Cathy Kyles, Christine Fortney and Jackie McAbee have been
training together for a 60-mile national breast cancer event in
November. Along with the commorodary, the group takes inspiration
in walking during early-morning hours from a friend and colleague
who lost a battle with breast cancer. All three also are agents
with Intero Real Estate Services.
HOLLISTER
Cathy Kyles, Christine Fortney and Jackie McAbee have been training together for a 60-mile national breast cancer event in November.
Along with the camaraderie, the group takes inspiration in walking during early-morning hours from a friend and colleague who lost a battle with breast cancer. All three also are agents with Intero Real Estate Services.
“I had done a marathon before, which was team training, and this is a little more personal for all three of us. One of our very dear friends and colleagues – Kathy Taylor – we lost her this year to breast cancer,” McAbee said. “We’re wearing pins this year with her picture on them. She’s going to be our angel guiding us to the finish line.”
Yet another reason the women walk is the slogan for the event.
“Because everyone deserves a lifetime and that’s why we walk,” said Kyles, who is a cancer survivor herself.
The three women will walk a total of 60 miles over three days during the weekend of Nov. 20 at the Breast Cancer 3-Day, which benefits Susan G. Komen for the Cure in San Diego. According to the organization’s Web site, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the largest grassroots networks of breast cancer survivors and activists and has raised more than $1 billion since it began in 1982.
Look for the full story in the Free Lance on Tuesday.
If you are intersted in donating to the cause, you can call the Intero Real Estate office at (831) 637-2112 and talk to one of the women involved. You can also make a donation on the Breast Cancer 3-day Web site at www.the3day.org. Cafe Ella will also be holding a fund raiser on Wednesday for the event. The cafe will be donating 10 percent of its profits from that day to the cause.
