Race For THE Cure — THAT PRETTY RUNNER

One time after being on a work grind downstate, I came home to Syracuse with my parents. It was the week of the State Fair, and I wanted to be around fun people and not think about work. So, I volunteered with the Susan G Komen table all week at the fair, and it was super awesome. The fair is my favorite thing, I always thought it would be cool to work at a table volunteering. I felt like I was handing out candy on Halloween, giving children pencils, stickers, bandanas and snap bracelets. Everyone loved the stickers and emory boards, and educational games like spinning the wheel. People love playing trivia. We had such a great time playing games, and giving away free things and informative literature. Selling or giving away t-shirts was fun too. After volunteering, I would go over to the horse shows, which I really enjoy watching. I met a lot of people by volunteering and had a very nice time.

One of my friends mom’s passed away from cancer in highschool, and being next door neighbors, we were always like sisters from a young age which is why I like to help raise money for cancer research. My other close friend from all the lacrosse years, went through a lot when her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer, which made us more passionate about participating in the Race For The Cure. Cancer touches a lot of people’s lives, it is so important to have events to raise money for research, and it is awesome to volunteer.

There are a lot of ways to volunteer, and websites to look up events to volunteer with, for an awesome time and cause.

https://www.komen.org/