Avon Walk for cancer

from my brother Curtis:

We walk to save breasts (a very dear subject to me)...read on to help stop breast cancer


Hello All...

Yes, I am asking for money again. For anyone that has already helped or promised to donate, thank you very much. To the rest of you, curses to you until you do open your wallets...Thank you.

For one weekend in September Curtis and I will walk almost 40 miles with thousands of other men and women to help find that cure for breast cancer. We will sleep in tents, take showers in trucks, walk a marathon one day and a half marathon the next. We have committed to the training and fundraising required to participate in this life changing event known as the Avon Breast Cancer Walk. 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.

This year, over 180,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
Over 40,000 will die.
That's why we're walking.
To do something big.
To be a part of something special, and something very, very important.
We hope that you'll be a partner with us in this effort.

Each walker must commit to raising at least $1800. Maybe we're crazy--but if this is what it takes to find a cure, and help our many friends and family who are breast cancer survivors--we'll be there.

Would you make a fully tax-deductible donation (on the enclosed coupon) to help us meet our combined goal of $3600? Please look the form over and designate the amount that's right for you. Please mail the coupon back to us in the enclosed envelope. We'd like to personally thank each one of you for joining us in this fight. Another option is to make your donation on-line at: www.avonwalk.org – click on Support a Walker – then click on Los Angeles. You can make a single donation or spread your contribution over several months.

In the time it has taken you to read this, another woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States.

Please help us change that statistic. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and to help us reach our goal both personally and financially.

Feel free to forward this to anyone who might wish to help!

Much love & best wishes,

Renee Lyons & Curtis Shipman

To visit my personal page, you can copy the following the web address into your browser:
info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR?px=3460214&pg=personal&fr_id=1284&et=LJwI7Tg6HRabHwp5bJPE3A..&s_tafId=154266


To visit our team page, you can copy the following the web address into your browser: info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR?team_id=38600&pg=team&fr_id=1284&et=B0McfeoIjxXDCX9YEXQTRw..&s_tafId=154266

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Cane Spiders

Ok so Dan has moved into a new room in Paia and he has an interesting roomate. The Cane spider seems to be Dan's new best friend. Apparently Dan cannot get rid of them. Check out this info below I got online:

Creepy! The Cane Spider (also known as the Large Brown Spider) is one big spider. Usually the size of a can of tuna fish, this spider has a huge body and thick hairy legs. 3-4 inches in size. the one pictured is the size of a tuna can.

The Cane Spider can be found on all the Hawaiian Islands and, as the name implies, the spider frequented the cane fields. Indeed, 4-wheeling through any abandoned cane field can result in a number of uninvited cane spiders attached to your vehicle.

While certainly scary looking, this spider is actually quite a helpful arachnid. The Cane Spider does not spin a web, but instead hunts for food at night. Just about any insect is fair game for this spider, including cockroaches and silverfish.

Cane Spiders are very reluctant to bite and prefer to run instead of defend. However, if sufficiently provoked the spider can bite and though rare, can inject venom. The spider's bite is small and usually does not result in any long term problems.

Cane Spiders will often find their way into houses. While nobody wants to be startled by the sudden appearance of one of these hairy beasts, they are beneficial in the home and it is not recommended to kill the spider (either let it out or let it live in the home).

NOTE: the spider in these pics in missing a leg. even more creepy.