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A couple of months ago I was approached about contributing to an important cause. MZ Emmers was gathering sports bras signed and decorated by female athletes and then auctioning them off to raise money for Breast Cancer. I thought this was a fantastic idea and so myself and some of the other athletes at the Olympic Training Center got together for a night of puffy paint, glitter, and bedazzlements--all in the name of charity. What resulted was typical athlete competitiveness--we tried to see who could get the MOST puffy paint, glitter, and bedazzlements onto our little sports bras. Well, at least this is what I tried to do since I obviously was not going to win any artistic competition on merit alone. I got a little carried away and someone had to come over and wrestle the bedazzlements and hot glue gun from my hand. What resulted is some of the most creatively decorated sports bras in the auction, and we don't really know if this is a positive or not.

Since the whole point is to actually have people bid on our bras and raise some money for charity, I encourage you to head over to Ebay and take a look at the bras and then BID! It would be awesome if someone out there was nice enough to give me a bid so that all my puffy painting wasn't in vain. If it sounds like I'm begging…I totally am. If you have another favorite athlete that decorated a bra though, feel free to bid on that. I would assume you did so because you didn't like my decorating, not because I'm not your favorite athlete. :)

I am sure most of us have been personally affected by Breast Cancer or know someone who has and I really just think this is a creative and inspiring way to show our support. I encourage you to take part and share the auction with your family and friends!!

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Resident_Badass says:

Supporting a cause is great but I encourage everyone to fully understand the politics that surround breast cancer and breast cancer research. Why doesn't the Komen foundation fund prevention research? Why do we consider early detection better than prevention? Why do women of colour have higher rates of breast cancer while rates have dropped for white women? I understand that in this instance no one is making money directly off of these auction items but this campaign is still tied closely to a movement that largely fails to question where the money actually goes. I suggest having a closer look at the pink ribbon movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QPZfcYTUaA

Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 5:02pm EDT

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