here's my take...of course breast cancer is a scourge that needs to be wiped out. my buddies gf was diagnosed about 4 months ago. we woke up super early to do a breast cancer walk and when we got to the registration tent, they wouldn't let us walk...we were prepared to pay $200 bucks to walk (this is June, mind you) and we were told we couldn't pay and walk. they wanted us to each raise $2000 before they were interested. we asked, "can't we jut pay $200 and walk?". nope. we were small fish. there were MAYBE 100 people there and they couldn't use our $400 bucks??? they basically told us to go home. very disheartening. makes me question the whole Susan Komen thing. i've read a lot about this organization (mostly negative) but put my fears aside to help my friend. i'm really leery about that organization now. don't get me wrong, i hate cancer and I know breast cancer affects a lot of good people. it's just curious how they turn down good money yet want to get free publicity from every public event where people are clueless on how their money is spent.
[This message has been edited by tastesgr8lessfilling (edited 10/3/2011 7:36p).]