Keeping the Balls Rollin'

In 2013, approximately 370 men will die from testicular cancer. Of the 370 men that die, 7920 men are diagnosed each year.

Testicular cancer is a deadly disease that is rarely thought about. This is sad to hear, because there are more and more cases found each year, and more deaths that come with it as well. Testicular cancer is increasing day by day, not only in the United States, but in other countries as well. And doctors have not been able to find a reason as to why people get it.

The Ahlzeimers Association holds 10 charity walks every year in different cities in Minnesota alone. Thousands of people raise over $2000 each year to participate in a 3 day walk for Susan G. Komen. Not to mention, there are thousands of other walks, runs, and fundraisers for breast cancer.

Now I'm not saying that these are bad causes, because they are not. They are great causes that need to be addressed and people need to be aware about them.

But nobody thinks about testicular cancer.
In the United States, there hasn't been a walk for testicular cancer ever. The Testicular Cancer Society alone is so small that they haven't even held a walk for it.

This is why my business partner, Jeff Ledin, and I have organized a walk.

We started this endeavor back in February, at one point joking about doing a walk for Testicular Cancer. And the slogan would be "Keeping the Balls Rollin'" . After coming up with the slogan and finding out that there had never been a walk before, we couldn't not do it.

It took months and months of simply figuring out what goes into a charity walk, which we thought couldn't be that much work. But we were wrong.

Our first location of choice was Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis. A great spot in the middle of a bustling city that would attract people from around the country (or that's what we thought). But after fighting to be able to have the walk there, too many complications came up with financial needs and insurance purposes. We had to go to our plan B: Elm Creek Park Reserve.

Elm Creek Park Reserve is a beautiful place where you can take your dog for a walk, or go on a gentle bike ride on a gorgeous fall day. This is where the walk is going to be. On Saturday, October 26th, 2013, at 2PM, we will be having The First Annual Twin Cities Walk For Testicular Cancer. You can sign up online at the link below, which only costs 20 dollars and you also get a t-shirt to show off as well once you are done.

You can find us on Facebook and like our page: First Annual Walk for Testicular Cancer.

Join us there and walk to help stop the reign of testicular cancer!

And always remember, You... are Keeping the Balls Rollin'

Wisdom of the Day:
Life if much more enjoyable if you sign up for the walk.