While training has been winding down, it seems like the past seven days have brought a lot of activity related to the walk. I've received my packet with my wrist band and other logistic details, as well as lots of last minute encouraging and informative emails from the Walk coordinators.
Last Friday I was at Randolph-Macon for an Alumni Board meeting and had two great things happen related to the Walk. First, I found out one of my fellow board members is going to be participating in her first Avon Walk as well! It will be nice to have another familiar face out there for the walk and someone else to chat with as we cover miles and miles.
The second thing that happened was an unexpected donation to my fundraising. When I got to campus I stopped in the college bookstore to visit Barclay. Barclay's official title is bookstore manager, but unofficially she's an institution on that campus and a must visit person for students and alumni alike. When I got to her office another alum was there, a woman who had graduated about 15 years before me and who I was just introduced to by first name, Kim. Barclay told Kim about how I had been training and fundraising for the Avon Walk and Kim opened her wallet and handed me a $100 donation!
That example of generosity got my week going, but was far from the only donation I received. In the past seven days I've raised an additional $573, blowing my $2500 goal out of the water and making $3,000 seem possible. Going into this I thought raising the required $1800 would be manageable, but I had no expectation that I'd be able to raise so much more than that. I am so happy to have so many supportive people in my life, willing to provide encouragement to me and funds to help end breast cancer.
At this point the long range weather forecast is looking fantastic and I'm sure the next week will fly by!
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