It's hard to believe that I will be participating in this walk for the 8th time. It seems like just yesterday I was taking my first steps toward a cure. Fundraising has become an all year task for me. And the walk? It's hard. It hurts. And whenever I feel weak, I remember all the women and men who fight cancer. I can walk. And I do, so that one day we won't have to walk any more. If these women and men can go through all that they have, I should be able to do my part and walk as far as I can in order to end this dreaded disease. For those who experience cancer, pain can last a lifetime. Cancer changes life forever. I want to see all types of cancer gone.

I have committed to participating in the Avon Walk to End Breast Cancer. It's a big commitment, one that will require me to spend the next several months training and fundraising. But breast cancer is a big disease, one that still affects far too many people, and I'm determined to do everything I can to help put an end to it. The money I raise will be managed and disbursed by the Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade to help provide access to care for those that most need it, fund educational programs, and accelerate research into new treatments and potential cures. I will be just one of thousands of people that will walk up to 39.3 miles over a weekend, raising awareness of the cause and educating even more people.

Please consider a donation to this cause. All donations, large and small, take us one step closer to a cure and are deeply appreciated not only by myself, but by those it helps.

You can make a donation to my fundraising campaign right here on the website by clicking on the "Donate Now" button. If you prefer to write a check, you can print a mail coupon from this site.

Sure, the walk is hard. Losing someone else to cancer? HARDER. And so I walk, and walk, until I don't have to anymore.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Fondly, Tracy Rebello

"Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile."

I'm walking with thousands of other 39ers. We're banding together in solidarity and have one goal: to take breast cancer down. So many sisters and mothers and friends have been lost. We see a world without breast cancer for our daughters and nieces. AVON 39 is a force of change that can't be stopped. By supporting me with a donation, you're part of it.