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What's it all about?This is a weekend of fun to raise money for a very worthy cause!
On Saturday there's a 4-hour game patterned after The Amazing Race! You will be driven by Reality Rally Taxis, all around Temecula, to four different Challenge Checkpoints! At each of the 4 Checkpoint you will choose one of 4 challenges to match your interest and ability. First team to the finish, WINS! See Photos from last years event! Enter a team, get involved or just donate. You can donate in the name of one of our SoCal Surf Dogs below! |
  
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Beneficiary of Reality RallyThe Beneficiary of the Reality Rally is 'Michelle's Place'.
Michelle's Place was created in honor of Michelle Watson. Michelle died of breast cancer at age 26 because of a missed diagnosis. Her dying wish was to have a place where others like her and their families could go for help and support. Her parents started Michelle’s Place 10 years ago to fulfill that wish and be a haven for those affected by breast cancerduring the fight for their lives. Michelle's Place was founded in 2001 by Marilyn and Bill Watson, parents of Michelle Watson. Michelle was diagnosed with breast cancer at the tender age of 23 after years of missed diagnosis. It was her dying wish to start a breast cancer resource center where women could go for support and information in Riverside County. Seven months after Michelle passed on, her family and friends gathered to figure out how to make her dying wish come true. The pain was still so raw and the tears flowed freely...but the mission was clear. While Michelle was still battling this cruel disease, she had the chance to speak to different groups and her consistent message was to "be your own health advocate." It's baffling that today, more than 10 years after her death, we still have women walk through our doors that have been diagnosed in the later stages of breast cancer because originally they had gone to their doctor with a symptom and were told not to worry about it. This was Michelle’s story as well – young, no family history, college athlete, vegetarian. Unfortunately, women today do not always have the resources they need to be their own health advocate. That is where Michelle's Place comes in. We provide a variety of free services to women and their families impacted by breast cancer as well as those working to prevent breast cancer. From our Breast Health Assistance program that offers free and low-cost diagnostic services to the uninsured to our Pink Ribbon Assistance program helping women going through treatment in need of temporary financial assistance to a survivor network providing support to educational resources, classes, Self Help Groups for women as well as children...the list goes on. Visit our website at www.michellesplace.org for a comprehensive view of our services. In 2009, we provided 6,048 services to more than 925 women in the community. We expect to exceed those numbers in 2010. Michelle's Place is grateful for your support and proud to be the beneficiary of the Temecula Valley Reality Rally. Click here to view letter from Kim Goodnough, Michelle's Place Executive Director. |
Michelle's Message
Be your own health advocate!
"The statement most said to me is 'You can't have cancer.'
True I do not fit one statistic or risk factor.
I am young, a vegetarian, worked out 5x a week, and have no family history.
Cancer doesn't discriminate over age, sex, race, or social position.
Like myself, who went misdiagnosed for over 2 years and had seen 4 doctors, most patients I encountered were misdiagnosed for at least 6 months.
Unfortunately people do not fit into neat boxes that science would like them to.
Doctors are merely people who are experts in Western Medicine and do their best with what they are taught. I hope not to scare you about cancer, or any other illness, but for you to be aware.
If you feel certain something needs to checked-be persistent; insist on a biopsy.
Better yet go to a well known expert in the field. I can't tell you why I had cancer.
Life can throw unplanned detours that can not be avoided.
All I know is the choice I did have was how I was going to handle the situation."
Michelle Watson
"The statement most said to me is 'You can't have cancer.'
True I do not fit one statistic or risk factor.
I am young, a vegetarian, worked out 5x a week, and have no family history.
Cancer doesn't discriminate over age, sex, race, or social position.
Like myself, who went misdiagnosed for over 2 years and had seen 4 doctors, most patients I encountered were misdiagnosed for at least 6 months.
Unfortunately people do not fit into neat boxes that science would like them to.
Doctors are merely people who are experts in Western Medicine and do their best with what they are taught. I hope not to scare you about cancer, or any other illness, but for you to be aware.
If you feel certain something needs to checked-be persistent; insist on a biopsy.
Better yet go to a well known expert in the field. I can't tell you why I had cancer.
Life can throw unplanned detours that can not be avoided.
All I know is the choice I did have was how I was going to handle the situation."
Michelle Watson
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Who's behind this?Gillian Larson from 'Survivor Gabon'
Click on her photo for her story! |
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How do I Sign up?1. Team Captain registers first for team of three.
2. Other team members register and join team created by team captain. 3. Team's fundraising page automatically created. 4. Team shares the news about participation in Reality Rally and asks friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, etc. to sponsor them by sending them to the fundraising page. Don't wait, REGISTER NOW! There will only be 80 teams! |
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