Pink Feet - Jacksonville, FL

Having a therapy boot on her leg didn't keep Cindy of Atlantic Beach from helping to raise money recently for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

"I saw in the paper they were having a photo scavenger hunt at Cabo's Pizza at the beach," she said. "It said you could walk, bike, or ride in your car around the beach area to find things and take pictures of them to raise money for Susan Komen Breast Cancer Fund. They raised the money by everyone paying $15 to be in the hunt and then had free pizza and donated prizes at the end."

Cindy got a wild idea but couldn't get her roommate to join her to go there and see if they could jump in a car with a team since her roommate had also injured her foot playing tennis recently.

"Of course, she wanted to rest her leg since her injury is fresh but I've had days and days of just resting for work," Cindy stated. "It worked out great! I was able to be on a team with a young mom that reminded me of one of my nieces. Her two little ones were six and four and her husband was away on a trip."

The mother drove and jumped out and Cindy took the pictures of everything they had to find with the mom and the kids and Cindy waited in the car and helped the mother think of where they could things like a stranger in a pink bathing suit, a pink beach towel, pink ice cream; etc.

"I yelled out the car window to strangers and it was a blast," Cindy reported. "It really lifted my spirits and was easy on the foot, too."

And they came in third place out of ten teams.

"Not bad for kids and a woman in a boot," Cindy, whose oldest sister Joy is a breast cancer survivor, says.

It was a great turnout for the Florida event, despite the "ridiculous" heat, as Pink Feet's Facebook Group's administrator put it.

According to pinkfeet.net, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and is the leading cause of death among women.

In unrelated cancer news, DKMS Americas joined forces with Broadway to help fight leukemia July 18 with a bone marrow transplant drive in New York City to benefit 11-year-old Shannon Tavarez who played Young Nala in Broadway's "The Lion King." She was recently disagnosed with leukemia and needs a transplant.

To hear Shannon sing, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sxrAZvd01A and for updates, see http://www.facebook.com/DKMSAmericas.

In other cancer news, PurpleStride Austin will take place Sept. 25 in Texas benefitting the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

For more information, contact Mandy West at awest@pancanvolunteer.org.