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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Susan Mernit&lt;/a&gt; is going to walk almost 40 miles within San Francisco, CA to support the Avon Breast Cancer walk in July.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; As a walker, she has also committed to raising at least $1,800 for the charity and needs your help.&amp;nbsp; You can make contribution on her fundraising page &lt;a href=&quot;http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR?px=3200995&amp;amp;pg=personal&amp;amp;fr_id=1286&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She explains why she is doing this:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;The net proceeds from this event (and others across America) will support non-profit breast health programs, as well as medical research to help find a cure for breast cancer. I am writing to ask for your donation to my team--we want to raise over $50,000 just from my group. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This year, over 180,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Over 40,000 will die.  That&#039;s why we&#039;re walking.  To do something big.To be a part of something special, and something very, very important.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Beth Kanter is the BlogHer CE for Social Change and Nonprofits and writes &lt;a href=&quot;http://beth.typepad.com&quot;&gt;Beth&#039;s Blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/178669436/in/photostream/&quot;&gt;Flickr Photo&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;http://laughingsquid.com/&quot;&gt;Scott/Beale Laughing Squid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:47:45 -0500</pubDate>
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