Updates Continued....

The Official Word from the 3Day Site: October 16-18, 2009 Updated October 15, 9:40pm EST. In light of the extreme cold, windy and wet weather conditions, the Philadelphia Breast Cancer 3-Day will now be a one day walk on Sunday. We will not walk on Saturday since the weather forecast currently does not show improvement. The weather has also caused physical deterioration of our camp location preventing us from implementing the camp portion of the event. As organizers of the Breast Cancer 3-Day, our main priority is to ensure the safety and welfare of our participants. After consultation with medical and safety experts, a modified version of the event was determined to be the most appropriate action.
We will start our walk on Sunday, October 18th, at 7 a.m. from Fairmount Park, located at 2030 Belmont Mansion Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19131. We will walk the route originally planned for Sunday and end with our Closing Ceremonies at 5 p.m. at Navy Yard, located at Intrepid Ave., and Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19112. Additional logistical information for Sunday’s event will be posted on this webpage by tomorrow, October 16th, at 5 p.m. Please monitor the weather and dress appropriately for the current weather conditions. If you are a Crew member, your Crew captains will contact you regarding involvement with Sunday’s event. It disappoints us to have to change your journey because we know the level of dedication shown by you, our participants and volunteers, especially after you’ve spent months training, fundraising and devoting your time to help fight breast cancer. Please know we are committed to showing you the best Breast Cancer 3-Day possible despite what Mother Nature has served us. We look forward to seeing you Sunday! Needless to say, this is so amazingly disappointing after all of the training, preparation, packing, and mental readiness that went into the planning of this weekend. Jen, Christine and I have been wandering aimlessly, shaking our heads, starting sentences and being unable to finish them. Just shocked... but it is what it is and we've come up with a number of silver linings, small though they may be, its helping. On the Down Side The one thing that stinks is that our team is not all together. Three of us are here. Terry is nearby at her friends' house which made more sense given the fact that we have so much more time to meet up this weekend (and I think she has a bed to sleep in there). Jenni and Stephanie are at their hotel in Philly. Keri and Hilary were on their way towards Philly to crash with a friend tonight when the news started coming in. They promptly stopped at a McDonalds trying to decide what to do and when word came in that things were canceled until Sunday- they headed home to their warm beds and families. Sarah and Patty hadn't come into PA yet since they were planning to come in tomorrow anyways. On the Bright Side There are a number of walkers meeting up at various local malls tomorrow and we're going to pick up some of our teammates who have actually made it into town and join them :) Its good to have something to look forward to. Something productive to do. And something that will hopefully still raise awareness on some level. Its a good thing.