dallas in 1983, the Komen Race for the Cure Series has grown from one race with 800 participants to an international series of 117 races with more than 1.3 million participants. We loved being part of something bigger than ourselves, something that will have lasting impact on our community…and our world. Race organizers encouraged us with a quotation from author Albert Pine: “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”
Dialogue encourages all women to receive age-appropriate testing annually. Grab a friend and head to your doctor’s office today. We’re back to the world of creative communication now but we never stop thinking about kicking breast cancer’s tail. We’re already anticipating next year’s Race for the Cure and the difference we can make one mile at a time.
–Lisa Farrar Wellman