It was five weeks ago yesterday that our Affiliate Marketers Give Back Team completed the 40 mile Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Los Angeles. Our team of Missy Ward, Chris Pearson, Brook Schaaf, Lynette LaPlante, Melissa Salas, Brian Clark and myself raised over $50,000 in the fight against breast cancer. The video is about 11 minutes long (as short as I could get 16 hours of walking) but shows our fortitude to not only give, but participate.
For the last 17 weeks I have been walking and training in my beloved “Kstraw” shoes I made on Nike ID about two years ago. They are the the NikeFree 5.0’s. They have been quite comfortable as my walk around shoes and have actually been quite supportive during my walks while training.
However, after consulting with a good colleague at Road Runner Sports in San Diego, she suggested the Men’s Nike Zoom Vomero+ 4. Because of the extra focus on cushioning (which is best for the long walk) and the good look of them, I decided to make those the shoes to wear. Basically, I got the best shoes possible by shopping at RRS online – they provide so much information that the shopping part is easy. Thank you Road Runner.
I can’t wait to get them this week and start breaking them in - Just in time for the Avon Walk September 12-13, 2009.
As the Affiliate Marketers Give Back team fast approaches the halfway point in our fundraising efforts, it is time to pull in the big guns – a “not so silent Silent Auction” hosted by Missy Ward on the site she runs for AMGB. More details will be available next week. DealTaker is excited that one of our great merchant partners – Sandals - has donated a fabulous six night, all inclusive stay at any of their Caribbean Sandals or Beaches destinations. I would like to see many of our DealTaker community members make a bid to win this great item. The value of it is $4,995.
We have three weeks and two days until the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. We want our team to beat the $50,000 goal that has been set and we want to raise all the awareness we can. Please help us in this endeavor.
