See what a little press can do for you!!!

Yesterday morning I log onto my machine to start yet another day of toiling away the hours, while my baby is growing elsewhere, but nevermind that.  I like to complaing about my job, and stuff, but when a hospice is headquartered in the same building as your employer, there is rarely a week that goes by when I am not reminded that I am one of the lucky ones (for now). Anyway, I log onto my machine and I see this headline.

"Whale escorts pro surfer"

I thought that seems like a weird story, so I click on it, Some lady I've never heard of has a friend with breast cancer, although, I've never heard of her friend either, I have friends, cousins, and generally people I know who have, had, or have had breast cancer.  Fortunately, for the ones I know, I do not know anyone who has lost this war, so see I am lucky.   Anyway, I go to the chick's (I mean that in the most pc none sexist use of the term chick possible) site and see that she has raised $8k or something like.  Which is a heck of a lot more than i have ever raised for anything, and an accomplishment that should admired. 

Anyway, I go back this morning and she has raised 115k.  Althought the site rounds off becuase it says she raised $115,327.00 and I know I donated an amount that ended with .31.  I suppose it is possible that she has some other guy or not guy donate the .69 needed to make that an even 1 but I dont' know. Anyway, that is some serious fund raising.

Her page is at here and she is raising money for Keep a Breast Foundation.


Anyway that is all i got today, I just thought it was a cool story, then I thought it was cool to see what yahoo publicity can do for a cause!!

H