Your heart is free. Have the courage to
follow it. Braveheart
Dear Warming Hut Hotties,
Immediate Impact Walk and In Our Lifetime Community,
It
is hard to believe ten years of the Warming Hut Hotties have come and gone! So
many people, so many special memories, friendships formed, and a powerful
legacy of kindness, compassion, and community. We walked, crewed, volunteered
and have fundraised while holding the vision to eradicate breast cancer as
a life threatening disease, in our lifetime.
10
Years of the Warming Hut Hotties
This was another year
of amazing accomplishments while we shared the road with old and new friends.
If you missed the Reunion Party, here is the 2012 Training Walk-umentary
slideshow: Part One and Part Two. Enjoy!
On behalf of our
community and the Board of In Our Lifetime, I would like to thank Marsha,
Teresa, Michele and Sandra for their hard work as team leaders for the Avon
Walk and 3 Day events this year.
The Avon Walk team
raised $20,002, the 3 Day Team raised $102,999 and the Immediate Impact Breast
Cancer Walk raised $109,464 which brings our 2012 Fundraising Total to
$232,465! Truly wonderful. CONGRATULATIONS!
Our ten year
fundraising total is a staggering $3,197,675. Three.
million. dollars. Wow! There is no other way to say it but thank you! It is
gratifying to think of the many, many, many people who have been helped by the
funds we raised for breast cancer over all of those years.
I can only express
deep gratitude to each and every one of the members of our community, and
everyone who has supported us, for being a part of it all. It has been simply
magical.
Retiring the Warming
Hut Hotties Team
In the summer of
2011, I made the decision that this would be the last year of the Warming Hut
Hotties team. As such, the Board of In Our Lifetime has made the decision to
not renew the Warming Hut Hottie teams as a project. Respecting the upset the
Komen/Planned Parenthood controversy created within the team, we decided to
delay this announcement until the completion of this year's events. At the end
of this year, the Warming Hut Hotties team will be retired.
The ten year/$3
million mark is a phenomenal way to close the book on this remarkable
once-in-a-lifetime experience and end the Warming Hut Hotties team on a high.
For my reflections on the gift of this community, please see this blog post.
Our community is not
disbanding. We are taking this opportunity to regroup under the full umbrella
of our nonprofit, In Our Lifetime.
We share a sense of
ownership of the Warming Hut Hotties team, deep pride in our community and our
accomplishments. Saying goodbye to something beloved is always difficult, but
even great things come to end. Whether you have been a hottie since 2003, or
you joined the team this year, I have always said, "Once a hottie, always
a hottie!" Now we can hold that feeling in our hearts.
Planning for 2013
As people begin to
make plans for event participation in 2013, with respect for the hundreds of
past team members and our collective history, I ask that the Warming Hut
Hotties (or some variation of “hotties") name and traditional
"schwag" not be used. Please honor this request with gratitude for
the thousands of hours many team members have volunteered in service to the
Avon Walk, the 3 Day and the team.
People continuing to
participate in the Avon Walk, Susan G. Komen 3 Day or other breast cancer events
can take the strong foundation and positive experience of being a part of the
Warming Hut Hotties and use them as seeds for creating the vision for new
teams. Take flight into the open space where the Warming Hut Hotties once
dwelled. It is full of possibility!
Moving Forward with
In Our Lifetime
As we move into 2013,
the Board of In Our Lifetime will be focused on growing the nonprofit, creating
meaningful and impactful breast cancer related projects in the Bay Area and
growing our event, the Immediate Impact Breast Cancer Walk. This is the path
our hearts are leading us on, and we hope to have your support in this decision
and the important work we have ahead of us. We invite you to be involved and
move forward into the next ten years with In Our Lifetime.
Wishing you all the
best on your journey, wherever that road may lead you. With deep respect and
gratitude,
Linda Imlay
Founder, Warming Hut
Hotties
Board Chair, In Our
Lifetime, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
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