The Run [walk!] for the Cure...and Team Knitty!

Longtime readers of this blog will remember the birth of Team Knitty last fall at the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure.

Well, I got my information in the mail today and the website's up and running early this year, so ladies and gentlemen...Team Knitty is back!

What is Team Knitty? It's just a group of Knitty staff and readers who collect donations that go to fight breast cancer. Then we gather in early October [this year it's October 3] to do the walk. Last year, my foot made me turn back at the 1k mark, but no matter. I know I can do at least 1k this year, and maybe the whole 5.

If you're in Toronto, or can get here, and want to join Team Knitty, you're very welcome! Leave your e-mail address in the comments [disguise it for spam-prevention purposes] and I'll send you an invite. You could also go to the CBCF website and join that way. Our team name this year is "knitty.com" and you should be able to search for it.

One other thing...the purpose of the walk is to raise money for breast cancer research. So I'm asking for your support. I've added a button to my bar at the top right of the page. Click on it or this link and it will take you to my online donation page. Don't feel you have to, but if you can make a donation in any amount, that would be very, very cool.

Big bonus:
- If you're a Canadian, you get a tax receipt.
- If you're in the US, your money goes 25% farther! So a $25 donation would only cost you $18.50 US [ish].

As always, if you make a donation, I'm very glad to write the name of the person you wish me to walk for on my bib. With the other names...

I walk for my aunt, who had cancer and a recurrence, but has been in remission for more years than we can count [thank heavens]. I also walk for my Grandma and my hub's dear Aunt Marlene, who died just a month apart in 1999 of unspecified cancers. And now I also walk for my sister's mother-in-law, Jo, who was diagnosed earlier this year and is doing well.

I'm very sad to add more names to the list, but every walk brings us closer to a cure. So it's all good.

Thanks for your support.