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Granted this is about breast cancer but it helps define the beginnings.
Over in Dallas, Nancy BrinkerAmbassador
Nancy Goodman Brinker (born December 6, 1946, in Peoria, Illinois) is the founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an organization named after her only sister, Susan, who died from breast cancer in 1980 at age 36.
..... Click the link for more information. created the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in 1982 in memory of her sister, who died of the disease at age 36. Brinker brainstormed with some friends, collected a couple hundred dollars and organized the foundation's first event, a polo match. The following year, the group held the first Komen Race for the Cure, which drew 800 participants in Dallas. The fund-raiser remained a regional affair until 1990, when Marilyn Quayle got involved.
Now granted a pretty big name got involved but it started with an idea and a couple of hundred dollars.
If we joined up with Prostate Cancer as a partner for a cure for both Prostate and Bladder we'd have a much larger following...just hope they aren't too old to run!! Some event...Think with me people and somebody decide on the real color of our ribbon.
Make any sense? Pat