Milestones and markers

Today, we hit the 100-day countdown. In just 100 days, we'll embark on another 3-Day adventure, walking 60 miles over three days to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research, prevention and treatment.

It's sort of the official start of "3-Day season," and for those of you barraged with donation requests and fundraising event invitations for the past few weeks, you're probably thinking that's already long underway. Think of that period as "spring training" ... so if you haven't donated yet, it's time.

It's time to visit the3day.org and make a donation. It's easy to do:

• Navigate and find a participant to donate to: Visiting the3day.org takes you to the main 3-Day page. You can select "Donate" from the pink bar at the top and search for your participant. Putting in the name, you'll find the individual fundraising page for your walker, where you can make an online donation in a secure environment.

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• Visit a walker's personal fundraising page. You can go directly to the fundraising page for the walker when you have his/her personal URL: Stefanie Smith, Kraig Smith or Jennifer Carbary.

Now the fun part: Flip a coin. If it's heads, make your donation to Stef.  If it's tails, make your donation to Kraig. (And there was no science in that determination, but I'd love to hear some rationale for "heads/tails!")

I'm only $52 from goal, and I'm confident I'll get there over the next 100 days.  Stef and Kraig will hit goal too, but you can help them get there sooner by making a donation now. Get get them to goal, so they can focus on training and preparing for the event.